List of public art in Greenwich

This is a list of public art in the Royal Borough of Greenwich.

Deptford

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Notes
	McMillan !Memorial to Margaret McMillan	Rachel McMillan Nursery School, McMillan Street 51°28′53″N 0°01′23″W / 51.4814°N 0.0230°W / 51.4814; -0.0230 (Margaret McMillan Memorial)	1932	Baker !Sir Herbert Baker (architect)				3 !Grade II	[1]
	Peter the Great	Glaisher Street	2001	Chemiakin !Mihail Chemiakin	Statue			—

Greenwich

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Notes
More images	George II	Old Royal Naval College 51°29′01″N 0°00′21″W / 51.48361°N 0.00595°W / 51.48361; -0.00595 (George II)	1735	Rysbrack, John MichaelJohn Michael Rysbrack	Statue			C !Grade II	[2]
More images	Immortality of Nelson !The Immortality of Nelson	Nelson Pediment, Old Royal Naval College	1809–12	West, BenjaminBenjamin West and Joseph Panzetta	Architectural relief sculpture	Coade stone		A !Grade I	[3][4]
More images	William IV	King William Walk 51°28′48″N 0°00′24″W / 51.47989°N 0.00654°W / 51.47989; -0.00654 (William IV)	1845	Nixon, SamuelSamuel Nixon	Statue	Foggin Tor Devon granite		C !Grade II	Erected 18–19 December 1844 on King William Street in the City of London; taken down in 1935 and re-erected here, on a smaller pedestal, the following year. The principal work of this sculptor, who received insufficient recompense from the work's commissioners and came close to financial ruin.[5]
More images	Bellot !Memorial to Joseph René Bellot	Cutty Sark Gardens 51°29′01″N 0°00′28″W / 51.48364°N 0.00786°W / 51.48364; -0.00786 (Bellot Memorial)	1855	Hardwick, PhilipPhilip Hardwick	Obelisk			C !Grade II	[2]
More images	Memorial to the New Zealand Campaign (1863–4)	King William Walk 51°29′00″N 0°00′33″W / 51.4833°N 0.0091°W / 51.4833; -0.0091 (New Zealand Campaign Memorial)	1864 !after 1864	?	Obelisk			C !Grade II	[6]
More images	Wolfe !General James Wolfe	Blackheath Avenue, Greenwich Park 51°28′40″N 0°00′03″W / 51.47782°N 0.00085°W / 51.47782; -0.00085 (General Wolfe)	1927	McKenzie, Robert TaitRobert Tait McKenzie	Statue			C !Grade II
More images	Raleigh !Sir Walter Raleigh	Old Royal Naval College 51°28′59″N 0°00′31″W / 51.48306°N 0.00867°W / 51.48306; -0.00867 (Sir Walter Raleigh)	1959	McMillan, WilliamWilliam McMillan	Statue			C !Grade II	Unveiled 28 October 1959 in Whitehall by the US Ambassador John Hay Whitney.[7] Moved to this site in 2001[8] as it was out of scale with other statues which had since been erected nearby.[9] The statue is close to the Discover Greenwich entrance within the grounds of the ORNC.
More images	Large Standing Figure: Knife Edge	Greenwich Park	1961–76	Moore, HenryHenry Moore	Sculpture			N/A	[10]
	Dolphin Sundial	Titanic Memorial Garden, Royal Observatory	1977–8	Daniel, ChristopherChristopher Daniel and Edwin Russell	Sundial with sculpture			N/A
More images	Cook !Captain James Cook	National Maritime Museum 51°28′50″N 0°00′17″W / 51.48051°N 0.0048°W / 51.48051; -0.0048 (Captain Cook)	1994	Weller, ArthurArthur Weller	Statue			N/A	[11]
More images	Prime Meridian marker	Royal Observatory	1999	Garzia, ChristinaChristina Garzia	Sculpture			N/A
More images	Throne of Earthly Kings !The Throne of Earthly Kings	Devonport House	2004	Hameury, FrançoisFrançois Hameury	Sculpture			N/A	[12]
	Nelson !Statue of Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson	Trafalgar Tavern	2009	Povey, LesleyLesley Povey	Statue	Bronze		N/A	[13]
More images	Nelson’s Ship in a Bottle	National Maritime Museum	2010	Shonibare, YinkaYinka Shonibare	Sculpture			N/A
More images	Yuri Gagarin	Royal Observatory	2011	Novikov, AnatolyAnatoly Novikov	Statue	Zinc alloy		N/A	[14]

