List of public art in the London Borough of Merton

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Map of public art in the London Borough of Merton

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

Colliers Wood

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

More images 		John Feeney Memorial Fountain Wandle Park

51°25′02″N 0°10′47″W / 51.4173°N 0.1796°W / 51.4173; -0.1796 (John Feeney Memorial Drinking Fountain) 		1907 ? Drinking fountain Grade II [1]

More images 		Ashby–Fenwick Memorial Fountain
Harold Pollard Ashby (1809–1892)
Robert Bloomfield Fenwick (1835–1897) 		Wandle Park 1911 Fritz Roselieb (lost statue);
Helen Frazer Rock (lost medallions) 		Drinking fountain — [2]


Merton Park

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Main article: Merton Park
Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Designation Notes
Merton War Memorial St Mary's churchyard

51°24′37″N 0°12′08″W / 51.4104°N 0.2021°W / 51.4104; -0.2021 (Merton War Memorial) 		1920 (designed); erected 1921 H. P. Burke Downing Memorial cross Grade II [3]


Mitcham

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

More images 		Obelisk Junction of Cricket Green and Madeira Road

51°23′57″N 0°09′53″W / 51.3992°N 0.1646°W / 51.3992; -0.1646 (Canons Obelisk) 		1822 ? Obelisk Grade II [4]

More images 		Memorial to George Parker Bidder Mitcham Common

51°23′50″N 0°09′18″W / 51.3971°N 0.1549°W / 51.3971; -0.1549 (Bidder Memorial) 		1896 ? Memorial stone Grade II [5]

More images 		Clock Upper Green East

51°24′22″N 0°09′50″W / 51.4061°N 0.1640°W / 51.4061; -0.1640 (Clock) 		1897 ? Clock Grade II [6]
Mitcham War Memorial Lower Green West

51°24′09″N 0°10′12″W / 51.4024°N 0.1699°W / 51.4024; -0.1699 (Mitcham War Memorial) 		1920 ? Memorial cross Grade II Unveiled 21 November 1920.[7]
Memorial to Tom Ruff Mitcham Cricket Green, London Road 1962 ? Commemorative stone — At the time of his death in March 1962, Ruff was mayor of Mitcham. The names of outstanding Mitcham cricketers were added in 2014.[8]


Morden

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Main article: Morden
Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Architect / other Type Designation Notes
Neptune Morden Hall Park

51°24′05″N 0°11′12″W / 51.4013°N 0.1867°W / 51.4013; -0.1867 (Neptune) 		18th century ? — Statue Grade II [9]
Venus and Cupid Morden Hall Park

51°24′13″N 0°11′16″W / 51.4037°N 0.1878°W / 51.4037; -0.1878 (Venus and Cupid) 		18th century ? — Statue Grade II [10]
Lion and Unicorn Entrance to King George's Field, Tudor Drive, Lower Morden 1940s ? ? Reliefs
Kingfisher Over exit from Garth Road Recycling Depot as at March 2012 —


Raynes Park

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Main article: Raynes Park
Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Architect / other Type Designation Notes
Raynes Park War Memorial St Saviour's churchyard

51°24′20″N 0°13′46″W / 51.4055°N 0.2295°W / 51.4055; -0.2295 (Raynes Park War Memorial) 		1920–1921 (erected) T. Mewburn Crook Arthur Blomfield Memorial cross Grade II [11]


Wimbledon

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Main article: Wimbledon, London
Part of Wimbledon lies outside the borough of Merton; for other works located there, see List of public art in the London Borough of Wandsworth § Wimbledon
Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Architect / other Type Designation Notes

More images 		Diana with a Fawn Cannizaro Park

51°25′32″N 0°13′55″W / 51.4256°N 0.2319°W / 51.4256; -0.2319 (Diana with a Fawn) 		1843 ? — Statue Grade II [12]

More images 		Joseph Toynbee Memorial Fountain Wimbledon Hill Road, at the junction with Belvedere Grove

51°25′27″N 0°12′56″W / 51.4243°N 0.2156°W / 51.4243; -0.2156 (Joseph Toynbee Memorial Fountain) 		1868 — ? Drinking fountain Grade II [13]
Busts of William Shakespeare and John Milton Outside Wimbledon Library

51°25′20″N 0°12′30″W / 51.4222°N 0.2084°W / 51.4222; -0.2084 (Busts of William Shakespeare and John Milton) 		1886 ? ? Architectural sculpture [14]

More images 		Pagoda Drinking Fountain
Robert William Hanbury 		Parkside

51°25′42″N 0°13′26″W / 51.4283°N 0.2238°W / 51.4283; -0.2238 (Pagoda Drinking Fountain) 		1903 Wills Brothers — Drinking fountain Grade II [15]
Laetitia and globe On roof of New Wimbledon Theatre

51°25′09″N 0°12′06″W / 51.4193°N 0.2016°W / 51.4193; -0.2016 (Laetitia and globe) 		1910 (removed for safety in war 1939; reinstated 1991) ? Cecil Massey and Roy Young Architectural sculpture Grade II [16]
War memorial St Winefride's Church, Latimer Road

51°25′11″N 0°11′38″W / 51.4196°N 0.1938°W / 51.4196; -0.1938 (St Winefride's War Memorial) 		After 1918 ? — Calvary Grade II [17]

