# List of public art in Edinburgh

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This is a list of public art and memorials in Edinburgh, including statues and other sculptures.

## Calton Hill

| Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates | Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Designation | Notes |
| More images | Playfair's Monument John Playfair | Calton Hill 55°57′17″N 3°10′59″W﻿ / ﻿55.9548°N 3.1830°W﻿ / 55.9548; -3.1830﻿ (Playfair's Monument) | 1825–1826 | William Henry Playfair | Square-plan Greek Revival Doric monument | Polished ashlar | Category A–listed | Incorporated in observatory compound wall |
| More images | Monument to Dugald Stewart | Calton Hill 55°57′16″N 3°11′04″W﻿ / ﻿55.9545°N 3.1845°W﻿ / 55.9545; -3.1845﻿ (Dugald Stewart Monument) | 1831 | William Henry Playfair | Circular Greek Revival Corinthian monument | Polished ashlar | Category A–listed | Based on the Choragic Monument of Lysicrates in Athens. |
| More images | Monument to Robert Burns | Regent Road, Calton Hill 55°57′13″N 3°10′42″W﻿ / ﻿55.9535°N 3.1783°W﻿ / 55.9535; -3.1783﻿ (Robert Burns Monument) | 1831–1839 | Thomas Hamilton | Circular Greek Revival Corinthian monument | Ashlar sandstone | Category A–listed | Based on the Choragic Monument of Lysicrates in Athens. |
| More images | Political Martyrs' Monument | Old Calton Cemetery 55°57′12″N 3°11′09″W﻿ / ﻿55.9534°N 3.1858°W﻿ / 55.9534; -3.1858﻿ (Political Martyrs’ Monument) | 1844 | Thomas Hamilton | Obelisk | | Category A–listed (as part of Old Calton Burial Ground) | |
| More images | Scottish-American Soldiers' Monument | Old Calton Cemetery 55°57′13″N 3°11′10″W﻿ / ﻿55.9535°N 3.1861°W﻿ / 55.9535; -3.1861﻿ (Scottish-American Soldiers' Monument) | 1893 | George Edwin Bissell | Statue with subsidiary sculpture | Bronze figures on red granite pedestal | Category A–listed (as part of Old Calton Burial Ground) | Includes a statue of Abraham Lincoln. |
| | Stones of Scotland Circle | Regent Road Park 55°57′18″N 3°10′28″W﻿ / ﻿55.9549°N 3.1745°W﻿ / 55.9549; -3.1745﻿ (Stones of Scotland Circle) | 2002 | George Wyllie et al. | Circle of 32 stone slabs/rocks set in white stone chippings | Stone | | Stones from each of Scotland's 32 local authorities; commemorates the re-establishment of the Scottish Parliament |
| | Holodomor Memorial Stone | Calton Hill, near Royal Terrace | 2017 | | Memorial | Stone | | Dedicated to the genocide by forced famine in Ukraine, 1932–1933 |

## Colinton

| Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates | Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Designation | Notes |
| More images | Covenanters' Memorial | Redford Road 55°54′17″N 3°14′19″W﻿ / ﻿55.90468°N 3.238737°W﻿ / 55.90468; -3.238737﻿ (Covenanters' Monument) | Erected 1885. Stonework 1738 | William Adam (architect of Old Royal Infirmary, 1738) | Commemorative column | Stone | Category B–listed | Column formed from 4 engaged Ionic columns from frontispiece of demolished Old Royal Infirmary. |
| | Memorial to Robert Louis Stevenson | Dell Road, Colinton 55°54′31″N 3°15′23″W﻿ / ﻿55.908597°N 3.256297°W﻿ / 55.908597; -3.256297﻿ (Robert Louis Stevenson Memorial) | 2013 | Alan Herriot | Statue | Bronze | — | |
| | Memorial to Army pipers killed in conflict | Army School of Bagpipe Music and Highland Drumming, Redford Barracks | 2013 | Alan Herriot | Statue | Bronze | — | |

## Corstorphine

| Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates | Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Notes |
| More images | Alan Breck Stewart and David Balfour, characters from Kidnapped | Corstorphine Road 55°56′42″N 3°14′59″W﻿ / ﻿55.94503°N 3.249841°W﻿ / 55.94503; -3.249841﻿ (Kidnapped Statue) | 2004 | Alexander Stoddart | Statue pair | Bronze figures. Sandstone pedestal | Unveiled by Sir Sean Connery. |
| | Gencoo Penguin | Edinburgh Zoo | | | | | |
| | Statue of Nils Olav | Edinburgh Zoo | | | | | |

## Craigentinny

| Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates | Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Notes |
| More images | Mausoleum of William Henry Miller | Craigentinny Crescent 55°57′26″N 3°08′14″W﻿ / ﻿55.9571°N 3.1372°W﻿ / 55.9571; -3.1372﻿ (Miller Mausoleum) | 1848–1856 | David Rhind (architect); Alfred Gatley (reliefs) | Mausoleum with bas-relief sculpture | | | Category A–listed | |

## Craigmillar

| Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates | Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Notes |
| | Memorial to Helen Crummy | Outside the East Neighbourhood Centre | 2014 | Tim Chalk | | | | — | Unveiled 21 March 2014 by Richard Demarco. |

## Cramond

| Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates | Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Notes |
| | The Cramond Fish | Cramond Beach 55°58′47″N 3°17′39″W﻿ / ﻿55.979722°N 3.294227°W﻿ / 55.979722; -3.294227﻿ (The Cramond Fish) | 2009 | Ronald Rae | Sculpture | Pink Corrennie granite | | | Carved at Cramond Kirk, bought by Cramond community |

