# List of public art in the London Borough of Southwark

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

## Bankside

| Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates | Date | Artist / designer | Architect / other | Type | Designation | Notes |
| | Poured Lines | Southwark Street | 2006 | Ian Davenport | — | Painting | — | The largest outdoor painting in Britain. |
| More images | Monument to the Unknown Artist | Sumner Street | 2007 | greyworld | — | Animatronic statue | — | |
| More images | A Family in Residence | Neo Bankside | 2012 | Ivan Murray | — | Sculptural group | — | |
| | 65,000 Photographs | One Blackfriars | 2019 | Idris Khan | — | Sculpture | — | |

## Bermondsey

| Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates | Date | Artist / designer | Architect / other | Type | Designation | Notes |
| | Memorial to James Braidwood | Tooley Street | 1862 | Samuel Henry Gardiner | — | Relief | | |
| More images | Statue of Samuel Bourne Bevington | Tooley Street 51°30′10″N 0°04′41″W﻿ / ﻿51.5029°N 0.0781°W﻿ / 51.5029; -0.0781﻿ (Statue of Samuel Bourne Bevington) | 1910 | Sydney March | — | Statue | Grade II | |
| More images | St John Horsleydown War Memorial | St John's Churchyard 51°30′08″N 0°04′42″W﻿ / ﻿51.5022°N 0.0784°W﻿ / 51.5022; -0.0784﻿ (St John Horsleydown War Memorial) | 1920 c. 1920 | ? | — | Crucifix | Grade II | |
| More images | Bermondsey and Rotherhithe War Memorial | West Lane 51°29′56″N 0°03′38″W﻿ / ﻿51.4990°N 0.0605°W﻿ / 51.4990; -0.0605﻿ (Bermondsey and Rotherhithe War Memorial) | 1921 | — | ? | Memorial column | Grade II | Unveiled October 1921. |
| More images | 22nd Battalion London Regiment (The Queen's) War Memorial | Old Jamaica Road 51°29′53″N 0°04′15″W﻿ / ﻿51.4980°N 0.0709°W﻿ / 51.4980; -0.0709﻿ (22nd Battalion London Regiment (The Queen's) War Memorial) | 1921 | ? | ? | War memorial | Grade II | Unveiled 20 November 1921. |
| More images | Bust of Ernest Bevin | Tooley Street 51°30′10″N 0°04′40″W﻿ / ﻿51.5028°N 0.0779°W﻿ / 51.5028; -0.0779﻿ (Bust of Ernest Bevin) | 1955 | Ernest Shone-Jones after Edwin Whitney-Smith | — | Bust | — | |
| | Lady with a Greyhound | Avondale Square | 1962 | Antony Weller | — | Sculpture | | |
| More images | 'Jacob' – The Circle Dray Horse | The Circle, Queen Elizabeth Street 51°30′06″N 0°04′28″W﻿ / ﻿51.50160°N 0.07438°W﻿ / 51.50160; -0.07438﻿ (Jacob the Dray Horse) | 1987 | Shirley Pace | | Statue | Grade II | Alludes to the brewery stables in the area in the 19th century and to the name of the historic parish Southwark St John Horsleydown, which may refer to a grazing ground. |
| More images | The Navigators | Hay's Galleria | 1987 | David Kemp | | | | |
| More images | Torso | Brewery Square, Courage Yard | 1991 | Antony Donaldson | — | Sculpture | — | |
| More images | Waterfall | Courage Yard (formerly Horselydown Square and Tower Bridge Piazza) 51°30′14″N 0°04′31″W﻿ / ﻿51.5038°N 0.0754°W﻿ / 51.5038; -0.0754﻿ (Waterfall) | 1991 | Antony Donaldson | | Fountain with sculpture | — | |
| More images | Exotic Cargo | St Saviour's Dock footbridge, Butler's Wharf | 1995 | Peter Randall-Page | — | Sculpture | — | |
| | A Last Parting Look (for C.D.) Charles Dickens | 22 Leathermarket Street | 2006 | Joseph Kosuth | | Installation | — | The text is a quotation from Dickens's novel The Pickwick Papers. |
| More images | The Bermondsey Lion | The Blue 51°29′33″N 0°03′49″W﻿ / ﻿51.4924°N 0.0636°W﻿ / 51.4924; -0.0636﻿ (The Bermondsey Lion) | 2011 | Kevin Boys | — | Sculpture | — | |
| More images | Dr Salter's Daydream Alfred Salter | Cherry Gardens 51°30′02″N 0°03′35″W﻿ / ﻿51.5006°N 0.0597°W﻿ / 51.5006; -0.0597﻿ (Dr Salter's Daydream) | 2014 | Diane Gorvin | — | Sculptures | — | Replaces a group of the same name installed here in 1991. The seated statue of Dr Salter was stolen in 2011, after which the figures of his daughter Joyce and her cat were taken into safekeeping by Southwark Council. The new work includes an additional sculpture portraying Salter's wife, Ada. |
| | Memorial to Albert Edward McKenzie | Tower Bridge Road | 2015 | Kevin Boys | Tim Wood | Sculpture | — | |
| More images | Cornerstone | Tanner Street Park | 2020 | Austin Emery | — | Sculpture | — | |
| More images | Mandela Way T-34 Tank | Mandela Way 51°29′35″N 0°04′58″W﻿ / ﻿51.4930°N 0.0827°W﻿ / 51.4930; -0.0827﻿ (Mandela Way T-34 Tank) | | | | | — | |

