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This is a list of public art in the London Borough of Lambeth.

Contents

Brixton
Clapham
Kennington
Lambeth
South Bank
Stockwell
Streatham
Vauxhall
Waterloo
West Norwood
See also

Brixton

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Designation	Notes
	Tate Bust of Henry Tate	Brixton Library	1905	Brock, ThomasThomas Brock	Bust	Bronze	C Grade II
	Justice, Science, Art and Literature	Lambeth Town Hall clock tower	c. 1905–1908			Portland stone	C Grade II
	Youth	Lambeth Town Hall	c. 1935–1938	Dunlop, DenisDenis Dunlop	Relief	Portland stone	C Grade II
	Pile of bricks tile motif	Brixton tube station, Victoria line platforms	c. 1971	Unger, HansHans Unger			N/A
	Platforms Piece Joy Battick, Karin Heistermann and Peter Lloyd	Brixton railway station	1986	Atherton, KevinKevin Atherton	Statues	Bronze	C Grade II
	Sharpeville Massacre Memorial	Windrush Square	1987	?	Memorial	Stone and metal	N/A
	The Brixton Heron	Roof of the Prince of Wales pub, corner of Brixton Road and Coldharbour Lane 51°27′42″N 0°06′55″W / 51.4615593°N 0.1152009°W / 51.4615593; -0.1152009	2010	Hambling, MaggiMaggi Hambling	Sculptural weather vane	Metal	N/A	Depicts a grey heron with a fish in its bill.
	The Foxes and Cherries	Electric Avenue	2010	Casson, LucyLucy Casson	Architectural sculpture	Fibreglass and recycled materials	N/A
	Brixton Speaks	Electric Avenue	2011	Self, WillWill Self, Jack Self			N/A
	Bowie, DavidDavid Bowie mural	Morley's department store, Tunstall Road	2013	Cochran, JamesJames Cochran	Mural		N/A
	Twins	Somerleyton Road, Coldharbour Lane	2016	Martin, TaslimTaslim Martin		Cast iron and stainless steel	N/A
	African and Caribbean War Memorial	Windrush Square	2017		Obelisk		N/A	Unveiled 22 June 2017. The design was announced to the public in 2014.
	Groce, CherryCherry Groce Memorial Pavilion	Windrush Square	2021	Adjaye Associates			N/A
	Platforms Piece: The Return, or Joy II Joy Battick	Brixton railway station	2023	Atherton, KevinKevin Atherton	Statue	Bronze	N/A	A statue of one of the subjects of Atherton's earlier work at the station aged 62, facing her 26-year-old self across the platforms.
	Brixton murals	Various locations in and around Brixton town centre					N/A

Clapham

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Designation	Notes
	Drinking fountain	Clapham Common, between Long Road and The Pavement 51°27′42″N 0°08′26″W / 51.4618°N 0.1406°W / 51.4618; -0.1406 (Drinking fountain)	1884	Kreling, August vonAugust von Kreling	Fountain with sculptural group	Bronze with granite plinth	B Grade II
	Clapham Common War Memorial	Holy Trinity Church, Clapham Common 51°27′45″N 0°08′33″W / 51.4624°N 0.1426°W / 51.4624; -0.1426 (Clapham Common War Memorial)	1918< after 1918	?	Celtic cross	Granite	C Grade II
	War memorial	St Mary's Roman Catholic Church 51°27′41″N 0°08′14″W / 51.4615°N 0.1372°W / 51.4615; -0.1372 (St Mary's Church War Memorial)	1919–1920	Scott, Giles GilbertGiles Gilbert Scott	War memorial	Limestone	C Grade II
	Clapham Park War Memorial	Church of the Holy Spirit, Narbonne Avenue 51°27′17″N 0°08′25″W / 51.4547°N 0.1403°W / 51.4547; -0.1403 (Clapham Park War Memorial)	1921	?	Calvary cross	Stone	c Grade II	Unveiled 14 November 1921.

