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Map of public art in Edinburgh

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

Calton Hill

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Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Designation	Notes
More images	Playfair's Monument John Playfair	Calton Hill 55°57′17″N3°10′59″W / 55.9548°N 3.1830°W /55.9548; -3.1830 (Playfair's Monument)	1825–1826	William Henry Playfair	Square-plan Greek Revival Doric monument	Polished ashlar	Category A–listed	Incorporated in observatory compound wall^[1]
More images	Monument toDugald Stewart	Calton Hill 55°57′16″N3°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 theChoragic Monument of Lysicrates in Athens.^[2]
More images	Monument toRobert Burns	Regent Road, Calton Hill 55°57′13″N3°10′42″W / 55.9535°N 3.1783°W /55.9535; -3.1783 (Robert Burns Monument)	1831–1839	Thomas Hamilton	Circular Greek Revival Corinthian monument	Ashlar sandstone	Category A–listed	Based on the Choragic Monument of Lysicrates in Athens.^[3]
More images	Political Martyrs' Monument	Old Calton Cemetery 55°57′12″N3°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)
More images	Scottish-American Soldiers' Monument	Old Calton Cemetery 55°57′13″N3°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)	Includes a statue ofAbraham Lincoln.
	Stones of Scotland Circle	Regent Road Park 55°57′18″N3°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 theScottish Parliament
	Holodomor Memorial Stone	Calton Hill, near Royal Terrace	2017		Memorial	Stone		Dedicated to the genocide by forced famine inUkraine, 1932–1933

Colinton

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Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Designation	Notes
More images	Covenanters' Memorial	Redford Road 55°54′17″N3°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 toRobert Louis Stevenson	Dell Road, Colinton 55°54′31″N3°15′23″W / 55.908597°N 3.256297°W /55.908597; -3.256297 (Robert Louis Stevenson Memorial)	2013	Alan Herriot	Statue	Bronze	N/a
	Memorial to Army pipers killed in conflict	Army School of Bagpipe Music and Highland Drumming,Redford Barracks	2013	Alan Herriot	Statue	Bronze	N/a	^[4]

Corstorphine

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Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Notes
More images	Alan Breck Stewart and David Balfour, characters fromKidnapped	Corstorphine Road 55°56′42″N3°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 SirSean Connery.
	Gencoo Penguin	Edinburgh Zoo
	Statue ofNils Olav	Edinburgh Zoo

Craigentinny

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Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Notes
More images	Mausoleum ofWilliam Henry Miller	Craigentinny Crescent 55°57′26″N3°08′14″W / 55.9571°N 3.1372°W /55.9571; -3.1372 (Miller Mausoleum)	1848–1856	David Rhind (architect);Alfred Gatley (reliefs)	Mausoleum with bas-relief sculpture			Category A–listed	^[5]

Craigmillar

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Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Notes
	Memorial toHelen Crummy	Outside the East Neighbourhood Centre	2014	Tim Chalk				N/a	Unveiled 21 March 2014 byRichard Demarco.^[6]

Cramond

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Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Notes
	The Cramond Fish	Cramond Beach 55°58′47″N3°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

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Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Designation	Notes
More images	Monument toCarl Linnaeus	Chilean Area,Royal Botanic Garden 55°58′01″N3°12′27″W / 55.966842°N 3.207415°W /55.966842; -3.207415 (Linnaeus Monument)	1778–1779	Robert Adam (architect)	Urn on pedestal		Category A–listed	^[7]
	Ascending Form (Gloria)	Royal Botanic Garden	1958	Barbara Hepworth	Sculpture	Bronze		^[8]
	Rock Form (Porthcurno)	Royal Botanic Garden	1964	Barbara Hepworth	Sculpture	Bronze		^[8]
	Umbra solis	Royal Botanic Garden	1975	Ian Hamilton Finlay andMichael Harvey	Sundial	Slate		^[9]
	Slate, Hole, Wall	Royal Botanic Garden	1990	Andy Goldsworthy (artist) Joe Smith (waller)	Sculpture	Cumbrian slate		^[10]
	Cone	Royal Botanic Garden	1990	Andy Goldsworthy	Sculpture	Ballachulish slate		^[11]
	Untitled	Royal Botanic Garden	1995	Alan Johnston	Sculpture			Made for the exhibitionHaus Wittgenstein /Inverleith House.^[12]
	East Gates	Royal Botanic Garden	1996	Benjamin Tindall (architect) Alan Dawson (blacksmith)	Gates	Stainless steel		^[13]