## Camberwell

| Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates | Date | Artist / designer | Architect / other | Type | Designation | Notes |
| More images | Statue of Robert Bentley Todd | King's College Hospital, Denmark Hill | 1863 | Matthew Noble | | | | |
| | Camberwell Beauty butterfly | Denmark Hill (on wall of Superdrug) | 20th century | | — | Tile mural | — | |
| | Two mermaid corbels | Wells Way | 1903 | Henry Gunthorp and Sylvester Horsman | Maurice Bingham Adams and William Oxtoby | Corbels | Grade II | |
| | Camberwell Beauty butterfly | Wells Way | c. 1920 | ? | Maurice Bingham Adams | Tile mural | Grade II | The butterfly was used as the logo of the local stationery firm Samuel Jones & Co. The mural was relocated to its present site after the firm left its offices in Peckham in 1982. |
| More images | Burgess Park War Memorial | 55 Wells Way (formerly St George's Church) 51°28′54″N 0°05′08″W﻿ / ﻿51.481784°N 0.085481°W﻿ / 51.481784; -0.085481﻿ (Burgess Park War Memorial) | 1920 | Arild Rosenkrantz | — | Statue | Grade II | Unveiled 19 September 1920. |
| More images | 1st Surrey Rifles War Memorial | St Giles's churchyard, Camberwell Church Street 51°28′24″N 0°05′13″W﻿ / ﻿51.4733°N 0.0870°W﻿ / 51.4733; -0.0870﻿ (1st Surrey Rifles War Memorial) | 1921 | ? | — | Memorial cross | Grade II | Unveiled 6 November 1921. |
| More images | Statue of William Booth | Outside William Booth Memorial Training College, Champion Park 51°28′04″N 0°05′19″W﻿ / ﻿51.4679°N 0.0886°W﻿ / 51.4679; -0.0886﻿ (Statue of William Booth) | 1929 | George Edward Wade | Giles Gilbert Scott | Statue | Grade II | |
| More images | Statue of Catherine Booth | Outside William Booth Memorial Training College, Champion Park 51°28′04″N 0°05′20″W﻿ / ﻿51.4679°N 0.0888°W﻿ / 51.4679; -0.0888﻿ (Statue of Catherine Booth) | 1929 | George Edward Wade | Giles Gilbert Scott | Statue | Grade II | |
| | Memorial to Damilola Taylor | Oliver Goldsmith Primary School | 2001–2002 | Alexandra Brooke | — | Sculpture | — | |
| More images | Run | Denmark Hill | 2009 | Leigh Dyer | — | Sculptures | — | |