Kennington

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Designation	Notes
	Decorative column	Kennington Park 51°29′01″N 0°06′36″W / 51.4835°N 0.1101°W / 51.4835; -0.1101 (Decorative column)	1869 c. 1869	Tinworth, GeorgeGeorge Tinworth	Column	Terracotta	C Grade II
	War memorial	St Mark's Church 51°28′54″N 0°06′45″W / 51.4816°N 0.1124°W / 51.4816; -0.1124 (War memorial of St Mark's Church)	1921	?	Memorial cross	Granite	C Grade II	Unveiled 29 October 1921.
	Kennington War Memorial	Kennington Park 51°29′07″N 0°06′30″W / 51.4854°N 0.1083°W / 51.4854; -0.1083 (Kennington War Memorial)	1924	Lodge, Thomas ArthurThomas Arthur Lodge	Cenotaph	Stone	C Grade II	Unveiled 19 July 1924.
	Hutton Memorial to Len Hutton	Hobbs Gate, The Oval	1989–1993	Ritchie, WalterWalter Ritchie	Relief sculpture	Brick	N/A	The cricketer is portrayed scoring his record-breaking innings of 364 runs against Australia in 1938. This work is said to be Ritchie's masterpiece.
	Memorial to Victims of the Kennington Park Air Raid Shelter Tragedy	Kennington Park 51°29′01″N 0°06′37″W / 51.4837°N 0.1103°W / 51.4837; -0.1103	2006	Kindersley, RichardRichard Kindersley	Memorial	Caithness stone	N/A	Unveiled 14 October 2006. Inscribed with a quotation from Maya Angelou's poem "On the Pulse of Morning" (1993): history/ despite its/ wrenching/ pain/ cannot/ be unlived/ but/ if faced/ with/ courage/ need not/ be lived/ again.
	Touchstone	Oval Triangle	2018	Randall-Page, PeterPeter Randall-Page	Sculpture	Granite	N/A

Lambeth

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Designation	Notes
	Edward 6 Statue of Edward VI	Outside main entrance, St Thomas' Hospital 51°29′59″N 0°07′08″W / 51.4998°N 0.1188°W / 51.4998; -0.1188 (Edward VI (Thomas Cartwright))	1682	Cartwright, ThomasThomas Cartwright after Nathaniel Hanwell	Statue	Stone	B Grade II*
	Clayton Statue of Robert Clayton	A garden outside St Thomas' Hospital 51°30′01″N 0°07′10″W / 51.5004°N 0.1195°W / 51.5004; -0.1195 (Robert Clayton)	1702	Gibbons, GrinlingGrinling Gibbons	Statue	Marble	A Grade I
	Edward 6 Statue of Edward VI	St Thomas' Hospital 51°29′57″N 0°07′10″W / 51.4992°N 0.1195°W / 51.4992; -0.1195 (Edward VI (Peter Scheemakers))	1736	Scheemakers, PeterPeter Scheemakers	Statue	Bronze	B Grade II*
	Doulton Mr Doulton in His Studio Henry Doulton	Southbank House, 81 Black Prince Road	1878 c. 1878	Tinworth, GeorgeGeorge Tinworth	Tympanum relief	Terracotta	C Grade II
	Revolving Torsion	A garden outside St Thomas' Hospital	1972–1973	Gabo, NaumNaum Gabo	Sculpture with fountain	Stainless steel	B Grade II*
	South of the River	Outside Becket House, Lambeth Palace Road	1975–1976	Schottlander, BernardBernard Schottlander	Sculpture	Stainless steel	C Grade II
	Herald Sundial	Heralds Place	1984	David, NathanNathan David	Relief with sundial	Stone and bronze	N/A
	Cross the Divide	Outside St Thomas' Hospital	2000	Kirby, RickRick Kirby	Sculptural group	Stainless steel	N/A
	International Memorial to Seafarers	International Maritime Organization, Albert Embankment	2001	Sandle, MichaelMichael Sandle	Sculpture	Bronze	N/A	Unveiled 27 September (World Maritime Day) 2001.
	Special Operations Executive Memorial Violette Szabo	Lambeth Palace Road, opposite entrance to Lambeth Palace	2009	Newman, KarenKaren Newman	Bust		N/A	Unveiled 4 October 2009 by the Duke of Wellington.
	Seacole Statue of Mary Seacole	Outside St Thomas' Hospital	2009	Jennings, MartinMartin Jennings	Statue	Bronze	N/A	Unveiled 30 June 2016 by Floella Benjamin.