## Inverleith

| Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates | Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Designation | Notes |
| More images | Monument to Carl Linnaeus | Chilean Area, Royal Botanic Garden 55°58′01″N 3°12′27″W﻿ / ﻿55.966842°N 3.207415°W﻿ / 55.966842; -3.207415﻿ (Linnaeus Monument) | 1778–1779 | Robert Adam (architect) | Urn on pedestal | | Category A–listed | |
| | Ascending Form (Gloria) | Royal Botanic Garden | 1958 | Barbara Hepworth | Sculpture | Bronze | | |
| | Rock Form (Porthcurno) | Royal Botanic Garden | 1964 | Barbara Hepworth | Sculpture | Bronze | | |
| | Umbra solis | Royal Botanic Garden | 1975 | Ian Hamilton Finlay and Michael Harvey | Sundial | Slate | | |
| | Slate, Hole, Wall | Royal Botanic Garden | 1990 | Andy Goldsworthy (artist) Joe Smith (waller) | Sculpture | Cumbrian slate | | |
| | Cone | Royal Botanic Garden | 1990 | Andy Goldsworthy | Sculpture | Ballachulish slate | | |
| | Untitled | Royal Botanic Garden | 1995 | Alan Johnston | Sculpture | | | Made for the exhibition Haus Wittgenstein / Inverleith House. |
| | East Gates | Royal Botanic Garden | 1996 | Benjamin Tindall (architect) Alan Dawson (blacksmith) | Gates | Stainless steel | | |

## Leith

| Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates | Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Notes |
| More images | Statue of Robert Burns | Junction of Bernard Street and Constitution Street 55°58′31″N 3°10′00″W﻿ / ﻿55.9754°N 3.1668°W﻿ / 55.9754; -3.1668﻿ (Robert Burns) | 1897–1901 | David Watson Stevenson | Statue | Bronze (statue and reliefs), red granite and red sandstone (pedestal) | | Category B–listed | Unveiled 15 October 1898; additional panels unveiled 7 March 1901. |
| More images | Statue of Queen Victoria | Foot of Leith Walk 55°58′15″N 3°10′18″W﻿ / ﻿55.9707°N 3.1717°W﻿ / 55.9707; -3.1717﻿ (Queen Victoria) | 1907 | John Stevenson Rhind | Statue | Bronze (statue, reliefs and plaques), granite (pedestal) | | Category B–listed | |
| | The Valour of German Culture, or the Kultur Panel | 128 Pitt Street | 1915 | William Baxter | Relief | Terracotta | | — | Represents apparent German atrocities against Belgian civilians in World War I. |
| | Leith Mural | North Junction Street 55°58′25″N 3°10′39″W﻿ / ﻿55.9737°N 3.1775°W﻿ / 55.9737; -3.1775﻿ (Leith Mural) | 1986 | Tim Chalk and Paul Grime | Mural | | | — | |
| | Statue of Sandy Irvine Robertson (1942–1999) | The Shore 55°58′41″N 3°10′10″W﻿ / ﻿55.9780°N 3.16933°W﻿ / 55.9780; -3.16933 | 1999 | Lucy Poett | Statue sitting on bench | Bronze | Life-size | — | |
| | 6 Times (6th figure) | Ocean Terminal 55°59′01″N 3°10′35″W﻿ / ﻿55.9836°N 3.17636°W﻿ / 55.9836; -3.17636 | 2010 | Antony Gormley | Statue | Cast iron | | — | |
| More images | Scottish Merchant Navy Memorial | Tower Place 55°58′41″N 3°10′08″W﻿ / ﻿55.97799°N 3.16898°W﻿ / 55.97799; -3.16898 | 2010 | Jill Watson | Obelisk | Sandstone and bronze | | — | Unveiled 16 November 2010 by Princess Anne. |

