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This is a list of public art and memorials in Edinburgh, including statues and other sculptures.

Calton Hill

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Notes
Monument to John Playfair Calton Hill

55°57′17″N 3°10′59″W / 55.9548°N 3.1830°W / 55.9548; -3.1830 (John Playfair Monument) 		1825-6 William Henry Playfair Square-plan Greek Doric monument Polished ashlar Category A-listed Incorporated in observatory compound wall[1]
Monument to Dugald Stewart Calton Hill

55°57′16″N 3°11′04″W / 55.9545°N 3.1845°W / 55.9545; -3.1845 (Dugald Stewart Monument) 		1831 William Henry Playfair Circular Greek-revival Corinthian monument Polished ashlar Category A-listed Based on the Choragic Monument of Lysicrates in Athens.[2]
Monument to Robert Burns Regent Road, Calton Hill

55°57′13″N 3°10′42″W / 55.9535°N 3.1783°W / 55.9535; -3.1783 (Robert Burns Monument) 		1831-9 Thomas Hamilton Circular Greek-revival Corinthian monument Ashlar sandstone Category A-listed Based on the Choragic Monument of Lysicrates in Athens.[3]
Political Martyrs' Monument Old Calton Cemetery

55°57′12″N 3°11′09″W / 55.9534°N 3.1858°W / 55.9534; -3.1858 (Political Martyrs’ Monument) 		1844 Thomas Hamilton Obelisk Category A-listed (as part of Old Calton Burial Ground)
Scottish-American Soldiers' Monument Old Calton Cemetery

55°57′13″N 3°11′10″W / 55.9535°N 3.1861°W / 55.9535; -3.1861 (Scottish-American Soldiers' Monument) 		1893 George Edwin Bissell Statue with subsidiary sculpture Bronze figures on red granite pedestal Category A-listed (as part of Old Calton Burial Ground)
Stones of Scotland Circle Regent Road Park

55°57′18″N 3°10′28″W / 55.9549°N 3.1745°W / 55.9549; -3.1745 (Stones of Scotland Circle) 		2002 George Wyllie et al. Circle of 32 stone slabs/rocks set in white stone chippings Stone Stones from each of Scotland's 32 local authorities; commemorates the re-establishment of the Scottish Parliament
Holodomor Memorial Stone Calton Hill, near Royal Terrace 2017 Memorial Stone Dedicated to the genocide by forced famine in Ukraine, 1932–1933


Colinton

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Notes
Covenanters’ Memorial Redford Road

55°54′17″N 3°14′19″W / 55.90468°N 3.238737°W / 55.90468; -3.238737 (Covenanters' Monument) 		Erected 1885. Stonework 1738 William Adam (architect of Old Royal Infirmary (1738)) Commemorative column Stone Category B-listed Column formed from 4 engaged Ionic columns from frontispiece of demolished Old Royal Infirmary.
Memorial to Robert Louis Stevenson Dell Road, Colinton

55°54′31″N 3°15′23″W / 55.908597°N 3.256297°W / 55.908597; -3.256297 (Robert Louis Stevenson Memorial) 		2013 Alan Herriot Statue Bronze
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Memorial to Army pipers killed in conflict Army School of Bagpipe Music and Highland Drumming, Redford Barracks 2013 Alan Herriot Statue Bronze
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 [4]


Corstorphine

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Notes
Alan Breck Stewart & David Balfour. Characters from Kidnapped Corstorphine Road

55°56′42″N 3°14′59″W / 55.94503°N 3.249841°W / 55.94503; -3.249841 (Kidnapped Statue) 		2004 Alexander Stoddart Statue pair Bronze figures. Sandstone pedestal Unveiled by Sir Sean Connery
Gentoo Penguin Edinburgh Zoo
Nils Olav (penguin soldier) Edinburgh Zoo



Craigentinny

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Notes
Mausoleum of William Henry Miller Craigentinny Crescent

55°57′26″N 3°08′14″W / 55.9571°N 3.1372°W / 55.9571; -3.1372 (Miller Mausoleum) 		1848–56 David Rhind (architect); Alfred Gatley (reliefs) Mausoleum with bas-relief sculpture Category A-listed [5]


Cramond

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Notes
The Cramond Fish Cramond Beach

55°58′47″N 3°17′39″W / 55.979722°N 3.294227°W / 55.979722; -3.294227 (The Cramond Fish) 		2009 Ronald Rae Sculpture Pink Corrennie granite Carved at Cramond Kirk, bought by Cramond community