## Dulwich

| Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates | Date | Artist / designer | Architect / other | Type | Designation | Notes |
| | St Peter's Church War Memorial | St Peter's churchyard, Lordship Lane 51°26′35″N 0°04′03″W﻿ / ﻿51.4431°N 0.0675°W﻿ / 51.4431; -0.0675﻿ (St Peter's Church War Memorial) | after 1918 | ? | — | Rectangular pillar with flagpole | Grade II | |
| | St Stephen's Church War Memorial | St Stephen's churchyard, College Road 51°25′56″N 0°04′42″W﻿ / ﻿51.4323°N 0.0784°W﻿ / 51.4323; -0.0784﻿ (St Stephen's Church War Memorial) | after 1918 | ? | — | Celtic cross | Grade II | |
| More images | Dulwich College War Memorial | Dulwich College 51°26′25″N 0°05′03″W﻿ / ﻿51.4402°N 0.0842°W﻿ / 51.4402; -0.0842﻿ (Dulwich College War Memorial) | 1920; 1990 | — | W. H. Atkin-Berry; John Wells-Thorpe | Memorial cross with stelae | Grade II | Unveiled 17 June 1921 by Major General Sir Webb Gillman. |
| More images | Southwark Military Hospital War Memorial | Former Dulwich Hospital 51°27′32″N 0°04′51″W﻿ / ﻿51.4589°N 0.0807°W﻿ / 51.4589; -0.0807﻿ (Souhwark Military Hospital War Memorial) | 1920; 2009 | ? | — | Memorial cross | Grade II | Unveiled 16 October 1920, on a site about 20m to the west of its current location. Only the base is original, the cross and shaft having been lost after the memorial was put into storage in the 1950s. Restored and reinstalled on this site in 2009. |
| More images | Dulwich Old College War Memorial | Dulwich Old College 51°26′48″N 0°05′09″W﻿ / ﻿51.4468°N 0.0859°W﻿ / 51.4468; -0.0859﻿ (Dulwich Old College War Memorial) | 1921 | — | W. D. Caröe | Memorial cross | Grade II | |
| More images | Memorial to Edward Alleyn | Dulwich Old College 51°26′49″N 0°05′10″W﻿ / ﻿51.4469°N 0.0860°W﻿ / 51.4469; -0.0860﻿ (Memorial to Edward Alleyn) | 2005 | Louise Simson | — | Sculptural group | — | |
| More images | Walking the Dog | Dulwich Picture Gallery | 2009 | Peter Randall-Page | — | Sculpture | — | Presented by the Art Fund in 2011 to mark the Dulwich Picture Gallery's bicentenary. |
| | Three Perpetual Chords | Dulwich Park | 2015 | Conrad Shawcross | — | Sculpture | — | |

## Elephant and Castle

| Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates | Date | Artist / designer | Architect / other | Type | Designation | Notes |
| More images | Elephant and Castle | Elephant and Castle | 1898 | ? | — | Sculpture | — | |
| | Borough of Southwark World War II Memorial | Walworth Town Hall, Walworth Road | 1949 | ? | — | Tablets | Grade II | Unveiled 11 June 1949. |
| More images | Michael Faraday Memorial | Elephant and Castle roundabout 51°29′42″N 0°06′02″W﻿ / ﻿51.4950°N 0.1006°W﻿ / 51.4950; -0.1006﻿ (Michael Faraday Memorial) | 1959–1961 | — | Rodney Gordon | Sculpture | Grade II | |
| | Southwark Memorial | Walworth Square | 2018 | Kenny Hunter | — | Sculpture | — | |
| | Big King | Morley College | ? | Glenn Hellman | — | Architectural sculpture | — | |

## Kennington

| Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates | Date | Artist / designer | Architect / other | Type | Designation | Notes |
| More images | Two Piece Reclining Figure No. 3 | Brandon Estate, Cooks Road 51°28′57″N 0°06′15″W﻿ / ﻿51.4825°N 0.1043°W﻿ / 51.4825; -0.1043﻿ (Two Piece Reclining Figure No. 3) | 1961 | Henry Moore | — | Sculpture | — | |
| More images | Segment of the Berlin Wall | Geraldine Mary Harmsworth Park | ? | "Indiano" (Jürgen L. Grosse) | — | Segment of wall with graffiti | — | |
| More images | Soviet War Memorial | Geraldine Mary Harmsworth Park 51°29′46″N 0°06′35″W﻿ / ﻿51.4962°N 0.1096°W﻿ / 51.4962; -0.1096﻿ (Soviet War Memorial) | 1999 | Sergei Shcherbakov | Garry Breeze | Sculpture | — | Unveiled 9 May (Victory Day) 1999. |