## New Town

| Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates | Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Designation | Notes |
| More images | Statue of John Hope, 4th Earl of Hopetoun | Forecourt of the Royal Bank of Scotland, St Andrew Square 55°57′16″N 3°11′30″W﻿ / ﻿55.9545°N 3.1917°W﻿ / 55.9545; -3.1917﻿ (Statue of the Earl of Hopetoun) | 1834 | Thomas Campbell | Sculptural group (with horse) | Bronze group and pedestal on granite plinth | Category A–listed | Designed in 1829 as the centrepiece for Charlotte Square, but erected in 1834 at Dundas House. |
| More images | Monument to Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville | St Andrew Square 55°57′15″N 3°11′36″W﻿ / ﻿55.9542°N 3.1932°W﻿ / 55.9542; -3.1932﻿ (Melville Monument) | 1817–1823 (column) 1822–1827 (statue) | Robert Forrest after Sir Francis Leggatt Chantrey | Statue on Doric column | Bronze statue on cream sandstone column | Category A–listed | Architect: William Burn |
| More images | Statue of George IV | Junction of George Street and Hanover Street 55°57′13″N 3°11′50″W﻿ / ﻿55.9535°N 3.1973°W﻿ / 55.9535; -3.1973﻿ (Statue of George IV) | 1825–1831 | Sir Francis Leggatt Chantrey | Statue | Bronze statue on ashlar pedestal | Category A–listed | Unveiled 26 November 1831. Commemorates George IV's visit to Edinburgh in 1822. |
| More images | Statue of William Pitt the Younger | Junction of George Street and Frederick Street 55°57′11″N 3°12′01″W﻿ / ﻿55.953°N 3.2004°W﻿ / 55.953; -3.2004﻿ (Statue of William Pitt the Younger) | 1831–1833 | Sir Francis Leggatt Chantrey | Statue | Bronze statue on ashlar pedestal | Category A–listed | |
| More images | Memorial to Albert, Prince Consort | Charlotte Square 55°57′06″N 3°12′28″W﻿ / ﻿55.9518°N 3.2077°W﻿ / 55.9518; -3.2077﻿ (Albert Memorial) | 1862–1876 | Sir John Steell et al. | Equestrian statue with other sculptures | Bronze (statues and reliefs); Peterhead granite (pedestal) | Category A–listed | Architect: David Bryce. |
| | Monument to Catherine Sinclair | Corner of North Charlotte Street / St Colme Street 55°57′12″N 3°12′27″W﻿ / ﻿55.9532°N 3.2076°W﻿ / 55.9532; -3.2076﻿ (Catherine Sinclair Monument) | 1866–1868 | John Rhind | Gothic monument, Eleanor cross type | Cream sandstone | Category A–listed | Architect: David Bryce. |
| More images | Statue of Thomas Chalmers | Junction of George Street and Castle Street 55°57′09″N 3°12′13″W﻿ / ﻿55.9525°N 3.2035°W﻿ / 55.9525; -3.2035﻿ (Statue of Thomas Chalmers) | 1869–1878 | Sir John Steell | Statue | Bronze statue on polished red granite pedestal | Category A–listed | |
| More images | King's Own Scottish Borderers Memorial | North Bridge 55°57′06″N 3°11′17″W﻿ / ﻿55.9517°N 3.1881°W﻿ / 55.9517; -3.1881﻿ (King's Own Scottish Borderers' Memorial) | 1906 | William Birnie Rhind | Sculptural group | Stone | Category A–listed | |
| More images | The Manuscript of Monte Cassino | Picardy Place | 1991 | Eduardo Paolozzi | Three-part sculpture | Bronze | — | Outside St Mary's Metropolitan Cathedral. |
| More images | Memorial to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle | Picardy Place 55°57′25″N 3°11′12″W﻿ / ﻿55.956837°N 3.18675°W﻿ / 55.956837; -3.18675﻿ (Statue of Sherlock Holmes) | 1991 | Gerald Ogilvie Laing | Statue (of Sherlock Holmes) | Bronze statue on ashlar pedestal | — | Erected by the Federation of Master Builders to mark its 50th anniversary. |
| | Horse~Rider~Eagle | Silvermills 55°57′34″N 3°12′15″W﻿ / ﻿55.959410°N 3.204204°W﻿ / 55.959410; -3.204204﻿ (Horse-Rider-Eagle) | 1996 | Eoghan Bridge | Equestrian statue | Bronze | — | Commission by Cala Homes for a housing development ceremonially opened by the actor Robert Hardy in April 1997. |
| More images | Dreaming Spires | Outside the Omni Centre, Greenside Place, Leith Walk 55°57′23″N 3°11′10″W﻿ / ﻿55.956344°N 3.186225°W﻿ / 55.956344; -3.186225﻿ (Dreaming Spires) | 2005 | Helen Denerley | Statues of giraffes | Recycled metal, painted | — | Unveiled 27 July 2005 by Julian Spalding. Includes quotation from the South African poet Roy Campbell at its base. |
| More images | Lion of Scotland | St Andrew Square 55°57′17″N 3°11′35″W﻿ / ﻿55.954623°N 3.193084°W﻿ / 55.954623; -3.193084﻿ (Lion of Scotland) | 2006 | Ronald Rae | Sculpture | Pink Corrennie granite | — | Originally sited in Holyrood Park; moved to current location in 2010. |
| More images | Statue of James Clerk Maxwell | George Street 55°57′15″N 3°11′40″W﻿ / ﻿55.954053°N 3.194381°W﻿ / 55.954053; -3.194381﻿ (Statue of James Clerk Maxwell) | 2006–2008 | Alexander Stoddart | Statue | Bronze statue and reliefs on ashlar pedestal | — | Unveiled 25 November 2008. |

## Niddrie

| Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates | Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Notes |
| | Gulliver in Edinburgh | | | Jimmy Boyle | Land art | | | | Demolished in 2011 to make way for flood defences. |

