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Map of public art in the London Borough of Haringey

Alexandra Park

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Main article: Alexandra Park, London
Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Material Designation Notes
Leo the Lion Alexandra Park Boating Lake

51°35′47″N 0°07′49″W / 51.5964°N 0.1303°W / 51.5964; -0.1303 (Leo the Lion) 		1973 Charles Wheeler Sculpture Bronze — [1]
Olympic sculptures The Grove, Alexandra Park

51°35′32″N 0°08′10″W / 51.5922°N 0.1361°W / 51.5922; -0.1361 (Olympic sculptures) 		2012 Shane Green Sculpture Wood — Part of a series of sculptures of different sports to mark the 2012 Summer Olympics.[2][3]


Crouch End

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Main article: Crouch End
Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Architect / other Type Designation Notes
Portrait roundel of Henry Reader Williams Clock tower, Broadway

51°34′47″N 0°07′25″W / 51.5798°N 0.1237°W / 51.5798; -0.1237 (Crouch End Clock Tower) 		1895 Alfred Gilbert Frederick Knight Relief Grade II Williams (1822–1897) was a local benefactor.[4]
Relief panels Broadway House, 1–4 Broadway

51°34′43″N 0°07′25″W / 51.5785°N 0.1235°W / 51.5785; -0.1235 (Broadway House) 		1936–1937 ? Dawe and Carter Architectural sculpture Grade II [5]

More images 		Reclining Figure Outside Hornsey Library, Haringey Park

51°34′41.3″N 0°7′20.6″W / 51.578139°N 0.122389°W / 51.578139; -0.122389 (Reclining Figure) 		1963–1965 T. B. Huxley-Jones Sculpture Grade II [6]

More images 		The Spriggan Parkland Walk, near site of former Crouch End railway station

51°34′29″N 0°07′37″W / 51.5746°N 0.1269°W / 51.5746; -0.1269 (The Spriggan) 		1993 Marilyn Collins — Sculpture — [7]


Highgate

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Highgate is partly located outside the borough of Haringey; for works not listed here see the relevant sections for the boroughs of Camden and Islington.
Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Designation Notes

More images 		Drinking fountain Highgate Wood, Muswell Hill Road

51°35′03″N 0°08′56″W / 51.5841°N 0.1489°W / 51.5841; -0.1489 (Drinking fountain) 		1888 ? Drinking fountain Grade II A plaque has lines from the poet Coleridge, who had links to Highgate: "Drink, Pilgrim, here! Here rest! And if thy heart/ Be innocent, here too shalt thou refresh/ Thy spirit, listening to some gentle sound/ Of passing gale or hum of murmuring bees!"[8]
Highgate School War Memorial Highgate School

51°34′17″N 0°08′59″W / 51.5715°N 0.1497°W / 51.5715; -0.1497 (Highgate School War Memorial) 		1921 Reginald Blomfield Cross of Sacrifice Grade II [9]


Hornsey

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Main article: Hornsey
Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Designation Notes
Drinking fountain High Street

51°35′16″N 0°06′59″W / 51.5878°N 0.1164°W / 51.5878; -0.1164 (Drinking fountain) 		1863 ? Drinking fountain Grade II [10]
Metcalf Fountain
Charles Thomas Page Metcalf 		Priory Park, Middle Lane

51°35′05″N 0°07′25″W / 51.5848°N 0.1236°W / 51.5848; -0.1236 (Metcalf Fountain) 		1879 c. 1879 ? Drinking fountain Grade II The fountain originally stood in Crouch End Broadway; Metcalf donated it as a replacement for the village pump. It was moved here after the Broadway Clock Tower was erected on the site.[11]
St Paul's Fountain Priory Park

51°35′09″N 0°07′23″W / 51.5858°N 0.1230°W / 51.5858; -0.1230 (St Paul's Fountain) 		1880 Francis Cranmer Penrose Fountain Grade II Originally outside St Paul's Cathedral, marking the site of Paul's Cross, the foundations of which had been discovered in 1874. Moved here in the 1900s to allow for the construction of the current St Paul's Cross on the previous site.[12]
Drop Philosophers' Garden, Priory Park 1990s Marilyn Collins Sculptural water feature — [13]
Abstract sculpture New River Avenue 2008 c. 2008 ? Sculpture — [14]
Totem 'Shapes of Thought' Philosophers' Garden, Priory Park 2018 Elite Transformations Sundial — [15]


Muswell Hill

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Main article: Muswell Hill
Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Designation Notes

More images 		Bust of Oliver Tambo O. R. Tambo Recreation Ground 2007 Ian Walters Bust — The anti-apartheid activist lived in exile for almost three decades at Muswell Hill, and frequently visited this park. Formerly called Albert Road Recreation Ground, it was renamed after him in 2021.[16][17]

More images 		Statue of Oliver Tambo O. R. Tambo Recreation Ground 2019 Artists and technicians led by Dali Tambo Statue — Unveiled 27 October 2019, with Thembi Tambo as guest of honour.[18] Another version is at O. R. Tambo International Airport in South Africa.[19]


Tottenham

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Main article: Tottenham
Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Designation Notes