Inverleith

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Notes
Monument to Carl Linnaeus Chilean Area, Royal Botanic Garden

55°58′01″N 3°12′27″W / 55.966842°N 3.207415°W / 55.966842; -3.207415 (Linnaeus Monument) 		1778–9 Robert Adam (architect) Urn on pedestal Category A-listed [6]
Ascending Form (Gloria) Royal Botanic Garden 1958 Barbara Hepworth Sculpture Bronze [7]
Rock Form (Porthcurno) Royal Botanic Garden 1964 Barbara Hepworth Sculpture Bronze [7]
Umbra solis Royal Botanic Garden 1975 Ian Hamilton Finlay and Michael Harvey Sundial Slate [8]
Slate, Hole, Wall Royal Botanic Garden 1990 Andy Goldsworthy (artist)
Joe Smith (waller) 		Sculpture Cumbrian slate [9]
Cone Royal Botanic Garden 1990 Andy Goldsworthy Sculpture Ballachulish slate [10]
Untitled Royal Botanic Garden 1995 Alan Johnston Sculpture Made for the exhibition Haus Wittgenstein / Inverleith House.[11]
East Gates Royal Botanic Garden 1996 Benjamin Tindall (architect)
Alan Dawson (blacksmith) 		Gates Stainless steel [12]


Leith

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Notes
Robert Burns Junction of Bernard Street and Constitution Street

55°58′31″N 3°10′00″W / 55.9754°N 3.1668°W / 55.9754; -3.1668 (Robert Burns) 		1897–1901 David Watson Stevenson Statue Bronze (statue and reliefs), red granite and red sandstone (pedestal) Category B-listed Unveiled 15 October 1898; additional panels unveiled 7 March 1901.[13]
Queen Victoria Foot of Leith Walk

55°58′15″N 3°10′18″W / 55.9707°N 3.1717°W / 55.9707; -3.1717 (Queen Victoria) 		1907 John Stevenson Rhind Statue Bronze (statue, reliefs and plaques), granite (pedestal) Category B-listed [14][15]
Leith Mural North Junction Street

55°58′25″N 3°10′39″W / 55.9737°N 3.1775°W / 55.9737; -3.1775 (Leith Mural) 		1986 Tim Chalk and Paul Grime Mural [16]
6 Times
(6th figure) 		Ocean Terminal, Edinburgh

55°59′01″N 3°10′35″W / 55.9836°N 3.17636°W / 55.9836; -3.17636 		2010 Antony Gormley Statue Cast iron [17][18]


Sandy Irvine Robertson OBE
(1942-1999) 		The Shore, Leith

55°58′41″N 3°10′10″W / 55.9780°N 3.16933°W / 55.9780; -3.16933 		1999[19] Lucy Poett Statue sitting on bench Bronze Life-size


New Town

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Notes
John Hope, 4th Earl of Hopetoun Forecourt of the Royal Bank of Scotland, St Andrew Square

55°57′16″N 3°11′30″W / 55.9545°N 3.1917°W / 55.9545; -3.1917 (Earl of Hopetoun) 		1834 Thomas Campbell Sculptural group (with horse) Bronze group and pedestal on granite plinth Category A-listed Designed in 1829 as centrepiece for Charlotte Square but erected in 1834 at Dundas House
Monument to Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville St Andrew Square

55°57′15″N 3°11′36″W / 55.9542°N 3.1932°W / 55.9542; -3.1932 (Melville Monument) 		1817–23 (column)
1822–7 (statue)		 Robert Forrest after Sir Francis Leggatt Chantrey Statue on Doric column Bronze statue on cream sandstone column Category A-listed Architect: William Burn[20]
George IV Junction of George Street and Hanover Street

55°57′13″N 3°11′50″W / 55.9535°N 3.1973°W / 55.9535; -3.1973 (George IV) 		1825–31 Sir Francis Leggatt Chantrey Statue Bronze statue on ashlar pedestal Category A-listed Unveiled 26 November 1831. Commemorates George IV's visit to Edinburgh in 1822.[21]
William Pitt the Younger Junction of George Street and Frederick Street

55°57′11″N 3°12′01″W / 55.953°N 3.2004°W / 55.953; -3.2004 (William Pitt the Younger) 		1831–3 Sir Francis Leggatt Chantrey Statue Bronze statue on ashlar pedestal Category A-listed
Memorial to Albert, Prince Consort Charlotte Square