## Old Town

| Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates | Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Designation | Notes |
| More images | Statue of Charles II | Parliament Square 55°56′57″N 3°11′26″W﻿ / ﻿55.9492°N 3.1905°W﻿ / 55.9492; -3.1905﻿ (Statue of Charles II) | 1685 | Workshop of Grinling Gibbons | Equestrian statue | Lead statue on ashlar pedestal | Category A–listed | The pedestal is an 1835 replica of Robert Mylne's original. |
| More images | Alexander and Bucephalus | Courtyard of City Chambers, High Street 55°57′00″N 3°11′25″W﻿ / ﻿55.9501°N 3.1903°W﻿ / 55.9501; -3.1903﻿ (Alexander and Bucephalus) | 1829–1833 (cast 1883) | Sir John Steell | Sculptural group | Bronze group on ashlar pedestal | Category A–listed | Unveiled 18 April 1884. Moved from St Andrew Square in 1916. |
| More images | Statue of Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany | Edinburgh Castle Esplanade 55°56′56″N 3°11′52″W﻿ / ﻿55.9489°N 3.1979°W﻿ / 55.9489; -3.1979﻿ (Statue of Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany) | 1837 | Thomas Campbell | Statue | Bronze (statue and pedestal) | Category B–listed. Part of Esplanade Category A–listed group. | |
| More images | 78th Highlanders Memorial | Edinburgh Castle Esplanade 55°56′56″N 3°11′49″W﻿ / ﻿55.9490°N 3.1969°W﻿ / 55.9490; -3.1969﻿ (78th Highlanders Memorial) | 1861 | S. Hunter (carver); Messrs Sutherland (masonic work) | Celtic cross | Dark stone | Category B–listed. Part of Esplanade Category A–listed group. | Sir Robert Rowand Anderson (architect) |
| More images | Greyfriars Bobby Fountain | George IV Bridge, near Greyfriars Kirk 55°56′49″N 3°11′29″W﻿ / ﻿55.9469°N 3.1913°W﻿ / 55.9469; -3.1913﻿ (Greyfriars Bobby Fountain) | 1873 | William Brodie | Drinking fountain with statuette | Bronze (statuette and plaques); red granite (plinth and basins) | Category A–listed | |
| More images | Monument to Colonel Kenneth Mackenzie | Edinburgh Castle Esplanade 55°56′56″N 3°11′51″W﻿ / ﻿55.9489°N 3.1974°W﻿ / 55.9489; -3.1974﻿ (Colonel Mackenzie Monument) | 1875 | Sir John Steell | Celtic cross | Dark stone cross on rubble plinth with red granite plaque | Category B–listed. Part of Esplanade Category A–listed group. | |
| More images | Fame (or Nike), Prosperity and Plenty | Bank of Scotland, Bank Street | c. 1878 | Attributed to John Rhind | Architectural sculpture | | Category A–listed | |
| | 72nd Highlanders Memorial | Edinburgh Castle Esplanade 55°56′56″N 3°11′53″W﻿ / ﻿55.9489°N 3.1981°W﻿ / 55.9489; -3.1981﻿ (72nd Highlanders Memorial) | 1882–1883 | MacDonald, Field & Co. | Obelisk | Pink Peterhead granite and bronze | Category C(S)–listed. Part of Esplanade Category A–listed group. | |
| More images | Mercat Cross | Parliament Square 55°56′59″N 3°11′25″W﻿ / ﻿55.9497°N 3.1902°W﻿ / 55.9497; -3.1902﻿ (Mercat Cross) | 1885 | Sydney Mitchell and George Arthur (architects); John Rhind (sculptor) | Mercat cross | Hermand sandstone | Category A–listed | |
| More images | Queensberry Memorial Walter Montagu Douglas Scott, 5th Duke of Buccleuch | West Parliament Square 55°56′58″N 3°11′30″W﻿ / ﻿55.9495°N 3.1917°W﻿ / 55.9495; -3.1917﻿ (Queensberry Memorial) | 1885–1888 | Sir Joseph Edgar Boehm | Statue | Bronze statue on hexagonal stone pedestal with three tiers of bronze decoration | Category A–listed | Architect: Sir Robert Rowand Anderson |
| More images | Statue of William Chambers | Chambers Street 55°56′51″N 3°11′23″W﻿ / ﻿55.94738°N 3.18979°W﻿ / 55.94738; -3.18979﻿ (William Chambers) | 1888–1891 | John Rhind or William Birnie Rhind | Statue | Bronze (statue and reliefs), red sandstone (pedestal) | Category B–listed | Architect: Hippolyte Blanc |
| More images | Witches' Well Women accused of witchcraft executed nearby | Castlehill 55°56′56″N 3°11′47″W﻿ / ﻿55.94890°N 3.19643°W﻿ / 55.94890; -3.19643﻿ (Witches' Well) | 1894 | John Duncan | Memorial drinking fountain with plaque | Bronze ? | | |
