List of public art in the London Borough of Bexley

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

Map of public art in the London Borough of Bexley

Belvedere[edit]


Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Notes
More images	The Cob	Roundabout at junction of Bronze Age Way and Picardy Manorway 51°29′50″N 0°09′29″E / 51.4972°N 0.1580°E / 51.4972; 0.1580 (The Cob)	2011	Andy Scott	Sculpture	Galvanised steel	6 metres (20 ft) high	—	^[1]

Bexley[edit]


Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Designation	Notes
More images	Bexley War Memorial	Junction of Hurst Road and Parkhill Road	1920	Reginald Blomfield	Memorial cross	—	Unveiled 14 November 1920.^[2]^[3]

Bexleyheath[edit]


Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Designation	Notes
Pincott Obelisk	Outside Christ Church 51°27′26″N 0°08′27″E / 51.4573°N 0.1408°E / 51.4573; 0.1408 (Pincott Obelisk)	1879	Unknown	Drinking fountain	—	Memorial for the Reverend William Henry Pincott^[4]
Bexleyheath War Memorial	Steeple Gardens, Oaklands Road	1921	?	Obelisk	—	^[5]
Family Outing	West entrance to Broadway Shopping Centre 51°27′22″N 0°08′39″E / 51.4562°N 0.1443°E / 51.4562; 0.1443 (Family Outing)	1985	John Ravera	Sculpture	—	^[6]

Crayford[edit]


Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Designation	Notes
More images	Crayford War Memorial	Grounds of Crayford Manor, Mayplace Road East 51°27′30″N 0°10′19″E / 51.4583°N 0.1720°E / 51.4583; 0.1720 (Crayford War Memorial)	1954	?	Wall with plaques	Grade II	^[7]
	The Worrier	Crayford Waterside	2000	Unknown	Sculpture	—	A play on Rodin's The Thinker^[8]
	Madder Roots	Bourne Road 51°27′08″N 0°10′17″E / 51.4523°N 0.1715°E / 51.4523; 0.1715 (Madder Roots)	2011	Mor	Sculpture	—	References the invention of a method to fix madder root dyes using cow dung by the local David Evans company^[9]
	John Alcock and Arthur Whitten Brown	Town Hall, Crayford Road 51°27′02″N 0°10′51″E / 51.4505°N 0.1808°E / 51.4505; 0.1808 (Alcock and Brown Centenary)	2019	Tony Stallard	Sculptures	—	Installed to mark the centenary of their first non-stop transatlantic flight^[10]

Erith[edit]


Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Designation	Notes
More images	War memorial	Christ Church, Victoria Road 51°28′48″N 0°10′35″E / 51.4799°N 0.1764°E / 51.4799; 0.1764 (Christ Church War Memorial)	After 1918	?	Memorial cross	Marble	Grade II	^[11]
More images	De Luci Pike / De Luci Fish	Erith Roundabout 51°28′50″N 0°10′38″E / 51.4805°N 0.1773°E / 51.4805; 0.1773 (De Luci Fish)	2004	Gary Drostle	Sculpture	Mosaic		^[12]
	Earth Core Columns		2004	Gary Drostle and Onya McCausland	Sculptures	Metal and Glass Smalti Mosaic		^[12]
	Atrium Water Court Sculpture		2004	Sokari Douglas Camp	Sculpture	Metal		^[12]
	Stone Court Mosaic	adjacent to the Cross Keys public house	2004	Gary Drostle	Mosaic	Porcelain Mosaic		^[12]
	White Hart Thames Barge Mural		2004	Gary Drostle	Mural	Artists Acrylic Paint		^[12]
	Riverside Shopping Centre Gates	Riverside Shopping Centre	2004	Onya McCausland	Gates			^[12]

Lesnes Abbey Woods[edit]


Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Designation	Notes
Monk	Lesnes Abbey Woods 51°29′19″N 0°07′35″E / 51.4886°N 0.1263°E / 51.4886; 0.1263 (Monk)		Tom Harvey	Sculpture	Wood	—	^[13]^[14]
Lady of the Woods	Lesnes Abbey Woods 51°29′13″N 0°07′45″E / 51.4869°N 0.1292°E / 51.4869; 0.1292 (Lady of the Woods)	2016	Tom Harvey	Sculpture	Wood	—	^[13]^[14]
The Green Man	Lesnes Abbey Woods 51°29′18″N 0°07′57″E / 51.4884°N 0.1324°E / 51.4884; 0.1324 (The Green Man)		Tom Harvey	Sculpture	Wood	—	^[13]^[14]
Coryphodon	Fossil Pit, Lesnes Abbey Woods 51°29′14″N 0°07′51″E / 51.4873°N 0.1307°E / 51.4873; 0.1307 (Coryphodon)		Tom Harvey	Sculpture	Wood	—	^[13]^[14]
Owl	Lesnes Abbey Woods 51°29′03″N 0°07′28″E / 51.4842°N 0.1245°E / 51.4842; 0.1245 (Owl)		Tom Harvey	Sculpture	Wood	—	^[13]^[14]
Lesnes Abbey Mosaic	Lesnes Abbey 51°29′21″N 0°07′42″E / 51.4893°N 0.1283°E / 51.4893; 0.1283 (Lesnes Abbey Mosaic)		Gary Drostle	Mosaic		—	^[13]^[14]
Data Tree	Lesnes Abbey Woods 51°29′09″N 0°07′46″E / 51.4859°N 0.1295°E / 51.4859; 0.1295 (Data Tree)	2021	Jonathan Wright	Sculpture		—	"Conceptual way marker" placed on top of a remaining tree trunk^[15]

