List of public art in the London Borough of Hillingdon

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John Alcock and Arthur Brown (1954) by William McMillan in front of the Heathrow Academy which provides vocational and specialist theory courses

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

Map of public art in the London Borough of Hillingdon

Eastcote[edit]

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates
Date Artist / designer Type Designation Notes
Coat of arms of Middlesex east façade of Eastcote Library, Field End Road

51°34′50″N 0°24′01″W / 51.5805°N 0.4003°W / 51.5805; -0.4003
1959 municipal works team of Middlesex County Council

Harefield[edit]

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates
Date Artist / designer Type Designation Notes
Prometheus
Magdi Yacoub
Harefield Hospital

51°36′25″N 0°28′58″W / 51.6069°N 0.4828°W / 51.6069; -0.4828
2008 Pavlos Angelos Kougioumtzis[1] Statue Unveiled 21 November 2008 by Gordon Brown.[2]
Harefield village green main (globe) sign The Green (public green) partly facing the south end of the large hospital site

51°36′11″N 0°29′02″W / 51.603°N 0.484°W / 51.603; -0.484
2008 Circular (band) sign and finial-style statue Hare as in the name of the place. Australia and Britain due to the injured treated at the large hospital in World War I.

Harmondsworth[edit]

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates
Date Artist / designer Type Designation Notes
Royal Canadian Air Force Memorial Harmondsworth Moor

51°29′24″N 0°29′21″W / 51.4901°N 0.4893°W / 51.4901; -0.4893
1995 Memorial stone with plaque [3]

Hayes[edit]

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates
Date Artist / designer Type Designation Notes
Hayes War Memorial Church Road

51°31′04″N 0°25′09″W / 51.51766°N 0.419146°W / 51.51766; -0.419146
Post-World War II ? Wooden Calvary on raised stone plinth with brick surrounding walls and carved inscriptions [4]
Skylark Lake Farm Country Park

51°30′42″N 0°25′31″W / 51.51166°N 0.425146°W / 51.51166; -0.425146
2002 c. 2002 Ben Dearnley Sculpture
Tiling Underpass at Hayes and Harlington railway station 2003 Lubna Chowdhary [5]
The Converse Wall of Clash Powerhouse building, Blyth Road

51°30′15.96″N 0°25′34.5″W / 51.5044333°N 0.426250°W / 51.5044333; -0.426250
2014 Remi Rough and System (Agents of Change) [6]
Night scene Norman Leddy Memorial Gardens

51°31′14″N 0°25′24″W / 51.52046°N 0.423206°W / 51.52046; -0.423206
Tom "Carver" Harvey Tree sculpture [7]
Man looking for his dog Barra Hall Park

51°31′05″N 0°25′24″W / 51.51816°N 0.423416°W / 51.51816; -0.423416
Tom "Carver" Harvey Tree sculpture [7]

Art installation[edit]

On Sunday 5 August 2012, Jeremy Deller's art installation Sacrilege (an inflatable life-size model of Stonehenge) was installed in Barra Hall Park from 10.30am to 6pm. An estimated 1,400 people visited on the day.[8]

Heathrow Airport[edit]

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates
Date Artist / designer Type Designation Notes
Anglo-French Survey (1784–1790) baseline: the northern of its two commemorative cannons West of where Nene Road meets Northern Perimeter Road, being at one of the places known as "King's Arbour" (a notably large tree).