| More images | Statue of John Knox | New College Quadrangle 55°56′59″N 3°11′42″W﻿ / ﻿55.9496°N 3.1951°W﻿ / 55.9496; -3.1951﻿ (Statue of John Knox) | 1896 | John Hutchison | Statue | Bronze (statue), red sandstone (pedestal) | Category C(S)–listed | |
| More images | Scottish Horse Boer War Memorial | Edinburgh Castle Esplanade 55°56′56″N 3°11′51″W﻿ / ﻿55.9489°N 3.1974°W﻿ / 55.9489; -3.1974﻿ (Scottish Horse Memorial) | 1905–1910 | Stewart McGlashan and Son | Celtic cross | Pink granite | Category C(S)–listed. Part of Esplanade Category A–listed group. | |
| More images | Black Watch Boer War Memorial | The Mound, corner of Market Street and North Bank Street 55°57′00″N 3°11′40″W﻿ / ﻿55.9501°N 3.1945°W﻿ / 55.9501; -3.1945﻿ (Black Watch Memorial) | 1908–1910 | William Birnie Rhind | Statue | Bronze (statue and relief), red granite (pedestal) | Category A–listed | |
| | Statue of Edward VII | Holyrood Palace forecourt 55°57′10″N 3°10′25″W﻿ / ﻿55.9529°N 3.1736°W﻿ / 55.9529; -3.1736﻿ (Statue of Edward VII) | 1922 | Henry Snell Gamley | Statue | Bronze statue on stone pedestal | Part of Category A–listed group | |
| More images | Statue of Field Marshal Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig | Hospital Square, Edinburgh Castle 55°56′56″N 3°12′06″W﻿ / ﻿55.948862°N 3.201779°W﻿ / 55.948862; -3.201779﻿ (Statue of Field Marshal Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig) | 1923 | George Edward Wade | Equestrian statue | Bronze statue on rubble stone plinth | Category B–listed | Moved from Castle Esplanade 2011 |
| More images | Statue of Robert the Bruce | Edinburgh Castle Gatehouse 55°56′55″N 3°11′55″W﻿ / ﻿55.948551°N 3.198598°W﻿ / 55.948551; -3.198598﻿ (Statue of Robert Bruce) | 1929 | Thomas John Clapperton | Statue in niche | Bronze | Category A–listed (with gatehouse) | Erected to commemorate the 600th anniversary of the Bruce's death. Architect of the niche: Sir Robert Lorimer. |
| More images | Statue of William Wallace | Edinburgh Castle Gatehouse 55°56′55″N 3°11′55″W﻿ / ﻿55.948577°N 3.198598°W﻿ / 55.948577; -3.198598﻿ (Statue of William Wallace) | 1929 | Alexander Carrick | Statue in niche | Bronze | Category A–listed (with gatehouse) | Architect of the niche: Sir Robert Lorimer |
| | Covenanters' Memorial | Grassmarket 55°56′52″N 3°11′41″W﻿ / ﻿55.947827°N 3.194772°W﻿ / 55.947827; -3.194772﻿ (Covenanters' Memorial) | 1937 | | Raised circle in pavement | Red and grey granite setts | Category C(S)–listed | |
| More images | Statue of David Hume | Outside Court House, Lawnmarket, Royal Mile 55°56′58″N 3°11′33″W﻿ / ﻿55.94956°N 3.192625°W﻿ / 55.94956; -3.192625﻿ (Statue of David Hume) | 1995–1997 | Alexander Stoddart | Statue | Bronze | — | |
| More images | Memorial to Susannah Alice Stephen | James' Court, off Lawnmarket (Royal Mile) 55°56′58″N 3°11′39″W﻿ / ﻿55.949548°N 3.19422°W﻿ / 55.949548; -3.19422﻿ (Zannah Stephen Memorial) | 2000 | Frances Pelly | Sculpture on stepped plinth | Bronze | — | |
| More images | Statue of Adam Smith | outside St Giles' Cathedral 55°56′59″N 3°11′24″W﻿ / ﻿55.949764°N 3.190069°W﻿ / 55.949764; -3.190069﻿ (Statue of Adam Smith) | 2003–2008 | Alexander Stoddart | Statue | Bronze | — | |
| More images | Statue of Robert Fergusson | outside the Kirk of the Canongate 55°57′06″N 3°10′46″W﻿ / ﻿55.951574°N 3.179363°W﻿ / 55.951574; -3.179363﻿ (Statue of Robert Fergusson) | 2004 | David Annand | Statue | Bronze | — | |
| More images | Statue of James Braidwood | Parliament Square 55°56′58″N 3°11′24″W﻿ / ﻿55.949495°N 3.190013°W﻿ / 55.949495; -3.190013﻿ (Statue of James Braidwood) | 2006–2008 | Kenny Mackay | Statue | Bronze | — | |
| More images | Work No. 1059 | The Scotsman Steps 55°57′04″N 3°11′19″W﻿ / ﻿55.951215°N 3.188660°W﻿ / 55.951215; -3.188660﻿ (Scotsman Steps) | 2011 | Martin Creed | Installation | Marble | — | Commissioned by The Fruitmarket Gallery. |
| More images | Statue of William Henry Playfair | Chambers Street 55°56′51″N 3°11′20″W﻿ / ﻿55.94757°N 3.18893°W﻿ / 55.94757; -3.18893﻿ (Statue of William Henry Playfair) | 2016 | Alexander Stoddart | Statue | Bronze | — | |