North Greenwich

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Notes
More images	Quantum Cloud	Greenwich Peninsula 51°30′07″N 0°00′33″E / 51.50185°N 0.00913°E / 51.50185; 0.00913 (Quantum Cloud)	2000	Gormley, AntonyAntony Gormley	Sculpture			N/A
More images	A Slice of Reality	Greenwich Peninsula 51°30′15″N 0°00′01″W / 51.50418°N 0.00028°W / 51.50418; -0.00028 (Slice of Reality)	2000	Wilson, RichardRichard Wilson	Sculpture			N/A	[15]
	Lenticular Dazzle Camouflage	Greenwich Peninsula 51°29′38″N 0°00′26″E / 51.493905°N 0.007183°E / 51.493905; 0.007183 (Lenticular Dazzle Camouflage)	2016	Conrad Shawcross	Sculpture	metal	49 m high	N/A	[16]

Woolwich

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Notes
	Statue of a Barbarian or Deus Lunus	Royal Arsenal Brass Foundry, No 1 Street 51°17′36″N 0°02′25″E / 51.2932°N 0.0404°E / 51.2932; 0.0404 (Roman statue "Deus Lunus" at Royal Arsenal)	late-Roman period (1st–3rd century AD)	?	Roman statue	Turkish marble		?	Dug up by British troops in Alexandria, Egypt, in 1801 and shipped to Woolwich
	Crucifix	St Mary's Gardens, Greenlaw Street 51°29′36″N 0°03′32″E / 51.4932°N 0.05881313°E / 51.4932; 0.05881313 (Crucifix)	18th–19th century?	?	crucifix	wood		?	Originally part of the church interior; moved here in 1966
More images	Wellington !Statue of Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington	Royal Arsenal, Wellington Park 51°17′37″N 0°02′37″E / 51.2937°N 0.0435°E / 51.2937; 0.0435 (Statue Duke of Wellington)	1848	Milnes, ThomasThomas Milnes	statue on pedestal	marble, Portland stone (plinth)		C !Grade II	Originally at the Tower of London, moved to the Arsenal in 1863
More images	Lioness resting paw on urn	St Mary's Gardens, Woolwich Church Street 51°29′36″N 0°03′37″E / 51.493357°N 0.06018106°E / 51.493357; 0.06018106 (tomb of Tom Cribb)	1851	?	statue	stone		?	Tom Cribb's tomb
More images	Crimean War Memorial	Royal Artillery Barracks, south end of parade ground 51°29′06″N 0°03′38″E / 51.48513°N 0.06050292°E / 51.48513; 0.06050292 (Crimean War Memorial)	1861	Bell, JohnJohn Bell	statue with pedestal surrounded by 12 cannon-bollards	bronze and stone	3 m (without pediment)	?	The figure of a woman distributing laurel wreaths, Honour, was cast from a Russian cannon captured at Sebastopol
More images	Major Little Memorial	Woolwich Common, Academy Rd / Ha-ha Rd 51°28′55″N 0°03′41″E / 51.482047°N 0.06133977°E / 51.482047; 0.06133977 (Major Little Memorial)	1861?	?	obelisk	stone		?
More images	Second Boer War Memorial	Grand Depot Road, opposite Royal Artillery Barracks 51°17′36″N 0°02′25″E / 51.2932°N 0.0404°E / 51.2932; 0.0404	1902?	?	obelisk	granite		?	Memorial to the men of the 61st Battery Royal Field Artillery who died in the Second Boer War (1899–1902)
	McLeod !Statue of Alexander McLeod	Former Royal Arsenal Co-operative Society building, 125–161 Powis Street	1903	Drury, AlfredAlfred Drury	Statue in niche	Coade stone or terracotta?		C !Grade II	[17]
