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The statue of Winston Churchill on Woodford Green (David McFall, 1959)

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

Map of public art in the London Borough of Redbridge

Aldborough

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Main article: Aldborough Hatch
Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Designation Notes
Fairlop Waters Commemorative Sculpture Fairlop Waters

51°35′44″N 0°05′51″E / 51.5955°N 0.0975°E / 51.5955; 0.0975 (Fairlop Waters Commemorative Sculpture) 		2013 Un­known War memorial / Sculpture — Commemorates people who served at Fairlop and Hainault airfields during the First and Second World Wars. Commissioned by Vision Redbridge Culture & Leisure, and unveiled by the Mayor of Redbridge on 11 November 2013.[1][2]

Barkingside

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

More images 		Memorial to Thomas John Barnardo Tanners Lane

51°35′10″N 0°05′03″E / 51.5860°N 0.0843°E / 51.5860; 0.0843 (Memorial to Thomas John Barnardo) 		1908 George Frampton Exedra with sculpture Grade II* Unveiled by the Duchess of Albany, the memorial is on the site where Dr Barnardo's ashes had been interred in 1905.[3]

Chadwell Heath

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Main article: Chadwell Heath
Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Designation Notes
Elizabeth line Clock Chadwell Heath railway station

51°34′05″N 0°07′43″E / 51.5680°N 0.1287°E / 51.5680; 0.1287 (Elizabeth line Clock) 		2024 Clock — Marks the arrival of the Elizabeth line at the station. The clock is made by Swiss company Mobatime [de] and has roundels inspired by station clocks on the Central line.[4][5]

Gants Hill

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

51°34′34″N 0°03′57″E / 51.57614°N 0.06593°E / 51.57614; 0.06593 (Beacon) 		2004 Chloe Cookson and Rory McNally Sculpture — Created with children from Gearies Infant School.[6]
The Vortex Gants Hill roundabout

51°34′35″N 0°03′59″E / 51.5765°N 0.0664°E / 51.5765; 0.0664 (The Vortex) 		2015 Wolfgang Buttress Sculpture — Installed in March 2015.[7]

Goodmayes

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

51°34′35″N 0°06′38″E / 51.5763°N 0.1105°E / 51.5763; 0.1105 (Spectrum) 		2015 Anna Heinrich and Leon Palmer Sculpture — Designed to reflect differing perceptions of mental health.[8]

Ilford

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

More images 		Ilford War Memorial Memorial Park, Eastern Avenue

51°34′29″N 0°05′16″E / 51.5747°N 0.0877°E / 51.5747; 0.0877 (Ilford War Memorial) 		1922 Newbury Abbot Trent War memorial with statue Grade II Unveiled 22 November 1922 by Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll. Another casting of the statue of a soldier is at Tredegar, south Wales.[9]
Bishop's Walk Mosaic Bishop's Walk, Valentine's Park

51°34′21″N 0°04′12″E / 51.5725°N 0.0701°E / 51.5725; 0.0701 (Bishop's Walk Mosaic) 		2008 Gary Drostle Porcelain floor mosaic —
Redbridge Peace Monument Winston Way Subway, Riches Road

51°33′33″N 0°04′41″E / 51.5593°N 0.0781°E / 51.5593; 0.0781 (Redbridge Peace Monument) 		2011 Gary Drostle Peace column with a myriad of different cultural motifs in mosaic with a gold mosaic cone on top representing hope. — Unveiled November 2011 by Wilson Chowdhry, Chairman of the British Pakistani Christian Association, and the mother of the murdered teenager Kashif Mahmood who was killed five years earlier at the same location.[10]

Snaresbrook

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Main article: Snaresbrook
Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Designation Notes
Drinking fountain Junction of High Street and Hollybush Hill

51°34′54″N 0°01′13″E / 51.5818°N 0.0203°E / 51.5818; 0.0203 (Drinking fountain) 		1872 ? Drinking fountain Grade II [11]

Wanstead

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Main article: Wanstead
Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Designation Notes
Wanstead War Memorial Memorial Green, Wanstead

51°34′47″N 0°01′25″E / 51.579687°N 0.023656°E / 51.579687; 0.023656 (Wanstead War Memorial) 		1920s Newbury Abbot Trent War memorial with statue Grade II [12]
Bust of Winston Churchill Manor House, High Street

51°34′35″N 0°01′39″E / 51.57649°N 0.02758°E / 51.57649; 0.02758 (Bust of Winston Churchill) 		1968 Luigi Fironi Bust — Unveiled 12 August 1968. The Manor House was formerly the home of the West Essex Conservative Club, which was frequented by Churchill. The plinth is a corner stone from the 19th-century Waterloo Bridge.[13]

Woodford

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

More images 		Anti–Air War Memorial Woodford Green

51°37′01″N 0°01′33″E / 51.6170°N 0.0257°E / 51.6170; 0.0257 (Anti–Air War Memorial) 		1935 Eric Benfield Memorial Grade II Commissioned and erected by the suffragist and socialist Sylvia Pankhurst, this was Britain's first anti-war memorial. Restored in 2014.

More images 		Statue of Winston Churchill Woodford Green

51°36′14″N 0°01′09″E / 51.6040°N 0.0191°E / 51.6040; 0.0191 (Statue of Winston Churchill) 		1959 David McFall Statue Grade II Unveiled 7 November 1959 by Field Marshal Montgomery, with Winston and Clementine Churchill in attendance. A photograph of the statue's head at an early stage drew criticism for its supposedly "gorilla-like" appearance.[14]

References

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  1. ^ "Fairlop Waters Commemorative Sculpture". Art UK. Retrieved 12 November 2022.
  2. ^ "Fairlop Waters Commemorative Sculpture | Redbridge and the First World War". Redbridge and the First World War. Redbridge Museum. Retrieved 12 November 2022.
  3. ^ Historic England. "Dr Barnardo's Memorial at Barnardo's (1081001)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
  4. ^ "The Elizabeth line's new heritage-inspired clock now arriving at Chadwell Heath". ianVisits. 28 June 2024. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
  5. ^ "Elizabeth line Clock". Chadwell Heath South Residents' Association. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
  6. ^ "Gants Hill Beacon featured in Open House weekend". Gearies Primary School. 21 September 2013. Retrieved 14 January 2021.
  7. ^ Nair, Ajay (4 March 2015). "'Egg whisk' erected in Gants Hill". Ilford Recorder. Retrieved 21 November 2020.
  8. ^ "New Goodmayes Art Sculpture – a multi-lens opportunity to view mental health". NELFT NHS Foundation Trust. 24 March 2015. Retrieved 21 November 2020.
  9. ^ Historic England. "Ilford 1914 to 1918 War Memorial (1250745)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 13 December 2015.
  10. ^ "Ilford peace monument unveiled for victims of knife crime". Ilford Recorder. 21 September 2011. Retrieved 26 April 2011.
  11. ^ Historic England. "Drinking fountain (1081000)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
  12. ^ Wanstead – War Memorial. War Memorials Online. Retrieved 7 July 2014.
  13. ^ "Winston Churchill's links to site of new bar and restaurant Manor House, in High Street, Wanstead, revealed". Guardian. Retrieved 13 December 2015.
  14. ^ "The Churchill Bronzes". David McFall R.A. (1919–1988): Sculptor. Retrieved 13 December 2015.
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