List of public art in Newham

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

Bromley-by-Bow

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Designation	Notes
	Statue of Corbet Woodall	Twelvetrees Crescent 51°31′24″N 0°00′18″W / 51.5233°N 0.0051°W	c. 1913–26	Walker, Arthur GeorgeArthur George Walker	Statue	Grade II	[1]
	Gas Light and Coke Company War Memorial	Twelvetrees Crescent 51°31′24″N 0°00′18″W / 51.5233°N 0.0050°W	?	?	Memorial column with gas lamp	Grade II	[2]

Canning Town

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Designation	Notes
	Memorial to Bradley Stone	Peacock Gym, Caxton Street North	1995	Downey, AnnAnn Downey	Statue	N/A	Unveiled 10 January 1995.[3]

Docklands

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Designation	Notes
More images	Landed	Excel Centre, Royal Victoria Dock	2009	Johnson, LesLes Johnson	Sculptural group	N/A

Forest Gate

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Designation	Notes
	The Preacher	Forest Gate Methodist Church, Woodgrange Road	1962	Peri, Peter LaszloPeter Laszlo Peri	Architectural sculpture	Grade II	[4]

Stratford

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Designation	Notes
	Statue of William Shakespeare	University of East London Stratford Campus	1840	?	Statue	Grade II	A statue in Coade stone, originally made for the Opera House (now Her Majesty's Theatre) in Haymarket. Presented to Stratford by a local councillor, J. C. Carroll, in 1925.[5]
	Gurney, SamuelSamuel Gurney Memorial Drinking Fountain	Broadway 51°32′27″N 0°00′06″E / 51.5409°N 0.0017°E	1861	Bell, JohnJohn Bell	Obelisk	Grade II	[6]
	Memorial to the Stratford Martyrs	St John the Evangelist Church, Broadway 51°32′29″N 0°00′09″E / 51.5415°N 0.0026°E	1878	Newman, J. T.J. T. Newman	Memorial	Grade II	[7]
	Memorial to Edith Kerrison	The Grove	1936	Gregory, ChristineChristine Gregory	Memorial	N/A	Kerrison was the first female councillor in West Ham.[5]
	Memorial to Gerard Manley Hopkins	Outside Stratford Library, The Grove	1994	?	Commemorative stone	N/A	Unveiled 28 July 1994, the 150th anniversary of the poet's birth, by Seamus Heaney. Hopkins's birthplace was at 87 The Grove; the house was bombed in World War II.[8]
	Railway Tree	Stratford High Street 51°32′21.93″N 0°0′1.33″W / 51.5394250°N 0.0003694°W	1996	Robertson, MalcolmMalcolm Robertson	Sculpture	N/A	[9]
More images	ArcelorMittal Orbit	Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park	2012	Kapoor, AnishAnish Kapoor (with Cecil Balmond)	Sculpture	N/A

Manor Park

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Designation	Notes
	Bust of Andrew Carnegie	Rabbits Road wall of Carnegie Library, Manor Park	1904				[10]

Plaistow

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Designation	Notes
	West Ham Corporation Tramways War Memorial	Greengage Street	c. 1920	Richards, J. F.J. F. Richards	War memorial	Grade II	[11]

Upton Park

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Designation	Notes
More images	World Cup Sculpture ("The Champions") Bobby Moore, Geoff Hurst, Martin Peters and Ray Wilson	Barking Road and Central Park Road	2003	Jackson, PhilipPhilip Jackson	Sculptural group	N/A

References

1. Historic England. "Statue of Sir Corbet Woodhall [sic] (1392548)". National Heritage List for England.
2. Historic England. "War Memorial (1392547)". National Heritage List for England.
3. "Monument to Bradley Stone", National Recording Project, Public Monuments & Sculpture Association, retrieved 12 January 2016
4. Forest Gate's Free Art & History. Accessed 14 November 2010
5. Matthews 2012, p. 235
6. Historic England. "Gurney Memorial Drinking Fountain (1358001)". National Heritage List for England.
7. Historic England. "Martyrs' Memorial (1190750)". National Heritage List for England.
8. "Monument: Gerard Manley Hopkins – E15", London Remembers, retrieved 12 January 2016
9. "Railway Tree". PMSA. Retrieved 16 November 2014.
10. "Manor Park Library, Carnegie bust.". The Newham Story. Retrieved 17 May 2012.
11. Historic England. "Tramway Workers War Memorial (1388315)". National Heritage List for England.

Bibliography

• Matthews, Peter (2012), London’s Statues and Monuments, Botley: Shire Publications

External links

• Media related to Sculptures in the London Borough of Newham at Wikimedia Commons