Leith

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Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Notes
More images	Statue ofRobert Burns	Junction ofBernard Street andConstitution Street 55°58′31″N3°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.^[14]
More images	Statue ofQueen Victoria	Foot ofLeith Walk 55°58′15″N3°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	^[15]^[16]
	The Valour of German Culture, or theKultur Panel	128 Pitt Street	1915	William Baxter	Relief	Terracotta		N/a	Represents apparent German atrocities against Belgian civilians in World War I.^[17]
	Leith Mural	North Junction Street 55°58′25″N3°10′39″W / 55.9737°N 3.1775°W /55.9737; -3.1775 (Leith Mural)	1986	Tim Chalk and Paul Grime	Mural			N/a	^[18]
	Statue of Sandy Irvine Robertson (1942–1999)	The Shore 55°58′41″N3°10′10″W / 55.9780°N 3.16933°W /55.9780; -3.16933	1999	Lucy Poett	Statue sitting on bench	Bronze	Life-size	N/a	^[19]
	6 Times (6th figure)	Ocean Terminal 55°59′01″N3°10′35″W / 55.9836°N 3.17636°W /55.9836; -3.17636	2010	Antony Gormley	Statue	Cast iron		N/a	^[20]^[21]
More images	ScottishMerchant Navy Memorial	Tower Place 55°58′41″N3°10′08″W / 55.97799°N 3.16898°W /55.97799; -3.16898	2010	Jill Watson	Obelisk	Sandstone and bronze		N/a	Unveiled 16 November 2010 byPrincess Anne.^[22]