	World War I memorial	Royal Arsenal, Grand Store, Cadogan Road 51°29′39″N 0°04′24″E / 51.494216°N 0.07334383°E / 51.494216; 0.07334383 (WWI Memorial)	1919?	?	relief	stone		?
	Maritime history of Woolwich	Woolwich Dockyard, Thames Path at Mast Pond Wharf 51°17′38″N 0°01′56″E / 51.294011°N 0.032183°E / 51.294011; 0.032183 (Thames Path mosaics)	1984–86	Community project	mosaic floor piece	ceramic			The mosaics are the result of a community project led by the National Elfrida Rathbone Society through an arts workshop based at the Clock House Community Centre
	Workers of Woolwich	Woolwich Arsenal station, platform 1 51°17′32″N 0°02′57″E / 51.292354°N 0.0492°E / 51.292354; 0.0492 (Workers of Woolwich)	1993	Williams, MartinMartin Williams	relief	terracotta			The work was commissioned by the British Rail’s Community Unit with the University of Greenwich and Greenwich Council, and is a tribute to the tens of thousands of workers at the Royal Arsenal
	The Woolwich Ship	Plumstead Road, opposite the Royal Arsenal 51°29′28″N 0°04′15″E / 51.491106°N 0.07086162°E / 51.491106; 0.07086162 (Naval history of Woolwich)	1999	Grimsey, TomTom Grimsey	sculpture	steel		N/A	The sculpture celebrates the naval history of Woolwich; commissioned by Woolwich Development Agency & Greenwich Council
	History of Woolwich Dockyard	Woolwich Church Street, Kingsman Parade pedestrian tunnel 51°17′36″N 0°01′55″E / 51.293329°N 0.032076°E / 51.293329; 0.032076 (Kingsman Parade mosaic)	2000	Lobb, StephenStephen Lobb, Greenwich Mural Workshop & pupils of Cardwell Primary School	mosaic mural	ceramic		N/A	The mosaics are the result of a project by the Greenwich Mural Workshop, with Stephen Lobb as the senior artist, working with Cardwell Primary School
More images	Assembly	Royal Arsenal, James Clavell Square 51°29′41″N 0°04′12″E / 51.49485°N 0.070059°E / 51.49485; 0.070059 (Assembly)	2001	Burke, PeterPeter Burke	group of 16 statues	cast iron	188cm	N/A
	Memorial to Dial Square, Royal Arsenal and Woolwich Arsenal Football Clubs	Royal Arsenal, outside the Dial Arch pub 51°29′33″N 0°04′11″E / 51.492502°N 0.06978873°E / 51.492502; 0.06978873 (Arsenal FC)	c. 2005	?	sculpture	bronze, stone		N/A
	Street Life	Woolwich Arsenal station, Green's End / Beresford Square 51°29′27″N 0°04′07″E / 51.490755°N 0.06852809°E / 51.490755; 0.06852809 (Street Life, in-station mural)	2008	Craig-Martin, MichaelMichael Craig-Martin	ceramic art, mural	ceramic	extends over two storeys	N/A	More than 2500 individually screen-printed tiles by Manor Architectural Ceramics in Warwick
More images	Statue of Nike, goddess of victory	Royal Arsenal, No 1 Street, Main Guardhouse 51°17′35″N 0°02′57″E / 51.2931°N 0.04910°E / 51.2931; 0.04910 (Nike, 2012 Summer Olympics memorial)	9 Sept 2012	Kougioumtzis, Pavlos AngelosPavlos Angelos Kougioumtzis	statue	bronze		N/A	A gift of the people of Olympia to commemorate the 30th Olympiad in London in 2012