51°28′47″N 0°27′01″W / 51.47980°N 0.4502°W / 51.47980; -0.4502
1791 William Mudge Grade II The corresponding south cannon is next to LEH School, Hampton.[9]
Alcock and Brown Newall Road, on north side of the airport

51°28′50″N 0°26′36″W / 51.48053°N 0.4433°W / 51.48053; -0.4433
1954 William McMillan Sculptural group [10]
Speedbird motifs Hatton Cross tube station

51°27′59.83″N 0°25′24″W / 51.4666194°N 0.42333°W / 51.4666194; -0.42333
1975 After Theyre Lee-Elliott Mosaics [11][12]
Moving World (Night & Day) Terminal 5

51°28′24″N 0°29′22″W / 51.47322°N 0.48938°W / 51.47322; -0.48938
2008 Langlands & Bell Pair of illuminated neon and steel walls [13]
Animated Crest Terminal 5

51°28′17.71″N 0°29′17.23″W / 51.4715861°N 0.4881194°W / 51.4715861; -0.4881194
2008 Christopher Pearson [14]
Oak Seasons Terminal 5

51°28′17.71″N 0°29′17.23″W / 51.4715861°N 0.4881194°W / 51.4715861; -0.4881194
2008 Christopher Pearson [14]
Emirates A380 sculpture At north access to/from Terminals 2 & 3 access tunnel

51°28′50″N 0°27′11″W / 51.48061°N 0.4530°W / 51.48061; -0.4530
2008 Penwal [15]
Cloud Terminal 5

51°28′17.71″N 0°29′17.23″W / 51.4715861°N 0.4881194°W / 51.4715861; -0.4881194
2008 Troika Sculpture [14]
All the Time in the World Terminal 5

51°28′17.71″N 0°29′17.23″W / 51.4715861°N 0.4881194°W / 51.4715861; -0.4881194
2008 Troika [14]
Yan Shu (swan letter) Terminal 5

51°28′17.71″N 0°29′17.23″W / 51.4715861°N 0.4881194°W / 51.4715861; -0.4881194
2008 UnitedVisualArtists Sculpture [16]
Sculpture marking the 150th anniversary of the London Underground Ticket hall at Heathrow Terminals 2 & 3 tube station

51°28′16.67″N 0°27′8.64″W / 51.4712972°N 0.4524000°W / 51.4712972; -0.4524000
2013 Sculpture [17]
Turkish Airlines Globe Near main access tunnel, on central roundabout (between Terminals 2 & 3)

51°28′19″N 0°27′11″W / 51.47189°N 0.4531°W / 51.47189; -0.4531
2013 Sculpture [18]
London Taxi Terminal 2

51°28′10.62″N 0°27′4.87″W / 51.4696167°N 0.4513528°W / 51.4696167; -0.4513528
2014 Benedict Radcliffe Sculpture [19]

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Slipstream Terminal 2

51°28′10.8″N 0°26′58.8″W / 51.469667°N 0.449667°W / 51.469667; -0.449667
2014 Richard Wilson Sculpture [20]

Northwood[edit]

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates
Date Artist / designer Architect / other Type Designation Notes
Northwood War Memorial Green Lane, near Northwood tube station

51°36′42″N 0°25′30″W / 51.6116°N 0.4250°W / 51.6116; -0.4250
1921 William Aumonier Jr. F. D. Bedford Memorial cross Grade II Unveiled 13 February 1921.[21]

Ruislip[edit]

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates
Date Artist / designer Type Designation Notes
Ruislip War Memorial Eastcote Road, opposite St Martin's Church

51°34′39″N 0°25′38″W / 51.5775°N 0.4272°W / 51.5775; -0.4272
1921? Local craftsmen Memorial cross [22]

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Polish Air Force Memorial
Polish Air Force in Great Britain
South Ruislip

51°32′56″N 0°24′01″W / 51.5488°N 0.4002°W / 51.5488; -0.4002
2 November 1948 Mieczysław Lubelski War memorial with sculpture Grade II* [23]

Uxbridge[edit]

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates
Date Artist / designer Type Designation Notes
Girder from Chepstow Railway Bridge Brunel University 1852 Isambard Kingdom Brunel Girder

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Uxbridge War Memorial The Old Graveyard, Windsor Street

51°32′40″N 0°28′51″W / 51.5445°N 0.4808°W / 51.5445; -0.4808
1924 Adrian Jones War memorial with sculpture Unveiled 11 November 1924.[24]
Winged wheels Entrance to Uxbridge tube station