South Bank

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Designation	Notes
	South Bank Lion	Outside County Hall 51°30′03″N 0°07′11″W / 51.5009°N 0.1198°W / 51.5009; -0.1198 (South Bank Lion)	1837 (restored 1951)	Woodington, William F.William F. Woodington	Statue	Coade stone	B Grade II*
	The Motorcyclist	Shell Centre	1957	Charoux, SiegfriedSiegfried Charoux	Statue	Cemented iron	N/A
	The Shell Fountain	Courtyard of the Shell Centre 51°30′15″N 0°06′59″W / 51.5041°N 0.1163°W / 51.5041; -0.1163 (Shell Fountain)	1959–1963	Belsky, FrantaFranta Belsky	Fountain with sculpture	Bronze	C Grade II
	Zemran	First floor terrace, Royal Festival Hall	1971	Pye, WilliamWilliam Pye	Sculpture	Stainless steel	C Grade II
	Chopin Statue of Fryderyk Chopin	Royal Festival Hall	1975	Kubica, BronisławBronisław Kubica	Statue	Bronze	N/A
	Jubilee Oracle	Next to Jubilee Gardens	1980	"Alexander"	Sculpture	Bronze	N/A
	Passage Paving	Outside Royal Festival Hall	1983	Harris, RichardRichard Harris	Sculpture	Concrete	N/A
	Pend	Outside the Queen Elizabeth Hall	1983–1984	Nicholson, AnneAnne Nicholson	Sculpture	Portland stone	N/A
	Arena	Walkway near the Royal National Theatre	1983–1988	Maine, JohnJohn Maine	Sculpture	Stone	N/A
	International Brigades Memorial	Outside County Hall	1985	Walters, IanIan Walters	Sculptural group	Bronze	N/A
	London Pride	Outside the National Theatre 51°30′27″N 0°06′53″W / 51.507617°N 0.114764°W / 51.507617; -0.114764 (London Pride)	1987 cast of a work of 1951	Dobson, FrankFrank Dobson	Sculptural group	Bronze	C Grade II
	Mandela Bust of Nelson Mandela	Outside the Royal Festival Hall	1988 replica of an original of 1982	Walters, IanIan Walters	Bust	Bronze	N/A
	Olivier Statue of Laurence Olivier	Outside the National Theatre	2007	Conner, AngelaAngela Conner	Statue	Bronze	N/A	Unveiled 22 May 2007, the centenary of Olivier's birth.

Stockwell

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Designation	Notes
	Stockwell War Memorial	Stockwell Road 51°28′23″N 0°07′19″W / 51.4730°N 0.1220°W / 51.4730; -0.1220 (Stockwell War Memorial)	1920	Dear, Frank T.Frank T. Dear	War memorial	Portland stone	C Grade II
	Swan tile motif	Stockwell tube station, Victoria line platforms	c. 1971	Games, AbramAbram Games	Tile motif		N/A
	Tradescant Family Memorial John Tradescant the Elder John Tradescant the Younger	St Stephen's Terrace	1988	Cartmel, HilaryHilary Cartmel	Sculpture		N/A
	Stockwell Memorial Mural	Stockwell Memorial Gardens	2001	Brian Barnes and Myra Harris	Mural	Household paint	N/A
	Bronze Woman	Stockwell Memorial Gardens	2008	Barbat, AleixAleix Barbat, after Ian Walters	Statue	Bronze	N/A
	Menezes Memorial to Jean Charles de Menezes	Outside Stockwell tube station	7 January 2010	Edwards, MaryMary Edwards	Mosaic		N/A

Streatham

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Designation	Notes
	Dyce Drinking Fountain	Streatham Green 51°25′42″N 0°07′53″W / 51.4283°N 0.1315°W / 51.4283; -0.1315 (Dyce Drinking Fountain)	1862	Dyce, WilliamWilliam Dyce	Drinking fountain	Portland stone, red sandstone and marble	C Grade II
	Streatham War Memorial	Memorial Gardens, Streatham Common North 51°25′24″N 0°07′46″W / 51.4233°N 0.1294°W / 51.4233; -0.1294 (Streatham War Memorial)	1921	Toft, AlbertAlbert Toft	Statue	Bronze	C Grade II	Unveiled 14 October 1922.
	War memorial	St Peter's Church, Leigham Court Road 51°25′55″N 0°06′55″W / 51.4319°N 0.1153°W / 51.4319; -0.1153 (War memorial at St Peter's Church)	1922	?	Calvary cross	Bronze, wood and stone	C Grade II	Unveiled 15 January 2022.
	Streatham Civilians War Memorial	Memorial Gardens, Streatham Common North 51°25′23″N 0°07′54″W / 51.4231°N 0.1316°W / 51.4231; -0.1316 (Streatham Civilians War Memorial)	2006	Altenburger, EkkehardEkkehard Altenburger	War memorial pillar	Kilkenny limestone	N/A	Unveiled 21 October 2006. Inscribed GRIEF HAS NO BOUNDARIES, a quotation from a poem by Rohit Sapra.
	Charioteer with 4 horses	Caesar's Night Club, Streatham Hill					N/A	Removed in 2010 on closure of the nightclub. Current location unknown. Building demolished 2015.

