List of public art in the London Borough of Haringey

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

Alexandra Park

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Leo the Lion Alexandra Park Boating Lake

51.5964°N 0.1303°W / 51.5964; -0.1303 (Leo the Lion)
1973Charles Wheeler SculptureBronze N/a Originally commissioned for a children's zoo at the site, which was never built.[1][2]
Olympic sculptures The Grove, Alexandra Park

51.5922°N 0.1361°W / 51.5922; -0.1361 (Olympic sculptures)
2012Shane Green SculptureWood N/a Part of a series of sculptures of different sports to mark the 2012 Summer Olympics.[3][4]
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Crouch End

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Portrait roundel of Henry Reader Williams Clock tower, Broadway

51.5798°N 0.1237°W / 51.5798; -0.1237 (Crouch End Clock Tower)
1895Alfred GilbertFrederick Knight Relief Grade II Williams (1822–1897) was a local benefactor.[5]
Relief panels Broadway House, 1–4 Broadway

51.5785°N 0.1235°W / 51.5785; -0.1235 (Broadway House)
1936–1937?Dawe and Carter Architectural sculpture Grade II [6]

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Reclining Figure Outside Hornsey Library, Haringey Park

51°34′41.3″N 0°7′20.6″W
1963–1965T. B. Huxley-Jones Sculpture Grade II [7]

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

51.5746°N 0.1269°W / 51.5746; -0.1269 (The Spriggan)
1993Marilyn CollinsN/a Sculpture N/a [8]
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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.
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Drinking fountain Highgate Wood, Muswell Hill Road

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!"[9]
Highgate School War Memorial Highgate School

51.5715°N 0.1497°W / 51.5715; -0.1497 (Highgate School War Memorial)
1921Reginald Blomfield Cross of Sacrifice Grade II [10]
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Hornsey

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Drinking fountain High Street

51.5878°N 0.1164°W / 51.5878; -0.1164 (Drinking fountain)
1863? Drinking fountain Grade II [11]
Metcalf Fountain
Charles Thomas Page Metcalf
Priory Park, Middle Lane

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.[12]
St Paul's Fountain Priory Park

51.5858°N 0.1230°W / 51.5858; -0.1230 (St Paul's Fountain)
1880Francis 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.[13]
Drop Philosophers' Garden, Priory Park 1990sMarilyn Collins Sculptural water feature N/a [14]
Abstract sculpture New River Avenue 2008 c.2008? Sculpture N/a [15]
Totem 'Shapes of Thought' Philosophers' Garden, Priory Park 2018Elite Transformations Sundial N/a [16]
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Muswell Hill

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Bust of Oliver Tambo O. R. Tambo Recreation Ground 2007Ian Walters Bust N/a 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.[17][18]

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Statue of Oliver Tambo O. R. Tambo Recreation Ground 2019Artists and technicians led by Dali Tambo Statue N/a Unveiled 27 October 2019, with Thembi Tambo as guest of honour.[19] Another version is at O. R. Tambo International Airport in South Africa.[20]
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Tottenham

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Tottenham High Cross Junction of Tottenham High Road and Monument Way

51°35′20″N 0°4′13″W
1600 c.1600 (modified 1809)? Cross Grade II [21]
All Hallows' Church War Memorial All Hallows' Churchyard

51.6006°N 0.07656°W / 51.6006; -0.07656 (All Hallows' Church War Memorial)
1920 c.1920? Celtic cross Grade II [22]

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Tottenham War Memorial Tottenham Green

51°35′12.43″N 0°4′17.22″W
1923Louis Frederick Roslyn War memorial with statue Grade II [23]

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Ferry boat tile motif Tottenham Hale station, Victoria line platforms 1968Edward Bawden Tile murals N/a [24]

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Seven trees tile motif Seven Sisters station, Victoria line platforms 1969Hans Ernest Unger Tile murals N/a [25]
Embracing Forms Tottenham High Road, near the High Cross, across from the Maa Maat Cultural Centre

51.35223°N 004.122°W / 51.35223; -004.122
1983Vanessa Pomeroy Sculpture N/a [26]
Equality-Harmony Tangmere House, Broadwater Farm Estate 1986–1987Gülsün Erbil Mosaic mural Grade II Commissioned in the wake of the Broadwater Farm riot of 1985. Erbil was herself a resident of the estate.[27][28]
Peace Mural I Broadwater Farm Estate 1987Anthony Steele Mural N/a Depicts Bob Marley, Mahatma Gandhi, John Lennon and, on a mountaintop in the distance, Martin Luther King.[28]
Interlocking Rings Bruce Castle Park 1990–2000Jack Gardner Sculpture N/a Installed here in 2012, on the plinth of a removed 19th-century drinking fountain.[29]
Waterfall Mural Debden block, Broadwater Farm Estate 1991Bernette Hall and Donald Taylor Mural N/a Considered a symbol of the estate, the mural alludes to the River Moselle which runs through the site.[28]

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Skeleton Horse Chestnuts Park

51.5815°N 0.0885°W / 51.5815; -0.0885 (Skeleton Horse)
2005Ann Carrington Sculpture N/a Made from reclaimed wood and materials.[30]

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Imagine, Remember, Reflect, React
The Holocaust
Bruce Castle 2007Paul Margetts after Claudia Holder Sculpture N/a Unveiled 2008.[31]
Bruce Castle Holocaust Sculpture Bruce Castle 2013? Sculpture N/a Unveiled 7 July 2013.[32]
Clay Station Seven Sisters station 2017Assemble and Matthew Raw Tiles N/a Handmade tiles cladding a commercial unit at the station entrance.[33]
Mural of Ledley King Tottenham Community Sports Centre, High Rd [34] 2022MurWalls[35] Mural N/a 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 2023MurWalls Mural N/a 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[36][37]
Mural of Son Heung-min High Rd 2025MurWalls Mural N/a Unveiled in December 2025. Mural of former Tottenham Hotspur captain Son Heung-min.
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West Green

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West Green and Tottenham War Memorial West Green Road

51.5865°N 0.0872°W / 51.5865; -0.0872 (West Green and Tottenham War Memorial)
1922N/a Obelisk Grade II Unveiled 16 July 1922.[38]
Windrush Memorial Rose Garden 1998? Marker with plaque N/a Unveiled 23 June 1998.[39]
Sustrans Portrait Bench Downhills Park

51.5872°N 0.0880°W / 51.5872; -0.0880 (Sustrans Portrait Bench)
2013? Sculpture N/a Depicts Nicola Adams, Walter Tull and Luke Howard.[40][41]
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Wood Green

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Catharine Smithies Memorial Drinking Fountain Bounds Green Road

51.6009°N 0.1162°W / 51.6009; -0.1162
1879? Obelisk with drinking fountain Grade II [42][43]

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

51.600947°N 0.111807°W / 51.600947; -0.111807
1901? Drinking fountain and cattle trough Grade II [44]

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St Saviour's War Memorial Alexandra Park Road

51.5983°N 0.1292°W / 51.5983; -0.1292 (St Saviour's War Memorial)
1919John Samuel Alder Memorial cross Grade II [45]

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

51.5995°N 0.1109°W / 51.5995; -0.1109
1920? War memorial Grade II [46]
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