55°57′06″N 3°12′28″W / 55.9518°N 3.2077°W / 55.9518; -3.2077 (Prince Albert Memorial) 		1862–76 Sir John Steell et al. Equestrian statue with other sculptures Bronze (statues and reliefs); Peterhead granite (pedestal) Category A-listed Architect: David Bryce.
Monument to Catherine Sinclair Corner of North Charlotte Street / St Colme Street

55°57′12″N 3°12′27″W / 55.9532°N 3.2076°W / 55.9532; -3.2076 (Catherine Sinclair Monument) 		1866–8 John Rhind Gothic monument, Eleanor cross type Cream sandstone Category A-listed Architect: David Bryce.[22]
Thomas Chalmers Junction of George Street and Castle Street

55°57′09″N 3°12′13″W / 55.9525°N 3.2035°W / 55.9525; -3.2035 (Thomas Chalmers) 		1869–78 Sir John Steell Statue Bronze statue on polished red granite pedestal Category A-listed
King's Own Scottish Borderers Memorial North Bridge

55°57′06″N 3°11′17″W / 55.9517°N 3.1881°W / 55.9517; -3.1881 (King's Own Scottish Borderers' Memorial) 		1906 William Birnie Rhind Sculptural group Stone Category A-listed
The Manuscript of Monte Cassino Picardy Place 1991 Eduardo Paolozzi Three part sculpture Bronze
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 Outside St Mary's Metropolitan Cathedral[23]
Memorial to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Picardy Place

55°57′25″N 3°11′12″W / 55.956837°N 3.18675°W / 55.956837; -3.18675 (Sherlock Holmes) 		1991 Gerald Ogilvie Laing Statue (of Sherlock Holmes) Bronze statue on ashlar pedestal
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 Erected by the Federation of Master Builders to mark its 50th anniversary.
Horse~Rider~Eagle Silvermills

55°57′34″N 3°12′15″W / 55.959410°N 3.204204°W / 55.959410; -3.204204 (Horse-Rider-Eagle) 		1996 Eoghan Bridge Equestrian statue Bronze
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 Commission by Cala Homes for housing development, ceremoniously opened by the actor, Robert Hardy in April 1997.
Dreaming Spires outside the Omni Centre, Greenside Place, Leith Walk

55°57′23″N 3°11′10″W / 55.956344°N 3.186225°W / 55.956344; -3.186225 (Dreaming Spires) 		2005 Helen Denerley Statues of giraffes Recycled metal, painted
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 Unveiled 27 July 2005 by Julian Spalding.[24] Includes quotation from the South African poet Roy Campbell at its base.
Lion of Scotland St Andrew Square

55°57′17″N 3°11′35″W / 55.954623°N 3.193084°W / 55.954623; -3.193084 (Lion of Scotland) 		2006 Ronald Rae Sculpture Pink Corrennie granite
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 Originally sited in Holyrood Park; moved to current location in 2010.[25]
James Clerk Maxwell George Street

55°57′15″N 3°11′40″W / 55.954053°N 3.194381°W / 55.954053; -3.194381 (James Clerk Maxwell) 		2006–8 Alexander Stoddart Statue Bronze statue and reliefs on ashlar pedestal
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 Unveiled 25 November 2008.[26]


Niddrie

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Notes
Gulliver in Edinburgh Jimmy Boyle Land art Demolished in 2011 to make way for flood defences


Old Town

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Notes
Charles II Parliament Square

55°56′57″N 3°11′26″W / 55.9492°N 3.1905°W / 55.9492; -3.1905 (Charles II) 		1685 The workshop of Grinling Gibbons Equestrian statue Lead statue on ashlar pedestal Category A-listed The pedestal is an 1835 replica of Robert Mylne's original.[27]
Alexander and Bucephalus Courtyard of City Chambers, High Street

55°57′00″N 3°11′25″W / 55.9501°N 3.1903°W / 55.9501; -3.1903 (Alexander and Bucephalus) 		1829–33. Cast 1883. Sir John Steell Sculptural group Bronze group on ashlar pedestal Category A-listed Unveiled 18 April 1884. Moved from St Andrew Square 1916[28]
Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany Edinburgh Castle Esplanade