Vauxhall

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Designation	Notes
	Agriculture, Engineering and Pottery	Vauxhall Bridge	1907	Pomeroy, F. W.F. W. Pomeroy	Statues
	Following the Leader Memorial to the Children Killed in the Blitz	Darley House, Vauxhall Gardens Estate, Laud Street 51°29′17″N 0°07′12″W / 51.488036°N 0.120039°W / 51.488036; -0.120039	1949	Peri, Peter LaszloPeter Laszlo Peri	Relief	Coloured concrete	C Grade II
	Boys Playing Football	Wareham House, South Lambeth Estate, Fentiman Road 51°28′50″N 0°07′08″W / 51.480521°N 0.118925°W / 51.480521; -0.118925	1951–1952	Peri, Peter LaszloPeter Laszlo Peri	Relief	Coloured concrete	C Grade II
	Mother and Children Playing	Horton House, South Lambeth Estate 51°28′51″N 0°07′11″W / 51.480854°N 0.119853°W / 51.480854; -0.119853	1951–1952	Peri, Peter LaszloPeter Laszlo Peri	Relief	Coloured concrete	C Grade II
	Vauxhall Gardens tile motif	Vauxhall tube station, Victoria line platforms	c. 1971	Smith, GeorgeGeorge Smith	Murals	Tiles	N/A
	Basaveshwara Bust of Basaveshwara	Albert Embankment, opposite the junction with Tinworth Street	2015	Murthy, SridharSridhar Murthy	Bust	Bronze	N/A	Unveiled 14 November 2015 by Narendra Modi, the Prime Minister of India.
	Underline	Vauxhall tube station		Round, GilesGiles Round, Design Work Leisure	Murals	Tiles	N/A

Waterloo

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Designation	Notes
	War memorial	St John's Church 51°30′16″N 0°06′45″W / 51.5045°N 0.1124°W / 51.5045; -0.1124	1919	?	Crucifix	Bronze and wood	C Grade II
	Victory Arch London and South Western Railway War Memorial	Entrance arch of Waterloo station 51°30′14″N 0°06′50″W / 51.503752°N 0.113879°W / 51.503752; -0.113879 (Victory Arch)	1919–1922	Whiffen, CharlesCharles Whiffen	War memorial	Portland stone	C Grade II	Opened 21 March 1922.
	The Sunbathers	Waterloo station 51°30′11″N 0°06′43″W / 51.503°N 0.112°W / 51.503; -0.112 (The Sunbathers)	1951	Peri, Peter LaszloPeter Laszlo Peri	Sculpture	"Pericrete" concrete		Originally created in 1951 for the Festival of Britain, the sculpture was believed lost after the festival. It was rediscovered in 2016, was restored, and has been displayed at Waterloo station since 2020.
	Hubback Memorial to Eva Hubback	Morley College	1963	Rowles-Chapman, DavidDavid Rowles-Chapman	Relief	Stone	N/A
	Blake's Lambeth	Tunnels alongside Archbishop's Park, near Waterloo station	2005–2015	Southbank Mosaics after William Blake	Mosaics	Mosaic	N/A	70 mosaics based on the work of Blake, who lived for ten of his most productive years in Lambeth, at 13 Hercules Buildings.
	Mosaic portraits Emma Cons, Violette Szabo, Jude Kelly, Octavia Hill, Lilian Baylis, Mary Seacole, Eva Hubback, Natalie Bell, Margaret Mellor, Heather Rabbatts, Mrs Mallet, Annie McCall, Caroline Martineau, Hester Thrale	Morley College	2012	Southbank Mosaics	Mosaics	Mosaic	N/A	Unveiled 3 July 2012.
	Battle of Waterloo Memorial	Waterloo station 51°30′12″N 0°06′42″W / 51.5033°N 0.1117°W / 51.5033; -0.1117 (Battle of Waterloo Memorial)	2015	Brooks, JasonJason Brooks	War memorial		N/A	Unveiled 10 June 2015 by the Duke of Wellington. The bronze plaque is based on the reverse of the Waterloo Medal.
	National Windrush Monument	Waterloo station	2022	Watson, BasilBasil Watson	Sculptural group	Bronze	N/A	Unveiled 22 June 2022 (Windrush Day) by the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. Figures of a man, a woman and a child in their Sunday best stand atop a pile of bulging suitcases.

West Norwood

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Designation	Notes
	West Norwood War Memorial	St Luke's Church, Knight's Hill 51°25′57″N 0°06′12″W / 51.4326°N 0.1034°W / 51.4326; -0.1034 (West Norwood War Memorial)	1918< after 1918	?	Memorial cross	Stone	C Grade II

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