Burgess Park is home to an increasing number of artworks – mainly sculptural – which can be spotted when walking around. Many of them commemorate events, people or places, whilst others are ‘art for art’s sake’!
The map below shows the location and some details on each of them. Hover over the points on the map (or touch the point on a mobile) to view a popup of the artworks. Numbers refer to more details below. Some markers have links to pages on this site with further information – click the image to check.
| Ref | Title | Description | Location | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burgess park over 200 years | Three mosaic windows in a wall which was part of a former building, representing the area in 1800, 1900 and 2000 | Park-facing wall, west side of First Place Nursery | 2000 |
| 2 | Birds of Burgess Park Lake | Relief sculpture in cast bronze representing local birdlife, created with students of Cobourg Primary School | Overlooking eastern side of the lake. | c.1999 |
| 3 | Marking Places | Three markers in different materials including etched and pierced metals and cast resin, indicating the sites of important buildings, market gardens and industries that used to exist within the Burgess Park area | Various points in the eastern park | 2017 |
| 4 | Bridge to Nowhere Project | Relief sculptures in wood and resin representing the varied import and export businesses of the Grand Surrey Canal. Contributions from twenty young artists, Pauline Smith, Carol Dalton, Michael Faraday School and Southwark Play Service assisted by Art in the Park | Wall of Wells Way underpass | 2014 |
| 5 | Silent Raid | By Sally Hogarth. Ten cast resin model houses in different sizes and groups, as a memorial to the 1917 Zeppelin bomb | 7 locations in eastern park | 2018 |
| 6 | Bust of Keib Thomas | Commemorating the life and work of the community activist who died in 2007. Bust paid for with public subscription, produced in Kolkota, India | Mediterranean Garden, Chumleigh Gardens | c.2010 |
| 7 | World Garden gates | Ornate sculpted gates by Heather Burrell, made in consultation with local community groups. Depicts a map of the world surrounded by plants from different countries, and the Camberwell Beauty butterfly | Entrance to community allotment from World Garden | 2000/3 |
| 8 | Zeppelin Memorial | Replacing the lost plaque from Calmington Rd, this commemorates 22 people killed in total in Camberwell | Garden in front of Chumleigh Almshouses | 2015/16 |
| 9 | St George’s War Memorial | Bronze figure of Christ by Arild Rosenkrantz. Unveiled 1920 | Wells Way front of old St George’s Church | 1919 |
| 10 | Entrance map gates | Gates depicting original road and canal layout of the park area. Part of the 2012 reconstruction | Camberwell Rd (W) and Old Kent Rd (E) entrances | 2012 |
| 11 | Globe gateposts | Steel spheres, originally top decoration from GLC gateposts at Rust Square entrance to park. Re-sited 2017 | Rust Square Childrens’ playground | c.1980 |
| 12 | Butterfly mural | Large tile mural by Royal Doulton of Lambeth relocated from Samuel Jones factory in 1982 | South-facing wall of Library, Baths and Washhouses (OLBAW) | c.1920 |
| 13 | Childrens’ Library murals | Fairy-tale/Alice in Wonderland scenes on interior walls by Guy Miller (viewing by appointment) | Basement of Wells Way Library (OLBAW) | 1927 |
| 14 | Constellation | Assemblage of 5 or 6 carved stones, by Hamish Horsley installed in around 2005/6 | Addington Square | c.2002 |