55°56′56″N 3°11′52″W / 55.9489°N 3.1979°W / 55.9489; -3.1979 (Duke of York) 		1837 Thomas Campbell Statue Bronze (statue and pedestal) Category B-listed. Part of Esplanade Category A-listed group. [29]
78th Highlanders Memorial Edinburgh Castle Esplanade

55°56′56″N 3°11′49″W / 55.9490°N 3.1969°W / 55.9490; -3.1969 (78th Highlanders Memorial) 		1861 Carver – S. Hunter Masonic work – Messrs Sutherland Celtic cross Dark stone Category B-listed. Part of Esplanade Category A-listed group. Sir Robert Rowand Anderson (architect)[30]
Greyfriars Bobby Fountain George IV Bridge, near Greyfriars Kirk

55°56′49″N 3°11′29″W / 55.9469°N 3.1913°W / 55.9469; -3.1913 (Greyfriars Bobby Fountain) 		1873 William Brodie Drinking fountain with statuette Bronze (statuette and plaques); red granite (plinth and basins) Category A-listed [31]
Monument to Colonel Douglas Mackenzie Edinburgh Castle Esplanade

55°56′56″N 3°11′51″W / 55.9489°N 3.1974°W / 55.9489; -3.1974 (Colonel Mackenzie Monument) 		1875 Sir John Steell Celtic cross Dark stone cross on rubble plinth with red granite plaque Category B-listed. Part of Esplanade Category A-listed group. [32]
72nd Highlanders Memorial Edinburgh Castle Esplanade

55°56′56″N 3°11′53″W / 55.9489°N 3.1981°W / 55.9489; -3.1981 (72nd Highlanders Memorial) 		1882–3 MacDonald, Field & Co. Obelisk Pink Peterhead granite and bronze Category C(S)-listed. Part of Esplanade Category A-listed group. [33]
Queensberry Memorial to Walter Montagu Douglas Scott, 5th Duke of Buccleuch West Parliament Square

55°56′58″N 3°11′30″W / 55.9495°N 3.1917°W / 55.9495; -3.1917 (Duke of Buccleuch) 		1885–8 Sir Joseph Edgar Boehm Statue Bronze statue on hexagonal stone pedestal with three tiers of bronze decoration Category A-listed Architect: Sir Robert Rowand Anderson[34]
William Chambers Chambers Street

55°56′51″N 3°11′23″W / 55.94738°N 3.18979°W / 55.94738; -3.18979 (William Chambers) 		1888–91 John Rhind or William Birnie Rhind Statue Bronze (statue and reliefs), red sandstone (pedestal) Category B-listed Architect: Hippolyte Blanc[35]
Witches' Well Castlehill

55°56′56″N 3°11′47″W / 55.94890°N 3.19643°W / 55.94890; -3.19643 (Witches' Well, Edinburgh) 		1894 John Duncan Memorial drinking fountain with plaque Bronze ? Memorial to accused witches executed nearby
John Knox New College Quadrangle

55°56′59″N 3°11′42″W / 55.9496°N 3.1951°W / 55.9496; -3.1951 (John Knox) 		1896 John Hutchison Statue Bronze (statue), red sandstone (pedestal) Category C(S)-listed [36]
Scottish Horse Boer War Memorial Edinburgh Castle Esplanade

55°56′56″N 3°11′51″W / 55.9489°N 3.1974°W / 55.9489; -3.1974 (Scottish Horse Memorial) 		1905–10 Stewart McGlashan and Son Celtic cross Pink granite Category C(S)-listed. Part of Esplanade Category A-listed group. [37]
Black Watch Boer War Memorial The Mound, corner of Market Street and North Bank Street

55°57′00″N 3°11′40″W / 55.9501°N 3.1945°W / 55.9501; -3.1945 (Black Watch Memorial) 		1908–10 William Birnie Rhind Statue Bronze (statue and relief), red granite (pedestal) Category A-listed [38]
King Edward VII Holyrood Palace forecourt

55°57′10″N 3°10′25″W / 55.9529°N 3.1736°W / 55.9529; -3.1736 (King Edward VII Memorial Statue) 		1922 Henry Snell Gamley Statue Bronze statue on stone pedestal Part of Category A-listed group [39][40]
Field Marshal Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig Hospital Square, Edinburgh Castle

55°56′56″N 3°12′06″W / 55.948862°N 3.201779°W / 55.948862; -3.201779 (Earl Haig Statue) 		1923 George Edward Wade Equestrian statue Bronze statue on rubble stone plinth Category B-listed Moved from Castle Esplanade 2011
Robert the Bruce Edinburgh Castle Gatehouse