More images 		Tottenham High Cross Junction of Tottenham High Road and Monument Way

51°35′20″N 0°4′13″W / 51.58889°N 0.07028°W / 51.58889; -0.07028 		1600 c. 1600 (modified 1809) ? Cross Grade II [20]
All Hallows' Church War Memorial All Hallows' Churchyard

51°36′02″N 0°04′36″W / 51.6006°N 0.07656°W / 51.6006; -0.07656 (All Hallows' Church War Memorial) 		1920 c. 1920 ? Celtic cross Grade II [21]

More images 		Tottenham War Memorial Tottenham Green

51°35′12.43″N 0°4′17.22″W / 51.5867861°N 0.0714500°W / 51.5867861; -0.0714500 		1923 Louis Frederick Roslyn War memorial with statue Grade II [22]

More images 		Ferry boat tile motif Tottenham Hale station, Victoria line platforms 1968 Edward Bawden Tile murals — [23]

More images 		Seven trees tile motif Seven Sisters station, Victoria line platforms 1969 Hans Unger Tile murals — [24]
Embracing Forms Tottenham High Road, near the High Cross, across from the Maa Maat Cultural Centre

51°21′08″N 4°07′19″W / 51.35223°N 004.122°W / 51.35223; -004.122 		1983 Vanessa Pomeroy Sculpture — [25]
Equality-Harmony Tangmere House, Broadwater Farm Estate 1986–1987 Gülsün Erbil Mosaic mural Grade II Commissioned in the wake of the Broadwater Farm riot of 1985. Erbil was herself a resident of the estate.[26][27]
Peace Mural I Broadwater Farm Estate 1987 Anthony Steele Mural — Depicts Bob Marley, Mahatma Gandhi, John Lennon and, on a mountaintop in the distance, Martin Luther King.[27]
Interlocking Rings Bruce Castle Park 1990–2000 Jack Gardner Sculpture — Installed here in 2012, on the plinth of a removed 19th-century drinking fountain.[28]
Waterfall Mural Debden block, Broadwater Farm Estate 1991 Bernette Hall and Donald Taylor Mural — Considered a symbol of the estate, the mural alludes to the River Moselle which runs through the site.[27]

More images 		Skeleton Horse Chestnuts Park

51°34′53″N 0°05′19″W / 51.5815°N 0.0885°W / 51.5815; -0.0885 (Skeleton Horse) 		2005 Ann Carrington Sculpture — Made from reclaimed wood and materials.[29]

More images 		Imagine, Remember, Reflect, React
The Holocaust 		Bruce Castle 2007 Paul Margetts after Claudia Holder Sculpture — Unveiled 2008.[30]
Bruce Castle Holocaust Sculpture Bruce Castle 2013 ? Sculpture — Unveiled 7 July 2013.[31]
Mural of Ledley King Tottenham Community Sports Centre, High Rd [32] 2022 MurWalls[33] Mural — Unveiled January 2022. Mural of former Tottenham Hotspur captain Ledley King. The quote "This is my club, my one and only club" is in reference to King's status as a one-club player
Mural of Harry Kane Whitehall St 2023 MurWalls Mural — Unveiled in May 2023. Mural of former Tottenham Hotspur striker Harry Kane, commissioned in celebration of Kane becoming the club's record highest goal scorer in February 2023. Kane and his family left their handprints and signatures on the bottom right[34][35]


West Green

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Main article: West Green, London
Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Designation Notes

More images 		West Green and Tottenham War Memorial West Green Road

51°35′11″N 0°05′14″W / 51.5865°N 0.0872°W / 51.5865; -0.0872 (West Green and Tottenham War Memorial) 		1922 — Obelisk Grade II Unveiled 16 July 1922.[36]
Windrush Memorial Rose Garden 1998 ? Marker with plaque — Unveiled 23 June 1998.[37]
Sustrans Portrait Bench Downhills Park

51°35′14″N 0°05′17″W / 51.5872°N 0.0880°W / 51.5872; -0.0880 (Sustrans Portrait Bench) 		2013 ? Sculpture — Depicts Nicola Adams, Walter Tull and Luke Howard.[38][39]


Wood Green

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Main article: Wood Green
Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Designation Notes

More images 		Catharine Smithies Memorial Drinking Fountain Bounds Green Road

51°36′03″N 0°06′58″W / 51.6009°N 0.1162°W / 51.6009; -0.1162 		1879 ? Obelisk with drinking fountain Grade II [40][41]

More images 		Drinking fountain and cattle trough Wood Green High Road, near junction with Trinity Road

51°36′03″N 0°06′43″W / 51.600947°N 0.111807°W / 51.600947; -0.111807 		1901 ? Drinking fountain and cattle trough Grade II [42]

More images 		St Saviour's War Memorial Alexandra Park Road

51°35′54″N 0°07′45″W / 51.5983°N 0.1292°W / 51.5983; -0.1292 (St Saviour's War Memorial) 		1919 John Samuel Alder Memorial cross Grade II [43]

More images 		Wood Green War Memorial Wood Green High Road, near junction with Bounds Green Road

