Statue of Harry Kane

The statue was commissioned when Kane was a player with the north London team Tottenham Hotspur. It shows him seated on a bench with a football on his knee.^[2]

The work was funded by Waltham Forest Council at a cost of £7,200 in 2019 and 2020.^[2] Several locations were explored for the statue and it remained in storage while a location could be agreed upon. It was originally to be sited at Chingford railway station, but this was rejected following a risk assessment by Transport for London.^[2] A plan to place it in Ridgeway Park was also rejected.^[2][3]

The first pictures of the statue were obtained by the street newspaper Big Issue in 2024.^[4] The images were met with some criticism with some questioning whether a footballer should be sitting on a bench in the way portrayed, while others made fun of its brown, chocolate-like appearance.^[5]

The statue, along with a mural, were finally unveiled at the Peter May Sports Centre in Walthamstow on 18 November 2024. Kane began playing here as a five-year-old for Ridgeway Rovers.^[6][7]