55°56′55″N 3°11′55″W / 55.948551°N 3.198598°W / 55.948551; -3.198598 (Robert Bruce Statue) 		1929 Thomas John Clapperton Statue in niche Bronze Category A-listed (with gatehouse) Erected to commemorate the 600th anniversary of the Bruce's death. Architect of the niche: Sir Robert Lorimer.[41]
William Wallace Edinburgh Castle Gatehouse

55°56′55″N 3°11′55″W / 55.948577°N 3.198598°W / 55.948577; -3.198598 (William Wallace Statue) 		1929 Alexander Carrick Statue in niche Bronze Category A-listed (with gatehouse) Architect of the niche: Sir Robert Lorimer
Covenanters’ Memorial Grassmarket

55°56′52″N 3°11′41″W / 55.947827°N 3.194772°W / 55.947827; -3.194772 (Covenanters Memorial) 		1937 Raised circle in pavement Red and grey granite setts Category C(S)-listed [42]
David Hume Outside Court House, Lawnmarket, Royal Mile

55°56′58″N 3°11′33″W / 55.94956°N 3.192625°W / 55.94956; -3.192625 (David Hume Statue) 		1995–7 Alexander Stoddart Statue Bronze
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Memorial to Susannah Alice Stephen James’ Court, off Lawnmarket (Royal Mile)

55°56′58″N 3°11′39″W / 55.949548°N 3.19422°W / 55.949548; -3.19422 (Zannah Stephen Memorial) 		2000 Frances Pelly Sculpture on stepped plinth Bronze
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 [43]
Adam Smith outside St Giles' Cathedral

55°56′59″N 3°11′24″W / 55.949764°N 3.190069°W / 55.949764; -3.190069 (Adam Smith Statue) 		2003–8 Alexander Stoddart Statue Bronze
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Robert Fergusson outside the Kirk of the Canongate

55°57′06″N 3°10′46″W / 55.951574°N 3.179363°W / 55.951574; -3.179363 (Robert Fergusson Statue) 		2004 David Annand Statue Bronze
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James Braidwood Parliament Square

55°56′58″N 3°11′24″W / 55.949495°N 3.190013°W / 55.949495; -3.190013 (James Braidwood Statue) 		2006–8 Kenny Mackay Statue Bronze
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File:Work No.1059.jpg Work No. 1059 Scotsman Steps

55°57′04″N 3°11′19″W / 55.951215°N 3.188660°W / 55.951215; -3.188660 (Scotsman Steps) 		2011 Martin Creed Installation Marble
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 Commissioned by The Fruitmarket Gallery [44]
William Henry Playfair Chambers Street

55°56′51″N 3°11′20″W / 55.94757°N 3.18893°W / 55.94757; -3.18893 (W H Playfair Statue) 		2016 Alexander Stoddart Statue Bronze
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Portobello

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Notes
Coade Stone Pillars Portobello Promenade


Princes Street

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Notes
Sir Walter Scott Scott Monument, East Princes Street Gardens

55°57′09″N 3°11′36″W / 55.952399°N 3.193304°W / 55.952399; -3.193304 (Scott Monument) 		1848 (installed) Sir John Steell Statue Carrara marble Category A-listed Architect: George Meikle Kemp.[45]
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington General Register House, Princes Street

55°57′13″N 3°11′21″W / 55.9535°N 3.1892°W / 55.9535; -3.1892 (Duke of Wellington) 		1848–52 Sir John Steell Equestrian statue Bronze (statue); red Aberdeen granite (pedestal) Category A-listed Architects: David Bryce and James Gowans.[46]
Allan Ramsay West Princes Street Gardens

55°57′06″N 3°11′50″W / 55.9517°N 3.1973°W / 55.9517; -3.1973 (Allan Ramsay) 		1850 Sir John Steell Statue Carrara marble Category A-listed Architect: David Bryce (1865).[47]
The genius of architecture crowning the theory and practice of art West Princes Street Gardens

55°57′04″N 3°11′54″W / 55.9510°N 3.1983°W / 55.9510; -3.1983 (Genius of Architecture group) 		1862 William Brodie Sculptural group Marble Category B-listed
Ross Fountain West Princes Street Gardens