51°35′58″N 0°06′39″W / 51.5995°N 0.1109°W / 51.5995; -0.1109 		1920 ? War memorial Grade II [44]


See also

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References

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  1. ^ "A Look Back at Alexandra Palace". Alexandra Palace. Retrieved 4 September 2022.
  2. ^ "Tree sculptures carved in Alexandra Park, July/August 2012". Friends of Alexandra Park. Retrieved 4 September 2022.
  3. ^ "Otley artist Shane Green carves his way into Olympics legacy". Wharfedale Observer. 29 September 2012. Retrieved 4 September 2022.
  4. ^ Crouch End Clock Tower. Art UK. Retrieved 2 March 2025.
  5. ^ Relief Panels. Art UK. Retrieved 2 March 2025.
  6. ^ Reclining Figure. Art UK. Retrieved 2 March 2025.
  7. ^ "The Mystery of the Parkland Walk Spriggan Solved". Harringay online. 9 October 2013. Retrieved 5 September 2015.
  8. ^ Historic England. "Drinking Fountain in Highgate Wood (1096149)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 3 March 2025.
  9. ^ Historic England. "War Memorial at Highgate School (1346210)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 12 November 2022.
  10. ^ Historic England. "Drinking fountain (1249716)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 3 March 2025.
  11. ^ "Metcalf fountain". London Remembers. Retrieved 3 March 2025.
  12. ^ "Fountain from St Pauls". London Remembers. Retrieved 3 March 2025.
  13. ^ Drop Water Feature. Art UK. Retrieved 2 March 2025.
  14. ^ Abstract Sculpture. Art UK. Retrieved 2 March 2025.
  15. ^ Totem 'Shapes of Thought'. Art UK. Retrieved 2 March 2025.
  16. ^ Allin, Simon (10 February 2021). "Haringey recreation ground renamed after O.R. Tambo". Enfield Independent. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
  17. ^ Matthews 2018, p. 221.
  18. ^ Taylor, Harry (4 November 2019). "Oliver Tambo: Muswell Hill statue unveiled to key anti-apartheid figure". Ham&High. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
  19. ^ Oliver Tambo (1917–1993). Art UK. Retrieved 2 March 2025.
  20. ^ Historic England. "Tottenham High Cross (1188856)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
  21. ^ Historic England. "War Memorial at All Hallows Church (1431844)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 12 November 2022.
  22. ^ Historic England. "War Memorial (1061398)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
  23. ^ Victoria Line Tile Motifs – Tottenham Hale.
  24. ^ "Who Were The Seven Sisters?". Londonist. 24 November 2014. Retrieved 5 September 2015.
  25. ^ Cherry, Bridget; Pevsner, Nikolaus (1998). London: North. Yale University Press. ISBN 0300096534. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
  26. ^ Historic England. "Mosaic mural at Tangmere House (1482419)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 16 October 2022.
  27. ^ a b c Listing saves Tottenham estate community mural from demolition. Twentieth Century Society. 13 October 2022. Retrieved 22 October 2022.
  28. ^ Interlocking Rings. Art UK. Retrieved 2 March 2025.
  29. ^ Weekend Wonder: The Skeleton Horse (PDF). Haringey Council, Haringey Archive and Museum Service. 6 June 2020.
  30. ^ Imagine, Remember, Reflect, React. Art UK. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
  31. ^ "Bruce Castle Holocaust Sculpture". War Memorials Register. Imperial War Museums. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
  32. ^ "LEDLEY KING MURAL Tottenham Community Sports Centre". tottenhamcommunitysportscentre.com. January 2022. Retrieved 18 March 2025.
  33. ^ "Tribute fit for a King Tottenham Hotspur". tottenhamhotspur.com. 10 January 2022. Retrieved 18 March 2025.
  34. ^ "Harry's record celebrated with mural in the heart of Tottenham Tottenham Hotspur". tottenhamhotspur.com. 15 May 2023. Retrieved 18 March 2025.
  35. ^ "Kane visits his mural... and adds his own finishing touches Tottenham Hotspur". tottenhamhotspur.com. 19 May 2023. Retrieved 18 March 2025.
  36. ^ Historic England. "West Green and Tottenham War Memorial (1440866)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 12 November 2022.
  37. ^ West Green Windrush Memorial. Art UK. Retrieved 5 October 2024.
  38. ^ M@ (12 September 2019). "What Connects Michael Caine, Ronnie Corbett And Nicola Adams? London's Portrait Benches". Londonist. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
  39. ^ "Tottenham heroes commemorated on bench". Tottenham Independent. 16 May 2013. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
  40. ^ Historic England. "Obelisk memorial drinking fountain (1359592)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
  41. ^ "Monument to Victorian Anti-Slavery & Animal Rights Campaigner". Harringay Online. Retrieved 13 February 2015.
  42. ^ "Cattle Trough, Haringey". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 13 February 2015.
  43. ^ Historic England. "St Saviour's War Memorial (1249710)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 12 November 2022.
  44. ^ "War Memorial, Haringey". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 5 September 2015.

Bibliography

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  • Matthews, Peter (2018). London's Statues and Monuments. Oxford: Shire Publications.
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