References

Bibliography

• Blackwood, John (1989), London’s Immortals: The Complete Outdoor Commemorative Statues, London and Oxford: Savoy Press, ISBN 978-0951429600 
• Matthews, Peter (2012), London’s Statues and Monuments, Botley: Shire Publications 

External links

• Media related to Sculptures in the Royal Borough of Greenwich at Wikimedia Commons

Public art and memorials in London
Statues	Monarchs Richard I Charles I Charles II James II Anne St Paul's Westminster George III George IV George V George VI Others Alanbrooke Becket Bolívar Brunel Burns Cambridge Canning Chaplin Churchill Clive Cook Cromwell Derby Devonshire Disraeli Frere Freud Gagarin Gandhi Greathead Haig Havelock Herbert Holmes Irving Jenner Kitchener Lawson Lincoln Lloyd George Mandela Moore Montgomery Mountbatten Myddelton Napier Newman Nightingale Orwell Outram Palmerston Peel Raikes Reynolds Roberts San Martín Shakespeare Slim Smuts Trajan Wallenberg Washington Wellington City Hyde Park Corner Wesley St Paul's Shoreditch Westminster White Winehouse Wolseley
Memorials	7 July Memorial Albert Memorial Queen Alexandra Memorial Anti-Air War Memorial Bali Bombings Memorial Bazalgette Memorial Bolan's Rock Shrine Breathing Bromhead Memorial Burdett-Coutts Memorial Sundial Edith Cavell Memorial Cheylesmore Memorial Agatha Christie Memorial Donne Memorial Queen Eleanor Memorial Cross (Charing Cross) Faraday Memorial George VI and Queen Elizabeth Memorial Golden Boy of Pye Corner Grace Gates Memorial to the Great Exhibition Memorial to Heroic Self Sacrifice Hogg Memorial Holocaust Memorial Kennedy Memorial Kindertransport – The Arrival Lister Memorial The Monument National Firefighters Memorial National Police Memorial Nelson's Column Pankhurst Memorial Queen Elizabeth Gate Suffragette Memorial Victoria Memorial Twelve Responses to Tragedy ("Yalta Memorial") Wellington Arch Wellington Monument Whittington Stone A Conversation with Oscar Wilde Duke of York Column
War memorials	Pre-WWI Animals in War Crimean War Gurkhas (1816–) Marble Arch New Zealand Campaign (1863–64) Royal Marines (1899–) Siege of Cádiz Westminster School WWI WWII Australia Baltic Exchange Battle of Britain Belgium Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red Bromley Canada Cavalry The Cenotaph Chindits Chingford Chipping Barnet Civil Service Rifles Cockfosters Croydon La Délivrance Enfield Town (3 memorials) Finchley Flanders Fields Memorial Garden Fulham Golders Green Great Eastern Railway Great Western Railway Guards Division Hampton Wick Hendon Hornsey Imperial Camel Corps Islington London and North Western Railway London Troops Machine Gun Corps Memorial Gates Merchant Navy Monken Hadley New Barnet New Zealand Paddington Poland Poplar Rainham Royal Air Force Rifle Brigade RAF Bomber Command Royal Artillery Royal Fusiliers Royal Naval Division Royal Tank Regiment South Africa (Richmond) South Suburban Gas Company Southwark Submarines Women of World War II Wood Green Post-WWII Korean War
Fountains	Buxton Memorial Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Diana Fountain, Bushy Park Diana Fountain, Green Park Fawcett Memorial The Horses of Helios Guilford Place Matilda Fountain Revolving Torsion Roehampton St Lawrence Jewry and St Mary Magdalene Shaftesbury Memorial ("Eros") Lady Henry Somerset Memorial Victoria Park
Murals	Brixton Cable Street Poplar Rates Rebellion Sutton twin towns Sutton Heritage Mosaic Topolski Century
Other works	ArcelorMittal Orbit The Arch 1979–1980 The Barbican Muse Big 4 Boadicea and Her Daughters Bull The Burghers of Calais Christ Child Crystal Palace Dinosaurs The Diver Dolphin lamp standards Dragon boundary marks Elfin Oak Fourth plinth, Trafalgar Square Fulcrum The Gold Smelters Homage to Leonardo Icarus Knife Edge Two Piece 1962–65 Labyrinth London Noses London Pride The Messenger Millennium Dial The Naked Ladies Nike Old Father Time Paternoster Paternoster Vents Physical Energy Platforms Piece Quantum Cloud The Queen's Beasts Rush of Green St Paul's Cross Single Form (Memorial) A Slice of Reality Slipstream South Bank Lion Still Water Traffic Light Tree Winged Figure World World Cup Sculpture The Young Lovers Three Standing Figures 1947 Talking Statues Works formerly in London
Blue plaques	Camden Kensington and Chelsea City of Westminster
By borough	City of Westminster Hyde Park Kensington Gardens (partly in Kensington and Chelsea) Paddington St Marylebone Architectural sculpture City of London (not a London borough) Barking and Dagenham Barnet Bexley Brent Bromley Camden Croydon Ealing Enfield Greenwich Hackney Hammersmith and Fulham Haringey Harrow Havering Hillingdon Hounslow Islington Kensington and Chelsea Kingston Lambeth Lewisham Merton Newham Redbridge Richmond Southwark Sutton Tower Hamlets Waltham Forest Wandsworth
Organisations	Art on the Underground London Mural Preservation Society Metropolitan Drinking Fountain and Cattle Trough Association
Statues in London on Wikimedia Commons

Royal Borough of Greenwich
Districts	Abbey Wood Avery Hill Blackheath Charlton Coldharbour Deptford Eltham Greenwich Greenwich Peninsula/North Greenwich Horn Park Kidbrooke Longlands Mottingham New Charlton New Eltham Plumstead Shooter's Hill Thamesmead Westcombe Park Woolwich
Attractions	The Bob Hope Theatre Charlton House Cutty Sark Eltham Palace Emirates cable car Fan Museum Royal Artillery Barracks The Royal Artillery Museum Greenwich Theatre National Maritime Museum The O2 arena (formerly the Millennium Dome) Old Royal Naval College Ranger's House Royal Observatory Severndroog Castle St Alfege Church Thames Barrier The Valley (Charlton Athletic Football Club) Woolwich Ferry
Street markets	Greenwich Market
Parks and open spaces	Avery Hill Park Bostall Heath and Woods Charlton cemetery Charlton Park East Greenwich Pleasaunce Eltham Common Eltham Park Greenwich Cemetery Greenwich Park Hornfair Park Maryon Park Maryon Wilson Park Oxleas Wood Plumstead Common Sutcliffe Park Woolwich cemetery Woolwich Common
Constituencies	Erith and Thamesmead Eltham Greenwich and Woolwich
Bridges and tunnels	Blackwall Tunnel Greenwich foot tunnel Woolwich foot tunnel
Rail stations	Abbey Wood Charlton Cutty Sark Deptford Bridge Eltham Elverson Road (in LB of Lewisham) Greenwich Kidbrooke Maze Hill Mottingham New Eltham North Greenwich Plumstead Westcombe Park Woolwich Arsenal Woolwich Dockyard
Other topics	Coat of arms Council Grade I and II* listed buildings People Public art Schools