55°57′00″N 3°12′11″W / 55.95005°N 3.202994°W / 55.95005; -3.202994 (Ross Fountain) 		1862–72 Jean-Baptiste Klagmann Fountain with sculptures Gilt cast iron Category A-listed Architects: Peddie and Kinnear[48]
John Wilson East Princes Street Gardens

55°57′08″N 3°11′42″W / 55.9521°N 3.1951°W / 55.9521; -3.1951 (John Wilson) 		1863–5 Sir John Steell Statue Bronze statue on ashlar plinth Category A-listed Architect: David Bryce.[49]
David Livingstone East Princes Street Gardens

55°57′09″N 3°11′34″W / 55.9525°N 3.1927°W / 55.9525; -3.1927 (David Livingstone) 		1875–6 Amelia Robertson Hill Statue Bronze statue on stone plinth Category A-listed
Adam Black East Princes Street Gardens

55°57′08″N 3°11′40″W / 55.9522°N 3.1944°W / 55.9522; -3.1944 (Adam Black) 		1876–7 John Hutchison Statue Bronze Category A-listed
Sir James Young Simpson West Princes Street Gardens

55°57′01″N 3°12′18″W / 55.9504°N 3.2050°W / 55.9504; -3.2050 (James Young Simpson) 		1877 William Brodie Statue Bronze Category B-listed
Memorial to Dean Edward Bannerman Ramsay West Princes Street Gardens, behind the church of St John the Evangelist

55°57′01″N 3°12′21″W / 55.950264°N 3.205931°W / 55.950264; -3.205931 (Dean Ramsay Memorial) 		1877–9 Robert Rowand Anderson (architect) Celtic cross Granite with bronze reliefs Category A-listed (with church)
Royal Scots Greys Memorial West Princes Street Gardens

55°57′05″N 3°11′58″W / 55.9514°N 3.1994°W / 55.9514; -3.1994 (Royal Scots Greys Memorial) 		1906 William Birnie Rhind Equestrian statue Bronze statue on rock plinth Category B-listed Unveiled 16 November 1906 by the Earl of Rosebery.[50]
Thomas Guthrie West Princes Street Gardens

55°57′03″N 3°12′09″W / 55.9508°N 3.2026°W / 55.9508; -3.2026 (Thomas Guthrie) 		1907–10 Frederick William Pomeroy Statue Portland stone statue and pedestal Category B-listed

More images 		Scots American War Memorial West Princes Street Gardens

55°57′02″N 3°12′07″W / 55.950556°N 3.201944°W / 55.950556; -3.201944 (Scots American War Memorial) 		1923–7 Robert Tait McKenzie Screen with relief and statue in front Stone (screen and pedestal), bronze (reliefs and statue) Category B-listed Unveiled 7 September 1927. Architect: Reginald Fairlie.[51]
Royal Scots Memorial West Princes Street Gardens

55°57′04″N 3°11′50″W / 55.9511°N 3.1973°W / 55.9511; -3.1973 (Royal Scots Memorial) 		1948–52 Sir Frank Charles Mears et al. Enclosure of standing stones Stone with bronze plaques Category B-listed Unveiled 26 July 1952 by Princess Mary, Colonel in Chief of the Regiment.[52]
Norwegian War Memorial West Princes Street Gardens 1978 Commemorative stone mounted on three smaller stones
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Memorial to Robert Louis Stevenson West Princes Street Gardens

55°57′00″N 3°12′08″W / 55.9500°N 3.2023°W / 55.9500; -3.2023 (Robert Louis Stevenson Memorial) 		1987–9 Ian Hamilton Finlay Standing stone set in a grove of birch trees Flagstone
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 Unveiled 14 July 1989 by Dame Muriel Spark.[53]
Spanish Brigade Memorial East Princes Street Gardens 1988 Commemorative stone
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Bum the Dog (of San Diego) West Princes Street Gardens, King's Stables Road Entrance

55°56′54″N 3°12′12″W / 55.948417°N 3.203388°W / 55.948417; -3.203388 (Bum the dog (of San Diego)) 		2008 Jessica McCain Statue Bronze
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 Presented by the San Diego-Edinburgh Sister City Society
Wojtek (Voytek), the Soldier Bear West Princes Street Gardens

55°57′03″N 3°12′07″W / 55.950833°N 3.202028°W / 55.950833; -3.202028 (Wojtek, the Soldier Bear Memorial) 		2015 Alan Herriot Sculptural group Bronze on granite base
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Lulla-Bye (Children’s Memorial) West Princes Street Gardens

