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

Map of public art in the London Borough of Haringey

Alexandra Park

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
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.


Crouch End

Main article: Crouch End
Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates
Date Artist / designer Type Designation Notes
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
1964 T. B. Huxley-Jones Bronze

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

51°34′29″N 0°07′37″W / 51.57461°N 0.12692°W / 51.57461; -0.12692
1993 Marilyn Collins Sculpture


Highgate

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
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


Muswell Hill

Main article: Muswell Hill
Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates
Date Artist / designer Type Designation Notes
Bust of Oliver Tambo O. R. Tambo Recreation Ground 2007 Ian Walters Bust
Statue of Oliver Tambo O. R. Tambo Recreation Ground 2019 ? Statue Unveiled 27 October 2019, with Thembi Tambo as guest of honour. Her father 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.


Tottenham

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

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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
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

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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

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Ferry boat tile motif Tottenham Hale station, Victoria line platforms 1968 Edward Bawden Tile murals

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Seven trees tile motif Seven Sisters station, Victoria line platforms 1969 Hans Unger Tile murals
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
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.
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.
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.

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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.

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Imagine, Remember, Reflect, React
The Holocaust
Bruce Castle 2007 Paul Margetts after Claudia Holder Sculpture Unveiled 2008.
Bruce Castle Holocaust Sculpture Bruce Castle 2013 ? Sculpture Unveiled 7 July 2013.


West Green

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

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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.
Windrush Memorial Rose Garden 1998 ? Marker with plaque Unveiled 23 June 1998.
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.


Wood Green

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

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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

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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

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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

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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


References

  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. "The Mystery of the Parkland Walk Spriggan Solved". Harringay online. 9 October 2013. Retrieved 5 September 2015.
  5. Historic England. "War Memorial at Highgate School (1346210)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 12 November 2022.
  6. Matthews 2018, p. 221.
  7. Taylor, Harry (4 November 2019). "Oliver Tambo: Muswell Hill statue unveiled to key anti-apartheid figure". Ham&High. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
  8. Allin, Simon (10 February 2021). "Haringey recreation ground renamed after O.R. Tambo". Enfield Independent. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
  9. Historic England. "Tottenham High Cross (1188856)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
  10. Historic England. "War Memorial at All Hallows Church (1431844)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 12 November 2022.
  11. Historic England. "War Memorial (1061398)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
  12. Victoria Line Tile Motifs – Tottenham Hale.
  13. "Who Were The Seven Sisters?". Londonist. 24 November 2014. Retrieved 5 September 2015.
  14. Cherry, Bridget; Pevsner, Nikolaus (1998). London: North. ISBN 0300096534. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
  15. Historic England. "Mosaic mural at Tangmere House (1482419)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 16 October 2022.
  16. ^ Listing saves Tottenham estate community mural from demolition. Twentieth Century Society. 13 October 2022. Retrieved 22 October 2022.
  17. Weekend Wonder: The Skeleton Horse (PDF). Haringey Council, Haringey Archive and Museum Service. 6 June 2020.
  18. Imagine, Remember, Reflect, React. Art UK. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
  19. "Bruce Castle Holocaust Sculpture". War Memorials Register. Imperial War Museums. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
  20. Historic England. "West Green and Tottenham War Memorial (1440866)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 12 November 2022.
  21. West Green Windrush Memorial. Art UK. Retrieved 5 October 2024.
  22. M@ (12 September 2019). "What Connects Michael Caine, Ronnie Corbett And Nicola Adams? London's Portrait Benches". Londonist. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
  23. "Tottenham heroes commemorated on bench". Tottenham Independent. 16 May 2013. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
  24. Historic England. "Obelisk memorial drinking fountain (1359592)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
  25. "Monument to Victorian Anti-Slavery & Animal Rights Campaigner". Harringay Online. Retrieved 13 February 2015.
  26. "Cattle Trough, Haringey". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 13 February 2015.
  27. Historic England. "St Saviour's War Memorial (1249710)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 12 November 2022.
  28. "War Memorial, Haringey". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 5 September 2015.

Bibliography

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

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