New Town

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Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Designation	Notes
More images	Statue ofJohn Hope, 4th Earl of Hopetoun	Forecourt of theRoyal Bank of Scotland,St Andrew Square 55°57′16″N3°11′30″W / 55.9545°N 3.1917°W /55.9545; -3.1917 (Statue of the Earl of Hopetoun)	1834	Thomas Campbell	Sculptural group (with horse)	Bronze group and pedestal on granite plinth	Category A–listed	Designed in 1829 as the centrepiece for Charlotte Square, but erected in 1834 atDundas House.
More images	Monument toHenry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville	St Andrew Square 55°57′15″N3°11′36″W / 55.9542°N 3.1932°W /55.9542; -3.1932 (Melville Monument)	1817–1823 (column) 1822–1827 (statue)	Robert Forrestafter SirFrancis Leggatt Chantrey	Statue on Doric column	Bronze statue on cream sandstone column	Category A–listed	Architect:William Burn^[23]
More images	Statue ofGeorge IV	Junction ofGeorge Street and Hanover Street 55°57′13″N3°11′50″W / 55.9535°N 3.1973°W /55.9535; -3.1973 (Statue of George IV)	1825–1831	SirFrancis Leggatt Chantrey	Statue	Bronze statue on ashlar pedestal	Category A–listed	Unveiled 26 November 1831. Commemorates George IV's visit to Edinburgh in 1822.^[24]
More images	Statue ofWilliam Pitt the Younger	Junction of George Street and Frederick Street 55°57′11″N3°12′01″W / 55.953°N 3.2004°W /55.953; -3.2004 (Statue of William Pitt the Younger)	1831–1833	SirFrancis Leggatt Chantrey	Statue	Bronze statue on ashlar pedestal	Category A–listed
More images	Memorial toAlbert, Prince Consort	Charlotte Square 55°57′06″N3°12′28″W / 55.9518°N 3.2077°W /55.9518; -3.2077 (Albert Memorial)	1862–1876	SirJohn Steellet al.	Equestrian statue with other sculptures	Bronze (statues and reliefs); Peterhead granite (pedestal)	Category A–listed	Architect:David Bryce.
More images	Monument toCatherine Sinclair	Corner of North Charlotte Street / St Colme Street 55°57′12″N3°12′27″W / 55.9532°N 3.2076°W /55.9532; -3.2076 (Catherine Sinclair Monument)	1866–1868	John Rhind	Gothic monument,Eleanor cross type	Cream sandstone	Category A–listed	Architect:David Bryce.^[25]
More images	Statue ofThomas Chalmers	Junction of George Street and Castle Street 55°57′09″N3°12′13″W / 55.9525°N 3.2035°W /55.9525; -3.2035 (Statue of Thomas Chalmers)	1869–1878	SirJohn Steell	Statue	Bronze statue on polished red granite pedestal	Category A–listed
More images	King's Own Scottish Borderers Memorial	North Bridge 55°57′06″N3°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
More images	The Manuscript of Monte Cassino	Picardy Place	1991	Eduardo Paolozzi	Three-part sculpture	Bronze	N/a	OutsideSt Mary's Metropolitan Cathedral.^[26]
More images	Memorial to SirArthur Conan Doyle	Picardy Place 55°57′25″N3°11′12″W / 55.956837°N 3.18675°W /55.956837; -3.18675 (Statue of Sherlock Holmes)	1991	Gerald Ogilvie Laing	Statue (ofSherlock Holmes)	Bronze statue on ashlar pedestal	N/a	Erected by the Federation of Master Builders to mark its 50th anniversary.
More images	Horse~Rider~Eagle	Silvermills 55°57′34″N3°12′15″W / 55.959410°N 3.204204°W /55.959410; -3.204204 (Horse-Rider-Eagle)	1996	Eoghan Bridge	Equestrian statue	Bronze	N/a	Commission by Cala Homes for a housing development ceremonially opened by the actorRobert Hardy in April 1997.
More images	Dreaming Spires	Outside theOmni Centre, Greenside Place,Leith Walk 55°57′23″N3°11′10″W / 55.956344°N 3.186225°W /55.956344; -3.186225 (Dreaming Spires)	2005	Helen Denerley	Statues of giraffes	Recycled metal, painted	N/a	Unveiled 27 July 2005 byJulian Spalding.^[27] Includes quotation from the South African poet Roy Campbell at its base.
More images	Lion of Scotland	St Andrew Square 55°57′17″N3°11′35″W / 55.954623°N 3.193084°W /55.954623; -3.193084 (Lion of Scotland)	2006	Ronald Rae	Sculpture	Pink Corrennie granite	N/a	Originally sited inHolyrood Park; moved to current location in 2010.^[28]
More images	Statue ofJames Clerk Maxwell	George Street 55°57′15″N3°11′40″W / 55.954053°N 3.194381°W /55.954053; -3.194381 (Statue of James Clerk Maxwell)	2006–2008	Alexander Stoddart	Statue	Bronze statue and reliefs on ashlar pedestal	N/a	Unveiled 25 November 2008.^[29]

Niddrie

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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