55°57′03″N 3°11′55″W / 55.950939°N 3.198579°W / 55.950939; -3.198579 (Lulla-Bye, The Children’s Memoriall) 		2019 Andy Scott Sculpture Bronze 8ft (2.4m)
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 Cast by Powderhall Bronze

Gifted by the City of Edinburgh Council


Riccarton

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Notes
James Watt Heriot Watt Campus

55°54′33″N 3°19′12″W / 55.90930°N 3.32003°W / 55.90930; -3.32003 (James Watt Statue) 		1854 Peter Slater Statue Bronze Copy of statue by Sir Francis Chantrey. Moved from Chambers Street, Edinburgh


South Gyle

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Notes
The Wealth of Nations Redheughs Avenue 1993 Eduardo Paolozzi Sculpture Cast metal Features quotation from Albert Einstein
Pigeon South Gyle Crescent Statue Cast metal
Seagull South Gyle Crescent Sculpture Cast metal
Bird South Gyle Crescent Sculpture Cast metal
Concrete Jungle Gyle Centre 1994 Alan Watson Sculpture Concrete
Stacked Shades Gyle Centre 1994 Marion Smith Sculpture
Figure in a Landscape Gyle Centre 1994 Sylvia Stewart Sculpture Information plaque missing
Veil Gyle Centre 1994 Jake Kempsall Sculpture
Fossil Tree Gyle Centre 1994 Bill Scott Sculpture
Figure in a Landscape Gyle Centre 1990s Ian Hamilton Finlay Sculpture Arcade of pillars
Scottish Writers Edinburgh Park 1990s various Herms 12 herms of Scottish poets


Southside

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Notes
Middle Meadow Walk Gatepiers Lauriston Place

55°56′43″N 3°11′28″W / 55.9453°N 3.1911°W / 55.9453; -3.1911 (Middle Meadow Walk Gatepiers) 		1840s Pillars – George Smith Unicorns – Alexander Handyside Ritchie Pair of octagonal gatepiers (pillars) surmounted by unicorns Stone Category B-listed [54]
Melville Drive (east end) Ornamental Pillars Melville Drive (east end)

55°56′25″N 3°11′00″W / 55.9403°N 3.1833°W / 55.9403; -3.1833 (Melville Drive pillars) 		1880 John Lessels Pair of square pillars surmounted by heraldic beasts – lion on N, unicorn on S Polished ashlar Category B-listed Presented to the City by the printing and publishing firm of Thomas Nelson and Sons.[55]
Memorial to Archbishop Archibald Tait Old Medical School, Teviot Place

55°56′41″N 3°11′26″W / 55.944818°N 3.19043°W / 55.944818; -3.19043 (Archbishop Tait Memorial) 		1884–5 Mario Raggi Bust in columned niche Bronze Category A-listed (with Old Medical School) Unveiled 27 February 1885. Marks the site of Tait′s birthplace.[56]
Brass Founders' Pillar Nicolson Square

55°56′46″N 3°11′07″W / 55.9460°N 3.1854°W / 55.9460; -3.1854 (Brassfounders′ Pillar) 		1886 Sir James Gowans designed column. John Stevenson Rhind sculptor of statuette Statuette on pillar Bronze statuette and column on granite base Category B-listed Commissioned for the Edinburgh International Exhibition of 1886[57] where it won a gold medal
Masons’ Pillars Melville Drive (west end)

55°56′31″N 3°12′01″W / 55.9420°N 3.2003°W / 55.9420; -3.2003 (Masons' Pillars) 		1886 Sir James Gowans Pair of octagonal pillars, surmounted by unicorns Stone (from 17 different quarries) Category B-listed. Part of B group with Sundial Erected by the Master Builders and Operative Masons of Edinburgh and Leith as a permanent memento of the Edinburgh International Exhibition.[58]
Prince Albert Victor Sundial West Meadows Park

55°56′30″N 3°11′56″W / 55.9418°N 3.1988°W / 55.9418; -3.1988 (Sundial) 		1886 Sir James Gowans Sundial. Octagonal shaft with bronze armillary sphere Stone (from 10 different quarries) Category B-listed. Part of B group with Masons' Pillars Erected in commemoration of the opening of the Edinburgh International Exhibition on 6 May 1886 by Prince Albert Victor.[59]
McEwan Lantern Pillar Bristo Square