North Cray[edit]


Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Designation	Notes
More images	North Cray War Memorial	St James's churchyard 51°25′31″N 0°08′01″E / 51.4254°N 0.1335°E / 51.4254; 0.1335 (North Cray War Memorial)	1920	?	Celtic cross	Grade II	^[16]

Sidcup[edit]


Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Designation	Notes
More images	Sidcup War Memorial	The Green 51°25′25″N 0°06′05″E / 51.4235°N 0.1015°E / 51.4235; 0.1015 (Sidcup War Memorial)	After 1918	?	Cenotaph	—	^[17]

References[edit]

^ "BELVEDERE: Striking Andy Scott horse sculpture arrives home". News Shopper. 16 February 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
^ "Bexley Men – WW1 and WW2". War Memorials Register. Imperial War Museums. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
^ War Memorial. Art UK. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
^ "Pincott Obelisk". Art UK. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
^ "Bexleyheath – WW1 and WW2". War Memorials Register. Imperial War Museums. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
^ "Family Outing". Art UK. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
^ Historic England. "Crayford War Memorial (1410311)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
^ "Project Archive – The Worrier". Centrepieces - Mental Health Arts Project. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
^ "Madder Roots". Art UK. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
^ "Alcock and Brown Centenary". Art UK. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
^ Historic England. "Erith (Christ Church) War Memorial (1445231)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Erith Public Art. London Borough of Bexley. Archived from the original on 4 July 2012. Retrieved 4 October 2012.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Sculpture at Lesnes". Lesnes Abbey Woods. Retrieved 28 August 2023.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Map of the site". Lesnes Abbey Woods. Retrieved 28 August 2023.
^ "Data Tree". Estuary Festival 2021. Retrieved 28 August 2023.
^ Historic England. "North Cray War Memorial (1444904)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
^ "Sidcup – WW1 and WW2". War Memorials Register. Imperial War Museums. Retrieved 29 December 2022.

External links[edit]

Media related to Sculptures in the London Borough of Bexley at Wikimedia Commons

[TheCob-NewsShopper-1] "BELVEDERE: Striking Andy Scott horse sculpture arrives home". News Shopper. 16 February 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2022.

[2] "Bexley Men – WW1 and WW2". War Memorials Register. Imperial War Museums. Retrieved 29 December 2022.

[3] War Memorial. Art UK. Retrieved 11 January 2023.

[4] "Pincott Obelisk". Art UK. Retrieved 29 August 2023.

[5] "Bexleyheath – WW1 and WW2". War Memorials Register. Imperial War Museums. Retrieved 29 December 2022.

[6] "Family Outing". Art UK. Retrieved 29 August 2023.

[7] Historic England. "Crayford War Memorial (1410311)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 29 December 2022.

[8] "Project Archive – The Worrier". Centrepieces - Mental Health Arts Project. Retrieved 29 August 2023.

[9] "Madder Roots". Art UK. Retrieved 29 August 2023.

[10] "Alcock and Brown Centenary". Art UK. Retrieved 29 August 2023.

[11] Historic England. "Erith (Christ Church) War Memorial (1445231)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 29 December 2022.

[Erith_Public_Art-12] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Erith Public Art. London Borough of Bexley. Archived from the original on 4 July 2012. Retrieved 4 October 2012.

[LAW-sculpture-13] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Sculpture at Lesnes". Lesnes Abbey Woods. Retrieved 28 August 2023.

[LAW-map-14] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Map of the site". Lesnes Abbey Woods. Retrieved 28 August 2023.

[15] "Data Tree". Estuary Festival 2021. Retrieved 28 August 2023.

[16] Historic England. "North Cray War Memorial (1444904)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 29 December 2022.

[17] "Sidcup – WW1 and WW2". War Memorials Register. Imperial War Museums. Retrieved 29 December 2022.

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Districts	Abbey Wood Albany Park Barnehurst Barnes Cray Belvedere Bexley Bexleyheath Blackfen Blendon Coldblow Crayford Crook Log Crossness East Wickham Erith Falconwood Foots Cray Lamorbey Lessness Heath Longlands North Cray North End Northumberland Heath Ruxley Sidcup Slade Green Thamesmead Upton Welling West Heath
Attractions	Crossness Pumping Station Danson House Erith Playhouse Hall Place and Gardens Lesnes Abbey Red House (NT)
Parks and open spaces	Abbey Wood SSSI Braeburn Park Crossness Nature Reserve Danson Park Erith Marshes Foots Cray Meadows Joyden's Wood Lamorbey Park Lesnes Abbey Woods Shoulder of Mutton Green
Constituencies	Bexleyheath & Crayford Erith & Thamesmead Old Bexley & Sidcup
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