## Newington

| Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates | Date | Artist / designer | Architect / other | Type | Designation | Notes |
| More images | Statue of Alfred the Great | Trinity Church Square 51°29′56″N 0°05′37″W﻿ / ﻿51.4989°N 0.0936°W﻿ / 51.4989; -0.0936﻿ (Statue of a king, possibly Alfred the Great) | Late 1st – early 2nd century (lower half); early 19th century (upper half) | ? | — | Statue | Grade II | The lower half is a remnant of a colossal Roman statue, most likely of the goddess Minerva. Previously thought to be either a medieval statue commissioned by Richard II for Westminster Hall, or entirely 18th- or 19th-century. |
| | The Black Friar | Friars House, Blackfriars Road / Pocock Street | 1958 | Edward Bainbridge Copnall | | Relief | | |

## Peckham

| Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates | Date | Artist / designer | Architect / other | Type | Designation |
| More images | History of the Old Kent Road | The Everlasting Arms Ministries (formerly the North Peckham Civic Centre), 600–608 Old Kent Road 51°29′00″N 0°03′56″E﻿ / ﻿51.4833°N 0.0655°E﻿ / 51.4833; 0.0655﻿ (History of the Old Kent Road) | 1964 | Adam Kossowski | — | Ceramic mural | Grade II |
| More images | Peckham Arch | Peckham Square | 1994 | Ron Haselden | John McAslan | Canopy with light art | — |
| | Arrows and Obelisks | Tesco, Old Kent Road 51°29′18″N 0°04′34″W﻿ / ﻿51.4883°N 0.0762°W﻿ / 51.4883; -0.0762﻿ (Arrows and Obelisks) | 1995 | Peter Logan | — | Kinetic sculpture | — |

## Rotherhithe

| Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates | Date | Artist / designer | Architect / other | Type | Designation | Notes |
| | Bluecoat Boy and Girl statues | Façade of 70 St Marychurch Street, near St Mary's Church 51°30′03″N 0°03′15″W﻿ / ﻿51.50097°N 0.05407°W﻿ / 51.50097; -0.05407﻿ (70, St Marychurch Street) | after 1700 | ? | — | Statues | Grade II | |
| | Two caryatides | Southwark Park | 1897 | Henry Poole | Murray and Foster (original building) | Caryatides (now freestanding) | — | Originally flanked the entrance of Rotherhithe Town Hall, which was demolished after being heavily damaged in the Blitz. Relocated to the Heygate Estate in 1974, then to this site in 2011. |
| More images | Holy Trinity Church War Memorial | Holy Trinity churchyard 51°30′01″N 0°02′05″W﻿ / ﻿51.5003°N 0.0348°W﻿ / 51.5003; -0.0348﻿ (Holy Trinity Church War Memorial) | after 1918 | ? | — | Cross atop a fluted pillar | Grade II | |
| More images | St Mary's Church War Memorial | St Mary's churchyard 51°30′04″N 0°03′15″W﻿ / ﻿51.5012°N 0.0542°W﻿ / 51.5012; -0.0542﻿ (St Mary's Church War Memorial) | after 1918 | ? | — | Memorial cross | Grade II | |
| More images | Norwegian Seamen's War Memorial | St Olav's Church 51°29′56″N 0°03′37″W﻿ / ﻿51.4990°N 0.0604°W﻿ / 51.4990; -0.0604﻿ (Norwegian Seamen's War Memorial) | 1927 | ? | — | War memorial | Grade II | |
| More images | Curlicue | Greenland Dock 51°29′46″N 0°01′58″W﻿ / ﻿51.4961°N 0.0327°W﻿ / 51.4961; -0.0327﻿ (Curlicue) | 1989 | William Pye | — | Sculpture | — | |
| | Bust of James Walker | Greenland Dock 51°29′44″N 0°02′27″W﻿ / ﻿51.49542°N 0.04074°W﻿ / 51.49542; -0.04074﻿ (Bust of James Walker) | 1990 | Michael Rizzello | — | Bust | — | |
| | Deal Porters | Canada Water | 1990 | Philip Bews | — | Sculptural group | — | Unveiled 19 October 1990 by Jack Jones. |
| More images | Sunshine Weekly and the Pilgrim's Pocket | Cumberland Wharf 51°30′09″N 0°03′07″W﻿ / ﻿51.5024°N 0.0519°W﻿ / 51.5024; -0.0519﻿ (Sunshine Weekly and the Pilgrim's Pocket) | 1991 | Peter McLean | — | Sculptural group | — | |
| | Memorial to Christopher Jones | St Mary's churchyard | 1995 | Jamie Sargeant | — | Sculptural group | — | |
| | Sustrans Portrait Bench | Greenland Dock 51°29′43″N 0°02′26″W﻿ / ﻿51.49530°N 0.04047°W﻿ / 51.49530; -0.04047﻿ (Sustrans Portrait Bench) | 2013 | ? | — | Sculpture | — | Depicts Phyllis Pearsall, Michael Caine, and Barry Mason (represented by a bicycle and cormorant). |