55°56′43″N 3°11′20″W / 55.945346°N 3.188812°W / 55.945346; -3.188812 (McEwan Lantern Pillar) 		c. 1890 Robert Rowand Anderson (architect) Tapering tower with relief carving and lamp Portland stone and cast iron Category B-listed. Part of A group with McEwan Hall [60]
Rhinoceros head
Jim Haynes 		Informatics Forum, Charles Street 2012 (unveiled) William Darrell Architectural sculpture Bronze
—
 [61]
The Haynes Nano-stage
Jim Haynes 		Informatics Forum, corner of Crichton Street and Charles Street 2012 (unveiled) David Forsyth Sculpture Stainless steel
—
 [61]
Egeria Originally outside the Michael Swann building; now outside Murray library at King's Buildings Campus

55°55′18″N 3°10′18″W / 55.921773°N 3.1717604°W / 55.921773; -3.1717604 (Parthenope and Egeria) 		12 March 1997 (unveiled) Eduardo Paolozzi Sculpture Bronze
—
 [62] Statues removed in March 2017 from the Swann building. Relocated, following conservation, in May 2017 to Murray library at King's Buildings.[63]
Parthenope Outside Murray library at King's Buildings Campus

55°55′18″N 3°10′18″W / 55.921773°N 3.1717604°W / 55.921773; -3.1717604 (Parthenope and Egeria) 		12 March 1997 (unveiled) Eduardo Paolozzi Sculpture Bronze
—
 [62][63]
Statue of David Brewster Opposite Joseph Black building, at King's Buildings Campus

55°55′18″N 3°10′18″W / 55.921773°N 3.1717604°W / 55.921773; -3.1717604 (Parthenope and Egeria) 		1877 William Brodie Sculpture 55°55′27″N 3°10′34″W / 55.9242226°N 3.1762067°W / 55.9242226; -3.1762067 (Statue of David Brewster)
—
 [64]


Trinity

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Notes
King Edward VII Victoria Park, Newhaven Road

55°58′31″N 3°11′28″W / 55.9752°N 3.1910°W / 55.9752; -3.1910 (King Edward VII) 		1914 John Stevenson Rhind Statue Bronze statue. Stone pedestal Category B-listed Erected by Leith Town Council [65]


West End

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Notes
Robert Dundas, 2nd Viscount Melville Melville Crescent

55°56′59″N 3°12′50″W / 55.9497°N 3.2139°W / 55.9497; -3.2139 (Robert Dundas, 2nd Viscount Melville) 		1857 Sir John Steell Statue Bronze statue on sandstone pedestal Category A-listed
Memorial to William Ewart Gladstone Coates Crescent Gardens

55°56′55″N 3°12′44″W / 55.9485°N 3.2123°W / 55.9485; -3.2123 (Gladstone Memorial) 		1902–16 James Pittendrigh Macgillivray Statue with other sculptures Bronze statues on granite pedestals Category A-listed Unveiled 18 January 1917 at St Andrew Square by the Earl of Rosebery. Moved to this, its original intended location, in 1955.[66]
Woman and Child Festival Square, Lothian Road

55°56′49″N 3°12′22″W / 55.9469°N 3.2062°W / 55.9469; -3.2062 (Woman and Child) 		1985–6 Anne Davidson Sculptural group Bronze
—
 Unveiled 22 July 1986 by Suganya Chetty.[67]
First Conundrum Festival Square, Lothian Road

55°56′49″N 3°12′25″W / 55.947049°N 3.206943°W / 55.947049; -3.206943 (First Conundrum) 		Remco de Fouw Sculptural group Stone
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Horse & Rider Rutland Court

55°56′53″N 3°12′31″W / 55.948145°N 3.208686°W / 55.948145; -3.208686 (Horse & Rider) 		1993 Eoghan Bridge Equestrian statue Bronze
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 Commission by Baillie Gifford as part of Percent for art scheme


Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Notes
La Vierge d'Alsace
(The Virgin of Alsace) 		Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art Two 1919–21 Antoine Bourdelle Statue Bronze
—
 [68]
Reclining Figure Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art One 1951 Henry Moore Sculpture Bronze (sculpture and pedestal)
—
 [69]
Master of the Universe Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art Two 1989 Eduardo Paolozzi Sculpture Bronze
—
 [70]
Landform Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art One 2001 Charles Jencks Land art
—
 [71]
Macduff Circle Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art Two 2002 Richard Long Land art Slate
—
 [72]
6 Times
(1st figure) 		Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art One 2010 Antony Gormley Statue
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