List of public art in the London Borough of Redbridge

The statue of Winston Churchill on Woodford Green (David McFall, 1959)

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

Map of public art in the London Borough of Redbridge

Aldborough

Main article: Aldborough Hatch

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Designation	Notes
	Fairlop Waters Commemorative Sculpture	Fairlop Waters 51.5955°N 0.0975°E / 51.5955; 0.0975 (Fairlop Waters Commemorative Sculpture)	2013	Un­known	War memorial / Sculpture	—	Commemorates people who served at Fairlop and Hainault airfields during the First and Second World Wars. Commissioned by Vision Redbridge Culture & Leisure, and unveiled by the Mayor of Redbridge on 11 November 2013.[1][2]

Barkingside

Main article: Barkingside

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Designation	Notes
More images	Memorial to Thomas John Barnardo	Tanners Lane 51.5860°N 0.0843°E / 51.5860; 0.0843 (Memorial to Thomas John Barnardo)	1908	George Frampton	Exedra with sculpture	Grade II*	Unveiled by the Duchess of Albany, the memorial is on the site where Dr Barnardo's ashes had been interred in 1905.[3]

Chadwell Heath

Main article: Chadwell Heath

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Designation	Notes
	Elizabeth line Clock	Chadwell Heath railway station 51.5680°N 0.1287°E / 51.5680; 0.1287 (Elizabeth line Clock)	2024		Clock	—	Marks the arrival of the Elizabeth line at the station. The clock is made by Swiss company Mobatime [de] and has roundels inspired by station clocks on the Central line.[4][5]

Gants Hill

Main article: Gants Hill

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Designation	Notes
	Beacon	Gants Hill roundabout 51.57614°N 0.06593°E / 51.57614; 0.06593 (Beacon)	2004	Chloe Cookson and Rory McNally	Sculpture	—	Created with children from Gearies Infant School.[6]
	The Vortex	Gants Hill roundabout 51.5765°N 0.0664°E / 51.5765; 0.0664 (The Vortex)	2015	Wolfgang Buttress	Sculpture	—	Installed in March 2015.[7]

Goodmayes

Main article: Goodmayes

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Designation	Notes
	Spectrum	Goodmayes Hospital 51.5763°N 0.1105°E / 51.5763; 0.1105 (Spectrum)	2015	Anna Heinrich and Leon Palmer	Sculpture	—	Designed to reflect differing perceptions of mental health.[8]

Ilford

Main article: Ilford

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Designation	Notes
More images	Ilford War Memorial	Memorial Park, Eastern Avenue 51.5747°N 0.0877°E / 51.5747; 0.0877 (Ilford War Memorial)	1922	Newbury Abbot Trent	War memorial with statue	Grade II	Unveiled 22 November 1922 by Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll. Another casting of the statue of a soldier is at Tredegar, south Wales.[9]
	Bishop's Walk Mosaic	Bishop's Walk, Valentine's Park 51.5725°N 0.0701°E / 51.5725; 0.0701 (Bishop's Walk Mosaic)	2008	Gary Drostle	Porcelain floor mosaic	—
	Redbridge Peace Monument	Winston Way Subway, Riches Road 51.5593°N 0.0781°E / 51.5593; 0.0781 (Redbridge Peace Monument)	2011	Gary Drostle	Peace column with a myriad of different cultural motifs in mosaic with a gold mosaic cone on top representing hope.	—	Unveiled November 2011 by Wilson Chowdhry, Chairman of the British Pakistani Christian Association, and the mother of the murdered teenager Kashif Mahmood who was killed five years earlier at the same location.[10]

Snaresbrook

Main article: Snaresbrook

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Designation	Notes
	Drinking fountain	Junction of High Street and Hollybush Hill 51.5818°N 0.0203°E / 51.5818; 0.0203 (Drinking fountain)	1872	?	Drinking fountain	Grade II	[11]

Wanstead

Main article: Wanstead

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Designation	Notes
	Wanstead War Memorial	Memorial Green, Wanstead 51.579687°N 0.023656°E / 51.579687; 0.023656 (Wanstead War Memorial)	1920s	Newbury Abbot Trent	War memorial with statue	Grade II	[12]
	Bust of Winston Churchill	Manor House, High Street 51.57649°N 0.02758°E / 51.57649; 0.02758 (Bust of Winston Churchill)	1968	Luigi Fironi	Bust	—	Unveiled 12 August 1968. The Manor House was formerly the home of the West Essex Conservative Club, which was frequented by Churchill. The plinth is a corner stone from the 19th-century Waterloo Bridge.[13]

Woodford

Main article: Woodford, London

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Designation	Notes
More images	Anti–Air War Memorial	Woodford Green 51.6170°N 0.0257°E / 51.6170; 0.0257 (Anti–Air War Memorial)	1935	Eric Benfield	Memorial	Grade II	Commissioned and erected by the suffragist and socialist Sylvia Pankhurst, this was Britain's first anti-war memorial. Restored in 2014.
More images	Statue of Winston Churchill	Woodford Green 51.6040°N 0.0191°E / 51.6040; 0.0191 (Statue of Winston Churchill)	1959	David McFall	Statue	Grade II	Unveiled 7 November 1959 by Field Marshal Montgomery, with Winston and Clementine Churchill in attendance. A photograph of the statue's head at an early stage drew criticism for its supposedly "gorilla-like" appearance.[14]

References

1. "Fairlop Waters Commemorative Sculpture". Art UK. Retrieved 12 November 2022.
2. "Fairlop Waters Commemorative Sculpture | Redbridge and the First World War". Redbridge and the First World War. Redbridge Museum. Retrieved 12 November 2022.
3. Historic England. "Dr Barnardo's Memorial at Barnardo's (1081001)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
4. "The Elizabeth line's new heritage-inspired clock now arriving at Chadwell Heath". ianVisits. 28 June 2024. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
5. "Elizabeth line Clock". Chadwell Heath South Residents' Association. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
6. "Gants Hill Beacon featured in Open House weekend". Gearies Primary School. 21 September 2013. Retrieved 14 January 2021.
7. Nair, Ajay (4 March 2015). "'Egg whisk' erected in Gants Hill". Ilford Recorder. Retrieved 21 November 2020.
8. "New Goodmayes Art Sculpture – a multi-lens opportunity to view mental health". NELFT NHS Foundation Trust. 24 March 2015. Retrieved 21 November 2020.
9. Historic England. "Ilford 1914 to 1918 War Memorial (1250745)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 13 December 2015.
10. "Ilford peace monument unveiled for victims of knife crime". Ilford Recorder. 21 September 2011. Retrieved 26 April 2011.
11. Historic England. "Drinking fountain (1081000)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
12. Wanstead – War Memorial. War Memorials Online. Retrieved 7 July 2014.
13. "Winston Churchill's links to site of new bar and restaurant Manor House, in High Street, Wanstead, revealed". Guardian. Retrieved 13 December 2015.
14. "The Churchill Bronzes". David McFall R.A. (1919–1988): Sculptor. Retrieved 13 December 2015.

External links

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