## Southwark

| Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates | Date | Artist / designer | Architect / other | Type | Designation | Notes |
| | Royal arms of George III | Façade of King's Arms pub, Newcomen Street | 1728 c. 1728 | — | — | Architectural sculpture (relief) | Grade II | Originally stood on a gateway that spanned the old London Bridge. Placed on the pub's façade soon after it was completed in 1890. |
| More images | Statue of Thomas Guy | Guy's Hospital 51°30′15″N 0°05′16″W﻿ / ﻿51.5043°N 0.0879°W﻿ / 51.5043; -0.0879﻿ (Statue of Thomas Guy) | 1734 | Peter Scheemakers | — | Statue | Grade II | |
| | The Sower | Red Cross Garden 51°30′12″N 0°05′41″W﻿ / ﻿51.5033°N 0.0948°W﻿ / 51.5033; -0.0948﻿ (The Sower) | 1896 | After Louisa Beresford, Marchioness of Waterford | James Powell and Sons (glassmakers) | Mosaic | Grade II | |
| | Plaque marking the ap­prox­im­ate site of the Globe Theatre | Park Street | 1909 | Édouard Lantéri | — | Plaque with relief | — | Unveiled by Herbert Beerbohm Tree and com­miss­ion­ed by the Shakespeare Reading Society, of which Tree was President. |
| More images | Guy's Hospital War Memorial | Guy's Hospital, St Thomas Street 51°30′11″N 0°05′20″W﻿ / ﻿51.5030°N 0.0890°W﻿ / 51.5030; -0.0890﻿ (Guy's Hospital War Memorial) | 1921 | — | William Walford | Memorial arch | Grade II | Unveiled 16 July 1921 by the Duke of York (the future George V). |
| More images | London, Brighton and South Coast Railway War Memorial | London Bridge station 51°30′17″N 0°05′10″E﻿ / ﻿51.5046°N 0.086°E﻿ / 51.5046; 0.086﻿ (London, Brighton and South Coast Railway War Memorial) | 1921 | ? | — | Plaques | — | Unveiled 5 October 1921. |
| | London Hop Trade War Memorial | Borough High Street 51°30′15″N 0°05′27″W﻿ / ﻿51.5043°N 0.0908°W﻿ / 51.5043; -0.0908﻿ (London Hop Trade War Memorial) | 1922 | Omar Ramsden | — | Plaque | — | Unveiled 19 January 1922. |
| More images | St Saviour's War Memorial | Borough High Street, opposite Talbot's Yard 51°30′15″N 0°05′27″W﻿ / ﻿51.5043°N 0.0909°W﻿ / 51.5043; -0.0909﻿ (Southwark War Memorial) | 1922 | Philip Lindsey Clark | — | Statue | Grade II* | Unveiled 16 November 1922. |
| | Statue of William Morris, 1st Viscount Nuffield | Guy's Hospital 51°29′12″N 0°04′10″W﻿ / ﻿51.4866°N 0.0695°W﻿ / 51.4866; -0.0695﻿ (Statue of William Morris, 1st Viscount Nuffield) | 1949 | Maurice Lambert | — | Statue | — | |
| More images | Minerva | Southwark Cathedral | 1966 | Alan Collins | — | Statue | — | |
| | The Holy Family | Cathedral Street | 1981 | Kenneth Hughes | — | Sculptural group | — | |