51°32′46″N 0°28′44″W / 51.5461°N 0.4789°W / 51.5461; -0.4789
1934 Joseph Armitage Architectural sculpture Grade II [25]
Coats of arms of the Basset family, of Middlesex and of Buckinghamshire Exit from Uxbridge tube station

51°32′46″N 0°28′44″W / 51.5462°N 0.4788°W / 51.5462; -0.4788
1934 Ervin Bossányi Stained glass Grade II [26]
Saint Andrew's Gate Hillingdon Road roundabout

51°32′38″N 0°28′22″W / 51.5439°N 0.4729°W / 51.5439; -0.4729
1957 [27]
Shoreditch College Golden Jubilee 1969 Brunel University 1969 Attributed to Philip John Whitten Relief [28]
Anticipation
Golden Jubilee of Elizabeth II
Uxbridge town centre, outside The Chimes

51°32′45″N 0°28′44″W / 51.5459°N 0.4789°W / 51.5459; -0.4789
25 June 2002 Anita Lafford [29]

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Statue of Isambard Kingdom Brunel Brunel University

51°31′59″N 0°28′30″W / 51.53307°N 0.47497°W / 51.53307; -0.47497
6 July 2006 Anthony Stones Statue [30]
Connect Brunel University 2016 Maria Celina Reyes Gallo, Huda Alnabhan, Abdurrahman Ozdemir and Yeqing Zheng Sculptural group [31]
Hawker Hurricane Outside Battle of Britain Bunker Museum, RAF Uxbridge

51°32′26″N 0°27′52″W / 51.54051°N 0.464428°W / 51.54051; -0.464428
Gate guardian [32]
Supermarine Spitfire Outside Battle of Britain Bunker Museum, RAF Uxbridge

51°32′25″N 0°27′52″W / 51.54031°N 0.464568°W / 51.54031; -0.464568
Gate guardian [32]
Four Concrete Forms with White Brunel University Justin Knowles Sculpture Given by Arts Council England.[33]

West Drayton[edit]

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates
Date Artist / designer Type Designation Notes
Yiewsley and West Drayton War Memorial Harmondsworth Road, outside the entrance to the cemetery

51°30′00″N 0°28′05″W / 51.49995°N 0.46798°W / 51.49995; -0.46798
1920s [34]
Challenge Stockley Park

51°30′36″N 0°27′09″W / 51.5101°N 0.4524°W / 51.5101; -0.4524 (Challenge)
1995 Wendy Taylor Sculpture [35]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Longhurst, Chris (26 November 2008). "Greek god statue pays tribute to pioneer of heart surgery". Uxbridge Gazette. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
  2. ^ Kirk, Tristan (21 November 2008). "Gordon Brown unveils statue for Sir Magdi Yacoub". Hillingdon & Uxbridge Times. Retrieved 27 May 2011.
  3. ^ Harmondsworth Moor War Memorial. London Borough of Hillingdon. Archived from the original on 29 July 2014. Retrieved 21 July 2014.
  4. ^ Hayes War Memorial (PDF). London Borough of Hillingdon. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 September 2012. Retrieved 9 September 2012.
  5. ^ "Tile Gazetteer - London Hillingdon- TACS".
  6. ^ "Video: Old Vinyl Factory building transformed in stunning street art takeover". 5 March 2014.
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  10. ^ Gallop, Alan (2005). Time Flies: Heathrow At 60. Stroud: Sutton Publishing. p. 96. ISBN 1-85310-259-8.
  11. ^ 111. The platform tiles at Hatton Cross
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  22. ^ "Ruislip". War Memorials Register. Imperial War Museums. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
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  28. ^ Shoreditch College Golden Jubilee 1969. Art UK. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
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  30. ^ New statue of Isambard Kingdom Brunel to be unveiled at Brunel University. Brunel University. 28 June 2006. Archived from the original on 29 July 2012. Retrieved 28 May 2011.
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  35. ^ "About". Wendy Taylor. Retrieved 23 November 2022.

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