The River Thames wends for approximately 40 miles through London, touching on 17 boroughs as it does so. Dozens of sculptures dot its banks, and many more lie just a few minutes’ away. To introduce you to just a few of these, we’ve selected one Thames-side work from (almost) every London borough that lies on the river’s banks. We maybe wouldn’t recommend trying to see all 15 sculptures listed here in a single, mammoth trek, but the next time you’re down by the riverside, why not see what the Thames has to offer?

15 artworks
Queen Anne (1665–1714)
Image credit: Mike Longhurst / Art UK

Queen Anne (1665–1714) 1706

Francis Bird (1667–1731)

Gilded metal

H 150 x W 120 x D 110 cm

Diane de Gabies (Diane Robing) (1810–1892)
Image credit: Christina Walker / Art UK

Diane de Gabies (Diane Robing) (1810–1892) 18th C

unknown artist

Stone

Dukes Meadows Park Pillars
© the copyright holders. Image credit: Juliet Ferguson / Art UK

Dukes Meadows Park Pillars 2002

Ricky Grimes and Chiswick Community School, students

Ceramic

Lancelot 'Capability' Brown (1716–1783)
© the artist. Image credit: Juliet Ferguson / Art UK

Lancelot 'Capability' Brown (1716–1783) 2017

Laury Dizengremel (b.1954)

Bronze

Margaret Damer Dawson Memorial Bird Bath
© the copyright holder. Image credit: Jennette Russell / Art UK

Margaret Damer Dawson Memorial Bird Bath 1933

Charles James Pibworth (1878–1958)

Portland stone

H 138 x W 62 x D 62 cm

Single Form
© Bowness. Image credit: Vincenzo Albano / Art UK

Single Form 1961–1964

Barbara Hepworth (1903–1975) and Morris Singer Art Foundry Ltd (founded 1927)

Bronze

H 312 x W 200 x D 254 cm

Mother and Child
© the artist. Image credit: Lambeth Palace

Mother and Child

Lesley Pover (b.1950)

Bronze

H 163 x W 28 x D 110 cm

Lambeth Palace

General Gordon (1833–1885)
Image credit: Tracy Jenkins / Art UK

General Gordon (1833–1885) 1885–1888

Hamo Thornycroft (1850–1925) and Farmer and Brindley (active 1851–1929) and Moore & Co.

Bronze & Portland stone

H 320 cm

Swan Marker and Barge Master
© the artist. Image credit: Alfred Yeung / Art UK

Swan Marker and Barge Master 2007

Vivien Mallock (b.1945)

Bronze

Draped Seated Woman 1957–1958

Henry Moore (1898–1986)

Bronze

Circumsphere
© the copyright holders. Image credit: Gary Tyrell / Art UK

Circumsphere 1998

Chris Marshall and Stephen Lewis (b.1959)

Galvanised steel rods

H 400 x W 400 x D 400 cm

Golden Hind Sculpture
© the copyright holder. Image credit: Gary Tyrell / Art UK

Golden Hind Sculpture 2012

unknown artist

Gleam timber, galvanised steel, canvas

Quantum Cloud
© courtesy of the artist and Jay Jopling / White Cube. Image credit: Emily Lovell, courtesy Mayor of London and The Line

Quantum Cloud 2000

Antony Gormley (b.1950) and Tube Workers (Structures) Ltd

Steel

H 3000 cm

The Line

Barking Berg
© the artist. Image credit: Alan Simpson / Art UK

Barking Berg 2014

The Klassnik Corporation

Wood, render & paint

The Erith Mural
© the copyright holder. Image credit: Andy Smith / Art UK

The Erith Mural 1968–1970

William Mitchell (1925–2020)

Sand, epoxy & tile mosaic

H 350 x W 1200 cm