| | Opus | Nancy Sear Building (Morley College), King Edward Walk | 1982–1983 | Wendy Taylor | — | Sculpture | — | |
| More images | Southwark Gateway Needle | London Bridge, at south end 51°30′22″N 0°05′17″W﻿ / ﻿51.5062°N 0.0881°W﻿ / 51.5062; -0.0881﻿ (Southwark Gateway Needle) | 1999 | — | Eric Parry | Sculpture | — | |
| More images | Couple | More London Place | 2003 | Stephan Balkenhol | — | Statues | — | |
| More images | Full Stop | More London | 2003 | Fiona Banner | — | Sculptures | — | |
| More images | Evergreen | The Queen's Walk (More London) | 2003 | David Batchelor | — | Sculpture | — | |
| More images | Memorial to Mahomet Weyonomon | Churchyard of Southwark Cathedral | 2006 | Peter Randall-Page | — | Sculpture | — | Unveiled 22 November 2006 by Elizabeth II. |
| More images | Blue Men | Maya House, Borough High Street | 2007 | Ofra Zimbalista | | Architectural sculpture | — | |
| More images | Statue of John Keats | Guy's Hospital | 2007 | Stuart Williamson | — | Statue | — | |
| | Statue of Simon Milton | Outside One Tower Bridge | 2016 | Philip Jackson | — | Statue | — | |
| | Corten Head | Africa Centre, 66 Great Suffolk Street | 2017 | Sokari Douglas Camp | — | Sculpture | — | |
| More images | Me. Here. Now. | Stainer Street, London Bridge station 51°30′19″N 0°05′06″W﻿ / ﻿51.5052°N 0.0849°W﻿ / 51.5052; -0.0849﻿ (Me. Here. Now.) | 2018 | Mark Titchner | — | Sculpture | — | |
| | Blue Moon | Vinegar Yard, corner of St Thomas Street and Fenning Street 51°30′10″N 0°05′03″W﻿ / ﻿51.5029°N 0.0841°W﻿ / 51.5029; -0.0841﻿ (Blue Moon) | 2019 | Joe Rush and the Mutoid Waste Company | — | Sculpture | — | A train carriage with ants formed from repurposed scrap metal crawling over it. |
| More images | WE | Shard Quarter / London Bridge station 51°30′18″N 0°05′13″W﻿ / ﻿51.5050°N 0.0869°W﻿ / 51.5050; -0.0869﻿ (WE) | 2021 | Jaume Plensa | — | Sculpture | — | A sculpture in two facing parts, one in the piazza of The Shard and another outside London Bridge station. |
| More images | In a River a Thousand Streams | London Bridge station 51°30′18″N 0°05′11″W﻿ / ﻿51.5051°N 0.0863°W﻿ / 51.5051; -0.0863﻿ (In a River a Thousand Streams) | 2024 | Adam Nathaniel Furman | — | Mosaic | — | 57 metres (187 ft) long mosaic beside the bus station at London Bridge. |
| | Mural | Nuffield Suite, Guy's Hospital 51°30′10″N 0°05′21″W﻿ / ﻿51.5028°N 0.0892°W﻿ / 51.5028; -0.0892﻿ (Mural) | 2024 | Michele Curtis | — | Mural | — | Mural celebrating six African women who have contributed to UK healthcare: Metian Parsanka, Kofoworola Abeni Pratt, Matilda J. Clerk, Dzagbele Matilda Asante, Blanche La Guma, and Irene Ighodaro. |