## Portobello

| Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates | Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Notes |
| | Coade Stone Pillars | Portobello Promenade | | | | | | | |

## Princes Street

| Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates | Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Notes |
| More images | Statue of Sir Walter Scott | Scott Monument, East Princes Street Gardens 55°57′09″N 3°11′36″W﻿ / ﻿55.952399°N 3.193304°W﻿ / 55.952399; -3.193304﻿ (Scott Monument) | 1848 (installed) | Sir John Steell | Statue | Carrara marble | | Category A–listed | Architect: George Meikle Kemp. |
| More images | Statue of Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington | General Register House, Princes Street 55°57′13″N 3°11′21″W﻿ / ﻿55.9535°N 3.1892°W﻿ / 55.9535; -3.1892﻿ (Duke of Wellington) | 1848–1852 | Sir John Steell | Equestrian statue | Bronze (statue); red Aberdeen granite (pedestal) | | Category A–listed | Architects: David Bryce and James Gowans. |
| More images | Statue of Allan Ramsay | West Princes Street Gardens 55°57′06″N 3°11′50″W﻿ / ﻿55.9517°N 3.1973°W﻿ / 55.9517; -3.1973﻿ (Allan Ramsay) | 1850 | Sir John Steell | Statue | Carrara marble | | Category A–listed | Architect: David Bryce (1865). |
| More images | The Genius of Architecture Crowning the Theory and Practice of Art | West Princes Street Gardens 55°57′04″N 3°11′54″W﻿ / ﻿55.9510°N 3.1983°W﻿ / 55.9510; -3.1983﻿ (Genius of Architecture group) | 1862 | William Brodie | Sculptural group | Marble | | Category B–listed | |
| More images | Ross Fountain | West Princes Street Gardens 55°57′00″N 3°12′11″W﻿ / ﻿55.95005°N 3.202994°W﻿ / 55.95005; -3.202994﻿ (Ross Fountain) | 1862–1872 | Jean-Baptiste Klagmann | Fountain with sculptures | Gilt cast iron | | Category A–listed | Architects: Peddie and Kinnear. |
| More images | Statue of John Wilson | East Princes Street Gardens 55°57′08″N 3°11′42″W﻿ / ﻿55.9521°N 3.1951°W﻿ / 55.9521; -3.1951﻿ (John Wilson) | 1863–1865 | Sir John Steell | Statue | Bronze statue on ashlar plinth | | Category A–listed | Architect: David Bryce. |
| More images | Statue of David Livingstone | East Princes Street Gardens 55°57′09″N 3°11′34″W﻿ / ﻿55.9525°N 3.1927°W﻿ / 55.9525; -3.1927﻿ (David Livingstone) | 1875–1876 | Amelia Robertson Hill | Statue | Bronze statue on stone plinth | | Category A–listed | |
| More images | Statue of Adam Black | East Princes Street Gardens 55°57′08″N 3°11′40″W﻿ / ﻿55.9522°N 3.1944°W﻿ / 55.9522; -3.1944﻿ (Adam Black) | 1876–1877 | John Hutchison | Statue | Bronze | | Category A–listed | |
| More images | Statue of Sir James Young Simpson | West Princes Street Gardens 55°57′01″N 3°12′18″W﻿ / ﻿55.9504°N 3.2050°W﻿ / 55.9504; -3.2050﻿ (James Young Simpson) | 1877 | William Brodie | Statue | Bronze | | Category B–listed | |
| More images | Memorial to Dean Edward Bannerman Ramsay | West Princes Street Gardens, behind the church of St John the Evangelist 55°57′01″N 3°12′21″W﻿ / ﻿55.950264°N 3.205931°W﻿ / 55.950264; -3.205931﻿ (Dean Ramsay Memorial) | 1877–1879 | Robert Rowand Anderson | Celtic cross | Granite with bronze reliefs | | Category A–listed (with church) | |
| More images | Royal Scots Greys Memorial | West Princes Street Gardens 55°57′05″N 3°11′58″W﻿ / ﻿55.9514°N 3.1994°W﻿ / 55.9514; -3.1994﻿ (Royal Scots Greys Memorial) | 1906 | William Birnie Rhind | Equestrian statue | Bronze statue on rock plinth | | Category B–listed | Unveiled 16 November 1906 by the Earl of Rosebery. |
| More images | Statue of Thomas Guthrie | West Princes Street Gardens 55°57′03″N 3°12′09″W﻿ / ﻿55.9508°N 3.2026°W﻿ / 55.9508; -3.2026﻿ (Thomas Guthrie) | 1907–1910 | Frederick William Pomeroy | Statue | Portland stone statue and pedestal | | Category B–listed | |
| More images | Scottish American Memorial | West Princes Street Gardens 55°57′02″N 3°12′07″W﻿ / ﻿55.950556°N 3.201944°W﻿ / 55.950556; -3.201944﻿ (Scots American War Memorial) | 1923–1927 | Robert Tait McKenzie | Screen with relief and statue in front | Stone (screen and pedestal), bronze (reliefs and statue) | | Category B–listed | Unveiled 7 September 1927. Architect: Reginald Fairlie. |
| More images | Royal Scots Memorial | West Princes Street Gardens 55°57′04″N 3°11′50″W﻿ / ﻿55.9511°N 3.1973°W﻿ / 55.9511; -3.1973﻿ (Royal Scots Memorial) | 1948–1952 | Sir Frank Charles Mears et al. | Enclosure of standing stones | Stone with bronze plaques | | Category B–listed | Unveiled 26 July 1952 by Princess Mary, Colonel in Chief of the Regiment. |
| More images | Norwegian War Memorial | West Princes Street Gardens 55°57′01″N 3°12′08″W﻿ / ﻿55.9502°N 3.2021°W﻿ / 55.9502; -3.2021﻿ (Norwegian War Memorial) | 1978 | | Commemorative stone mounted on three smaller stones | | | — | |
| | Memorial to Robert Louis Stevenson | West Princes Street Gardens 55°57′00″N 3°12′08″W﻿ / ﻿55.9500°N 3.2023°W﻿ / 55.9500; -3.2023﻿ (Robert Louis Stevenson Memorial) | 1987–1989 | Ian Hamilton Finlay | Standing stone set in a grove of birch trees | Flagstone | | Category A–listed | Unveiled 14 July 1989 by Dame Muriel Spark. |
| | Spanish Brigade Memorial | East Princes Street Gardens | 1988 | | Commemorative stone | | | — | |
| More images | Bum the Dog (of San Diego) | West Princes Street Gardens, King's Stables Road Entrance 55°56′54″N 3°12′12″W﻿ / ﻿55.948417°N 3.203388°W﻿ / 55.948417; -3.203388﻿ (Bum the dog (of San Diego)) | 2008 | Jessica McCain | Statue | Bronze | | — | Presented by the San Diego–Edinburgh Sister City Society |
| More images | Wojtek (Voytek), the Soldier Bear | West Princes Street Gardens 55°57′03″N 3°12′07″W﻿ / ﻿55.950833°N 3.202028°W﻿ / 55.950833; -3.202028﻿ (Wojtek, the Soldier Bear Memorial) | 2015 | Alan Herriot | Sculptural group | Bronze on granite base | | — | |
| | Lulla-Bye (Children's Memorial) | West Princes Street Gardens 55°57′03″N 3°11′55″W﻿ / ﻿55.950939°N 3.198579°W﻿ / 55.950939; -3.198579﻿ (Lulla-Bye, The Children’s Memoriall) | 2019 | Andy Scott | Sculpture | Bronze | 8ft (2.4m) | — | Cast by Powderhall Bronze; gifted by the City of Edinburgh Council. |