More images 		Wimbledon War Memorial Parkside

51°25′34″N 0°13′20″W / 51.4262°N 0.2223°W / 51.4262; -0.2223 (Wimbledon War Memorial) 		1921 Charles Leonard Hartwell Thomas Graham Jackson War memorial Grade II Unveiled 5 November 1921.[18]

More images 		King's Royal Rifle Corps War Memorial Wimbledon Common

51°26′18″N 0°13′49″W / 51.4383°N 0.2302°W / 51.4383; -0.2302 (King's Royal Rifle Corps Memorial) 		1929 ? — War memorial Grade II [19]

More images 		Statue of Fred Perry All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, Church Road

51°26′03″N 0°12′49″W / 51.4343°N 0.2135°W / 51.4343; -0.2135 (Statue of Fred Perry) 		1984 David Wynne — Statue — Unveiled by Prince Edward, Duke of Kent.[20]

More images 		Walking Women The Broadway 1992 André Wallace — Sculpture — [21]
Concourse Wimbledon station

51°25′16″N 0°12′22″W / 51.42111°N 0.20611°W / 51.42111; -0.20611 (Concourse) 		1998 Bruce Williams — Sculpture — Laser-cut images of crowds watching tennis at Wimbledon.[22]

More images 		Millennium Fountain Cannizaro Park 2001 Richard Rome — Fountain with sculpture — [23]
Plough Lane Landmark
Wimbledon F.C. 		Junction of Plough Lane and Dunsford Road 2009 Sam Burford — Memorial — [24]
arthur (stag) Outside Wimbledon station

51°25′16″N 0°12′26″W / 51.4212°N 0.2071°W / 51.4212; -0.2071 (arthur (stag)) 		2012 Isabelle Zhizhi Southwood — Sculpture — Unveiled 21 June 2012.[25][26]
Statue of Sister Nivedita Outside Ricards Lodge High School, Lake Road

51°25′43″N 0°12′15″W / 51.4286°N 0.2042°W / 51.4286; -0.2042 (Statue of Sister Nivedita) 		2023 Nirjan De and Sarada Sarkar — Statue — [27][28]


See also

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References

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  1. ^ Memorial Drinking Fountain for John Feeney (1839–1905). Art UK. Retrieved 25 August 2025.
  2. ^ Lloyd, Potkin & Thackara 2011, p. 175.
  3. ^ Historic England. "War Memorial (1390833)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 9 December 2022.
  4. ^ Historic England. "Obelisk at junction with Cricket Green (1193483)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 7 September 2025.
  5. ^ Historic England. "Bidder Memorial (1286297)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 7 September 2025.
  6. ^ Mitcham Clock Tower. Art UK. Retrieved 25 August 2025.
  7. ^ Historic England. "Mitcham War Memorial (1448269)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 2 January 2019.
  8. ^ Memorial to Tom Ruff. Art UK. Retrieved 25 August 2025.
  9. ^ Historic England. "Pedestal and statue of Neptune 10 yards to south east of walled garden (1080908)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 30 August 2025.
  10. ^ Historic England. "Pedestal and statue of Venus and Cupid 50 yards north of Morden Cottage (1193528)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 30 August 2025.
  11. ^ Historic England. "War Memorial, St Saviours Church (1390947)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 10 December 2022.
  12. ^ Historic England. "Statue of Diana with Fawn at extreme north west corner of park (1286374)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
  13. ^ Historic England. "Drinking fountain at junction with Belvedere Grove (1080896)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
  14. ^ Wimbledon Library
  15. ^ Pagoda Drinking Fountain (Hanbury Drinking Fountain). Art UK. Retrieved 30 August 2025.
  16. ^ History of New Wimbledon Theatre
  17. ^ Historic England. "Wimbledon (St Winefride's) War Memorial (1445651)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 5 December 2022.
  18. ^ "Wimbledon (Includes the 1921 mass produced roll of honour)". War Memorials Register. Imperial War Museums. Retrieved 2 January 2019.
  19. ^ Historic England. "Wimbledon Common (King's Royal Rifle Corps) War Memorial (1445581)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 5 December 2022.
  20. ^ Matthews 2018, p. 232.
  21. ^ Walking Women. Art UK. Retrieved 30 August 2025.
  22. ^ "Concourse | Bruce Williams". Axisweb. Retrieved 30 October 2023.
  23. ^ Millennium Fountain. Art UK. Retrieved 30 August 2025.
  24. ^ AFC Wimbledon Memorial (Plough Lane Landmark). Art UK. Retrieved 30 August 2025.
  25. ^ "arthur (stag)". Isabelle Zhizhi Southwood. Retrieved 5 December 2022.
  26. ^ Stag Sculpture, Wimbledon Station. Archived from the original on 9 November 2014. Retrieved 16 July 2014.
  27. ^ Bulmer, Joseph (17 July 2023). "Statue unveiled commemorating life and works of Torrington's Sister Nivedita". North Devon Today. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
  28. ^ Goswami, Tarun (15 May 2023). "Sister Nivedita's statue to come up at Wimbledon". The Statesman (India). Retrieved 22 May 2024.

Bibliography

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  • Lloyd, Fran; Potkin, Helen; Thackara, Davina (2011). Public Sculpture of Outer South and West London. Public Sculpture of Britain. Liverpool: Liverpool University Press.
  • Matthews, Peter (2018). London's Statues and Monuments. Oxford: Shire Publications.
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  • Media related to Sculptures in the London Borough of Merton at Wikimedia Commons