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

John Alcock and Arthur Brown (1954) by William McMillan in front of the Heathrow Academy which provides vocational and specialist theory courses
Eastcote
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates |
Date | Artist / designer | Type | Designation | Notes |
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Coat of arms of Middlesex | east façade of Eastcote Library, Field End Road 51.5805°N 0.4003°W |
1959 | municipal works team of Middlesex County Council |
Harefield
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates |
Date | Artist / designer | Type | Designation | Notes |
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Prometheus Magdi Yacoub |
Harefield Hospital 51.6069°N 0.4828°W |
2008 | Pavlos Angelos Kougioumtzis[1] | Statue | — | Unveiled 21 November 2008 by Gordon Brown.[2] | |
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Harefield village green main (globe) sign | The Green (public green) partly facing the south end of the large hospital site 51.603°N 0.484°W |
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
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates |
Date | Artist / designer | Type | Designation | Notes |
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Royal Canadian Air Force Memorial | Harmondsworth Moor 51.4901°N 0.4893°W |
1995 | Memorial stone with plaque | [3] |
Hayes
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates |
Date | Artist / designer | Type | Designation | Notes |
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Hayes War Memorial | Church Road 51.51766°N 0.419146°W |
Post-World War II | ? | Wooden Calvary on raised stone plinth with brick surrounding walls and carved inscriptions | — | [4] | |
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Skylark | Lake Farm Country Park 51.51166°N 0.425146°W |
2002 | c.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 |
2014 | Remi Rough and System (Agents of Change) | — | [6] | ||
Night scene | Norman Leddy Memorial Gardens 51.52046°N 0.423206°W |
Tom "Carver" Harvey | Tree sculpture | — | [7] | ||
Man looking for his dog | Barra Hall Park 51.51816°N 0.423416°W |
Tom "Carver" Harvey | Tree sculpture | — | [7] |
Art installation
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
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates |
Date | Artist / designer | Type | Designation | Notes |
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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). 51.47980°N 0.4502°W |
1791 | William Mudge | Grade II | The corresponding south cannon is next to LEH School, Hampton.[9] | |
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Alcock and Brown | Newall Road, on north side of the airport 51.48053°N 0.4433°W |
1954 | William McMillan | Sculptural group | — | [10] |
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Speedbird motifs | Hatton Cross tube station 51°27′59.83″N 0°25′24″W |
1975 | After Theyre Lee-Elliott | Mosaics | — | [11][12] |
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Moving World (Night & Day) | Terminal 5 51.47322°N 0.48938°W |
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 |
2008 | Christopher Pearson | — | [14] | ||
Oak Seasons | Terminal 5 51°28′17.71″N 0°29′17.23″W |
2008 | Christopher Pearson | — | [14] | ||
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Emirates A380 sculpture | At north access to/from Terminals 2 & 3 access tunnel 51.48061°N 0.4530°W |
2008 | Penwal | — | [15] | |
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Cloud | Terminal 5 51°28′17.71″N 0°29′17.23″W |
2008 | Troika | Sculpture | — | [14] |
All the Time in the World | Terminal 5 51°28′17.71″N 0°29′17.23″W |
2008 | Troika | — | [14] | ||
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Yan Shu (swan letter) | Terminal 5 51°28′17.71″N 0°29′17.23″W |
2008 | UnitedVisualArtists | Sculpture | — | [16] |
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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 |
2013 | Sculpture | — | [17] | |
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Turkish Airlines Globe | Near main access tunnel, on central roundabout (between Terminals 2 & 3) 51.47189°N 0.4531°W |
2013 | Sculpture | — | [18] | |
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London Taxi | Terminal 2 51°28′10.62″N 0°27′4.87″W |
2014 | Benedict Radcliffe | Sculpture | — | [19] |
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Slipstream | Terminal 2 51°28′10.8″N 0°26′58.8″W |
2014 | Richard Wilson | Sculpture | — | [20] |
Northwood
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates |
Date | Artist / designer | Architect / other | Type | Designation | Notes |
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Northwood War Memorial | Green Lane, near Northwood tube station 51.6116°N 0.4250°W |
1921 | William Aumonier Jr. | F. D. Bedford | Memorial cross | Grade II | Unveiled 13 February 1921.[21] |
Ruislip
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates |
Date | Artist / designer | Type | Designation | Notes |
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Ruislip War Memorial | Eastcote Road, opposite St Martin's Church 51.5775°N 0.4272°W |
1921? | Local craftsmen | Memorial cross | — | [22] |
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Polish Air Force Memorial Polish Air Force in Great Britain |
South Ruislip 51.5488°N 0.4002°W |
2 November 1948 | Mieczysław Lubelski | War memorial with sculpture | Grade II* | [23] |
Uxbridge
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates |
Date | Artist / designer | Type | Designation | Notes |
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Girder from Chepstow Railway Bridge | Brunel University | 1852 | Isambard Kingdom Brunel | Girder | — | |
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Uxbridge War Memorial | The Old Graveyard, Windsor Street 51.5445°N 0.4808°W |
1924 | Adrian Jones | War memorial with sculpture | — | Unveiled 11 November 1924.[24] |