## Riccarton

| Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates | Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Notes |
| | Statue of James Watt | Heriot Watt Campus 55°54′33″N 3°19′12″W﻿ / ﻿55.90930°N 3.32003°W﻿ / 55.90930; -3.32003﻿ (Statue of James Watt) | 1854 | Peter Slater after Sir Francis Chantrey | Statue | Bronze | | | Moved from Chambers Street, Edinburgh |

## South Gyle

| Title / subject | Location and coordinates | Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Notes |
| The Wealth of Nations | Redheughs Avenue | 1993 | Eduardo Paolozzi | Sculpture | Cast metal | Features a quotation from Albert Einstein |
| Pigeon | South Gyle Crescent | | | Statue | Cast metal | |
| Seagull | South Gyle Crescent | | | Sculpture | Cast metal | |
| Bird | South Gyle Crescent | | | Sculpture | Cast metal | |
| Concrete Jungle | Gyle Centre | 1994 | Alan Watson | Sculpture | Concrete | |
| Stacked Shades | Gyle Centre | 1994 | Marion Smith | Sculpture | | |
| Figure in a Landscape | Gyle Centre | 1994 | Sylvia Stewart | Sculpture | | Information plaque missing |
| Veil | Gyle Centre | 1994 | Jake Kempsall | Sculpture | | |
| Fossil Tree | Gyle Centre | 1994 | Bill Scott | Sculpture | | |
| Figure in a Landscape | Gyle Centre | 1990s | Ian Hamilton Finlay | Sculpture | | Arcade of pillars |
| Scottish Writers | Edinburgh Park | 1990s | various | Herms | | 12 herms of Scottish poets |

## Southside

| Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates | Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Notes |
| | Runestone U 1173 | Adjacent to 50 George Square 55°56′27″N 3°11′12″W﻿ / ﻿55.9409°N 3.1866°W﻿ / 55.9409; -3.1866﻿ (Runestone) | 1010–1050 c. 1010–1050 | ? | Runestone | Granite | | | Originally from Uppland, Sweden, the stone was presented to the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland in 1787. |
| More images | Middle Meadow Walk Gatepiers | Lauriston Place 55°56′43″N 3°11′28″W﻿ / ﻿55.9453°N 3.1911°W﻿ / 55.9453; -3.1911﻿ (Middle Meadow Walk Gatepiers) | 1840s | George Smith (pillars); Alexander Handyside Ritchie (unicorns) | Pair of octagonal gatepiers (pillars) surmounted by unicorns | Stone | | Category B–listed | |
| | Statue of David Brewster | Opposite Joseph Black building, at King's Buildings Campus 55°55′18″N 3°10′18″W﻿ / ﻿55.921773°N 3.1717604°W﻿ / 55.921773; -3.1717604﻿ (Parthenope and Egeria) | 1877 | William Brodie | Sculpture | | 55°55′27″N 3°10′34″W﻿ / ﻿55.9242226°N 3.1762067°W﻿ / 55.9242226; -3.1762067﻿ (Statue of David Brewster) | — | |
| | Melville Drive (east end) Ornamental Pillars | Melville Drive (east end) 55°56′25″N 3°11′00″W﻿ / ﻿55.9403°N 3.1833°W﻿ / 55.9403; -3.1833﻿ (Melville Drive pillars) | 1880 | John Lessels | Pair of square pillars surmounted by heraldic beasts – lion on N, unicorn on S | Polished ashlar | | Category B–listed | Presented to the City by the printing and publishing firm of Thomas Nelson and Sons. |
| | Memorial to Archbishop Archibald Tait | Old Medical School, Teviot Place 55°56′41″N 3°11′26″W﻿ / ﻿55.944818°N 3.19043°W﻿ / 55.944818; -3.19043﻿ (Archbishop Tait Memorial) | 1884–1885 | Mario Raggi | Bust in columned niche | Bronze | | Category A–listed (with Old Medical School) | Unveiled 27 February 1885. Marks the site of Tait's birthplace. |
| More images | Brass Founders' Pillar | Nicolson Square 55°56′46″N 3°11′07″W﻿ / ﻿55.9460°N 3.1854°W﻿ / 55.9460; -3.1854﻿ (Brassfounders' Pillar) | 1886 | Sir James Gowans (column); John Stevenson Rhind (statuette) | Statuette on pillar | Bronze statuette and column on granite base | | Category B–listed | Commissioned for the Edinburgh International Exhibition of 1886, where it won a gold medal |
| | Masons' Pillars | Melville Drive (west end) 55°56′31″N 3°12′01″W﻿ / ﻿55.9420°N 3.2003°W﻿ / 55.9420; -3.2003﻿ (Masons' Pillars) | 1886 | Sir James Gowans | Pair of octagonal pillars, surmounted by unicorns | Stone (from 17 different quarries) | | Category B–listed. Part of B group with Sundial | Erected by the Master Builders and Operative Masons of Edinburgh and Leith as a permanent memento of the Edinburgh International Exhibition. |
| | Prince Albert Victor Sundial | West Meadows Park 55°56′30″N 3°11′56″W﻿ / ﻿55.9418°N 3.1988°W﻿ / 55.9418; -3.1988﻿ (Sundial) | 1886 | Sir James Gowans | Sundial. Octagonal shaft with bronze armillary sphere | Stone (from 10 different quarries) | | Category B–listed. Part of B group with Masons' Pillars | Erected in commemoration of the opening of the Edinburgh International Exhibition on 6 May 1886 by Prince Albert Victor. |
| More images | McEwan Lantern Pillar | Bristo Square 55°56′43″N 3°11′20″W﻿ / ﻿55.945346°N 3.188812°W﻿ / 55.945346; -3.188812﻿ (McEwan Lantern Pillar) | 1890 c. 1890 | Robert Rowand Anderson (architect) | Tapering tower with relief carving and lamp | Portland stone and cast iron | | Category B–listed. Part of A group with McEwan Hall | |
| More images | Rhinoceros head Jim Haynes | Informatics Forum, Charles Street | 2012 (unveiled) | William Darrell | Architectural sculpture | Bronze | | — | |
| | The Haynes Nano-stage Jim Haynes | Informatics Forum, corner of Crichton Street and Charles Street | 2012 (unveiled) | David Forsyth | Sculpture | Stainless steel | | — | |
| More images | Egeria | Originally outside the Michael Swann building; now outside Murray library at King's Buildings Campus 55°55′18″N 3°10′18″W﻿ / ﻿55.921773°N 3.1717604°W﻿ / 55.921773; -3.1717604﻿ (Parthenope and Egeria) | 12 March 1997 (unveiled) | Eduardo Paolozzi | Sculpture | Bronze | | — | Statues removed in March 2017 from the Swann building. Relocated, following conservation, in May 2017 to Murray library at King's Buildings. |
| | Parthenope | Outside Murray library at King's Buildings Campus 55°55′18″N 3°10′18″W﻿ / ﻿55.921773°N 3.1717604°W﻿ / 55.921773; -3.1717604﻿ (Parthenope and Egeria) | 12 March 1997 (unveiled) | Eduardo Paolozzi | Sculpture | Bronze | | — | |
| | The Dreamer Memorial to Dr. Winifred Rushforth, OBE | George Square Gardens | 1997 | Chris Hall | | Stone | | — | Unveiled by Prince Charles |
| | Your Next Breath | Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh 55°56′48″N 3°11′05″W﻿ / ﻿55.94666°N 3.18482°W﻿ / 55.94666; -3.18482﻿ (Your Next Breath) | 2022 | Kenny Hunter | Sculpture | Bronze | | — | Dedicated to NHS workers in the COVID-19 pandemic. Received the 2023 Marsh Award for Excellence in Public Sculpture. |