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Winged wheels | Entrance to Uxbridge tube station 51.5461°N 0.4789°W |
1934 | Joseph Armitage | Architectural sculpture | Grade II | [25] |
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Coats of arms of the Basset family, of Middlesex and of Buckinghamshire | Exit from Uxbridge tube station 51.5462°N 0.4788°W |
1934 | Ervin Bossányi | Stained glass | Grade II | [26] |
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Saint Andrew's Gate | Hillingdon Road roundabout 51.5439°N 0.4729°W |
1957 | [27] | |||
Shoreditch College Golden Jubilee 1969 | Brunel University | 1969 | Attributed to Philip John Whitten | Relief | — | [28] | |
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Anticipation Golden Jubilee of Elizabeth II |
Uxbridge town centre, outside The Chimes 51.5459°N 0.4789°W |
25 June 2002 | Anita Lafford | — | [29] | |
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Statue of Isambard Kingdom Brunel | Brunel University 51.53307°N 0.47497°W |
6 July 2006 | Anthony Stones | Statue | — | [30] |
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Connect | Brunel University | 2016 | Maria Celina Reyes Gallo, Huda Alnabhan, Abdurrahman Ozdemir and Yeqing Zheng | Sculptural group | — | [31] |
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Hawker Hurricane | Outside Battle of Britain Bunker Museum, RAF Uxbridge 51.54051°N 0.464428°W |
Gate guardian | [32] | |||
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Supermarine Spitfire | Outside Battle of Britain Bunker Museum, RAF Uxbridge 51.54031°N 0.464568°W |
Gate guardian | [32] | |||
Four Concrete Forms with White | Brunel University | Justin Knowles | Sculpture | — | Given by Arts Council England.[33] |
West Drayton
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates |
Date | Artist / designer | Type | Designation | Notes |
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Yiewsley and West Drayton War Memorial | Harmondsworth Road, outside the entrance to the cemetery 51.49995°N 0.46798°W |
1920s | [34] | |||
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Challenge | Stockley Park 51.5101°N 0.4524°W |
1995 | Wendy Taylor | Sculpture | — | [35] |
References
- Longhurst, Chris (26 November 2008). "Greek god statue pays tribute to pioneer of heart surgery". Uxbridge Gazette. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
- Kirk, Tristan (21 November 2008). "Gordon Brown unveils statue for Sir Magdi Yacoub". Hillingdon & Uxbridge Times. Retrieved 27 May 2011.
- Harmondsworth Moor War Memorial. London Borough of Hillingdon. Archived from the original on 29 July 2014. Retrieved 21 July 2014.
- Hayes War Memorial (PDF). London Borough of Hillingdon. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 September 2012. Retrieved 9 September 2012.
- "Tile Gazetteer - London Hillingdon- TACS".
- "Video: Old Vinyl Factory building transformed in stunning street art takeover". 5 March 2014.
- "Brightening up your green spaces" (PDF). Hillingdon People, p. 12. London Borough of Hillingdon. May–June 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 July 2014. Retrieved 11 September 2012.
- Griffith, Jack (8 August 2012). "Monument as bouncy castle". Uxbridge Gazette. Retrieved 11 September 2012.
- Historic England. "Monument at north-western end of General Roy's survey base (1119717)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
- Gallop, Alan (2005). Time Flies: Heathrow At 60. Stroud: Sutton Publishing. p. 96. ISBN 1-85310-259-8.
- 111. The platform tiles at Hatton Cross
- Historic England. "HATTON CROSS STATION (1311086)". Research records (formerly PastScape). Retrieved 9 August 2014.
- "Heathrow Terminal 5". Contemporary Art Society. Retrieved 26 June 2014.
- Art commissions at Heathrow Terminal Five. de zeen magazine. 22 January 2008. Retrieved 22 July 2014.
- "Emirates Unveils London Newest Landmark". Emirates (airline). Retrieved 27 June 2014.
- HSBC unveils light sculpture at Heathrow T5. U.K. Airport News. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 22 July 2014.
- "Dsc02187". Flickr. 29 September 2013.
- "Turkish Airlines Globe". JCDecaux. 25 March 2013. Retrieved 27 June 2014.
- "Emerging artist's London Taxi sculpture unveiled at Terminal 2". Heathrow Media Centre. Archived from the original on 17 October 2014. Retrieved 11 October 2014.
- "Richard Wilson: my giant Heathrow sculpture started in a vat of margarine". The Guardian. Retrieved 22 July 2014.
- "Northwood". War Memorials Register. Imperial War Museums. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
- "Ruislip". War Memorials Register. Imperial War Museums. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
- Polish War Memorial. London Borough of Ealing. Archived from the original on 9 November 2010. Retrieved 28 May 2011.
- "Uxbridge – WW1 and WW2 figure". War Memorials Register. Imperial War Museums. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
- "Concrete Cathedrals – Cockfosters and Uxbridge London Underground Stations". The Beauty of Transport (Wordpress). 5 February 2014. Retrieved 26 June 2014.
- "The Stained Glass at Uxbridge". 150 Great Things About the Underground. 23 June 2012. Retrieved 26 June 2014.
- St. Andrew's Gate Photo. Flickr. 28 July 2013. Retrieved 17 July 2014.
- Shoreditch College Golden Jubilee 1969. Art UK. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
- Griffith, Jack (15 June 2012). "Uxbridge marks Jubilee sculpture anniversary". Uxbridge Gazette. Retrieved 11 September 2012.
- 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.
- Connect. Art UK. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
- The Battle of Britain Bunker – Deep Below RAF Uxbridge. Londoneer. 9 September 2012. Retrieved 17 July 2014.
- Four Concrete Forms with White. Art UK. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
- "Yiewsley and West Drayton War Memorial". Flickr. 20 May 2009. Retrieved 3 August 2014.
- "About". Wendy Taylor. Retrieved 23 November 2022.
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