## Stockbridge

| Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates | Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Notes |
| More images | Hygeia | St Bernard's Well 55°57′19″N 3°12′41″W﻿ / ﻿55.9553°N 3.2115°W﻿ / 55.9553; -3.2115﻿ (St Bernard's Well) | 1888 | David Watson Stevenson | Statue | | | Category A–listed | |

## Trinity

| Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates | Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Notes |
| More images | Statue of Edward VII | Victoria Park, Newhaven Road 55°58′31″N 3°11′28″W﻿ / ﻿55.9752°N 3.1910°W﻿ / 55.9752; -3.1910﻿ (King Edward VII) | 1914 | John Stevenson Rhind | Statue | Bronze (statue); stone (pedestal) | | Category B–listed | Erected by Leith Town Council. |

## West End

| Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates | Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Designation | Notes |
| More images | Statue of Robert Dundas, 2nd Viscount Melville | Melville Crescent 55°56′59″N 3°12′50″W﻿ / ﻿55.9497°N 3.2139°W﻿ / 55.9497; -3.2139﻿ (Robert Dundas, 2nd Viscount Melville) | 1857 | Sir John Steell | Statue | Bronze statue on sandstone pedestal | Category A–listed | |
| More images | Memorial to William Ewart Gladstone | Coates Crescent Gardens 55°56′55″N 3°12′44″W﻿ / ﻿55.9485°N 3.2123°W﻿ / 55.9485; -3.2123﻿ (Gladstone Memorial) | 1902–1916 | James Pittendrigh Macgillivray | Statue with other sculptures | Bronze statues on granite pedestals | Category A–listed | Unveiled 18 January 1917 at St Andrew Square by the Earl of Rosebery. Moved to this, its original intended location, in 1955. |
| More images | Woman and Child | Festival Square, Lothian Road 55°56′49″N 3°12′22″W﻿ / ﻿55.9469°N 3.2062°W﻿ / 55.9469; -3.2062﻿ (Woman and Child) | 1985–1986 | Anne Davidson | Sculptural group | Bronze | — | Unveiled 22 July 1986 by Suganya Chetty. Dedicated to "all those killed or imprisoned for their stand against apartheid". |
| | First Conundrum | Festival Square, Lothian Road 55°56′49″N 3°12′25″W﻿ / ﻿55.947049°N 3.206943°W﻿ / 55.947049; -3.206943﻿ (First Conundrum) | | Remco de Fouw | Sculptural group | Stone | — | |
| More images | Horse & Rider | Rutland Court 55°56′53″N 3°12′31″W﻿ / ﻿55.948145°N 3.208686°W﻿ / 55.948145; -3.208686﻿ (Horse & Rider) | 1993 | Eoghan Bridge | Equestrian statue | Bronze | — | Commission by Baillie Gifford as part of a percent for art scheme. |

### Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art

| Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates | Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Designation |
| | La Vierge d'Alsace (The Virgin of Alsace) | Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art Two | 1919–1921 | Antoine Bourdelle | Statue | Bronze | — |
| More images | Reclining Figure | Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art One | 1951 | Henry Moore | Sculpture | Bronze (sculpture and pedestal) | — |
| More images | Master of the Universe | Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art Two | 1989 | Eduardo Paolozzi | Sculpture | Bronze | — |
| More images | Landform | Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art One | 2001 | Charles Jencks | Land art | | — |
| | Macduff Circle | Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art Two | 2002 | Richard Long | Land art | Slate | — |
| | 6 Times (1st figure) | Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art One | 2010 | Antony Gormley | Statue | | — |