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Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Designation	Notes
More images	Statue ofCharles II	Parliament Square 55°56′57″N3°11′26″W / 55.9492°N 3.1905°W /55.9492; -3.1905 (Statue of Charles II)	1685	Workshop ofGrinling Gibbons	Equestrian statue	Lead statue on ashlar pedestal	Category A–listed	The pedestal is an 1835 replica ofRobert Mylne's original.^[30]
More images	Alexander andBucephalus	Courtyard ofCity Chambers, High Street 55°57′00″N3°11′25″W / 55.9501°N 3.1903°W /55.9501; -3.1903 (Alexander and Bucephalus)	1829–1833 (cast 1883)	SirJohn Steell	Sculptural group	Bronze group on ashlar pedestal	Category A–listed	Unveiled 18 April 1884. Moved from St Andrew Square in 1916.^[31]
More images	Statue ofPrince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany	Edinburgh Castle Esplanade 55°56′56″N3°11′52″W / 55.9489°N 3.1979°W /55.9489; -3.1979 (Statue of Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany)	1837	Thomas Campbell	Statue	Bronze (statue and pedestal)	Category B–listed.Part of Esplanade Category A–listed group.	^[32]
More images	78th Highlanders Memorial	Edinburgh Castle Esplanade 55°56′56″N3°11′49″W / 55.9490°N 3.1969°W /55.9490; -3.1969 (78th Highlanders Memorial)	1861	S. Hunter (carver); Messrs Sutherland (masonic work)	Celtic cross	Dark stone	Category B–listed.Part of Esplanade Category A–listed group.	SirRobert Rowand Anderson (architect)^[33]
More images	Greyfriars Bobby Fountain	George IV Bridge, nearGreyfriars Kirk 55°56′49″N3°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	^[34]
More images	Monument to Colonel Kenneth Mackenzie	Edinburgh Castle Esplanade 55°56′56″N3°11′51″W / 55.9489°N 3.1974°W /55.9489; -3.1974 (Colonel Mackenzie Monument)	1875	SirJohn Steell	Celtic cross	Dark stone cross on rubble plinth with red granite plaque	Category B–listed.Part of Esplanade Category A–listed group.	^[35]
More images	Fame (or Nike),Prosperity andPlenty	Bank of Scotland, Bank Street	c. 1878	Attributed toJohn Rhind	Architectural sculpture		Category A–listed	^[36]
	72nd Highlanders Memorial	Edinburgh Castle Esplanade 55°56′56″N3°11′53″W / 55.9489°N 3.1981°W /55.9489; -3.1981 (72nd Highlanders Memorial)	1882–1883	MacDonald, Field & Co.	Obelisk	Pink Peterhead granite and bronze	Category C(S)–listed.Part of Esplanade Category A–listed group.	^[37]
More images	Mercat Cross	Parliament Square 55°56′59″N3°11′25″W / 55.9497°N 3.1902°W /55.9497; -3.1902 (Mercat Cross)	1885	Sydney Mitchell and George Arthur (architects);John Rhind (sculptor)	Mercat cross	Hermand sandstone	Category A–listed	^[38]
More images	Queensberry Memorial Walter Montagu Douglas Scott, 5th Duke of Buccleuch	West Parliament Square 55°56′58″N3°11′30″W / 55.9495°N 3.1917°W /55.9495; -3.1917 (Queensberry Memorial)	1885–1888	SirJoseph Edgar Boehm	Statue	Bronze statue on hexagonal stone pedestal with three tiers of bronze decoration	Category A–listed	Architect: SirRobert Rowand Anderson^[39]
More images	Statue ofWilliam Chambers	Chambers Street 55°56′51″N3°11′23″W / 55.94738°N 3.18979°W /55.94738; -3.18979 (William Chambers)	1888–1891	John Rhind orWilliam Birnie Rhind	Statue	Bronze (statue and reliefs), red sandstone (pedestal)	Category B–listed	Architect:Hippolyte Blanc^[40]
More images	Witches' Well Women accused of witchcraft executed nearby	Castlehill 55°56′56″N3°11′47″W / 55.94890°N 3.19643°W /55.94890; -3.19643 (Witches' Well)	1894	John Duncan	Memorial drinking fountain with plaque	Bronze ?
More images	Statue ofJohn Knox	New College Quadrangle 55°56′59″N3°11′42″W / 55.9496°N 3.1951°W /55.9496; -3.1951 (Statue of John Knox)	1896	John Hutchison	Statue	Bronze (statue), red sandstone (pedestal)	Category C(S)–listed	^[41]
More images	Scottish Horse Boer War Memorial	Edinburgh Castle Esplanade 55°56′56″N3°11′51″W / 55.9489°N 3.1974°W /55.9489; -3.1974 (Scottish Horse Memorial)	1905–1910	Stewart McGlashan and Son	Celtic cross	Pink granite	Category C(S)–listed.Part of Esplanade Category A–listed group.	^[42]
More images	Black Watch Boer War Memorial	The Mound, corner of Market Street and North Bank Street 55°57′00″N3°11′40″W / 55.9501°N 3.1945°W /55.9501; -3.1945 (Black Watch Memorial)	1908–1910	William Birnie Rhind	Statue	Bronze (statue and relief), red granite (pedestal)	Category A–listed	^[43]
	Statue ofEdward VII	Holyrood Palace forecourt 55°57′10″N3°10′25″W / 55.9529°N 3.1736°W /55.9529; -3.1736 (Statue of Edward VII)	1922	Henry Snell Gamley	Statue	Bronze statue on stone pedestal	Part of Category A–listed group	^[44]^[45]
More images	Statue of Field MarshalDouglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig	Hospital Square, Edinburgh Castle 55°56′56″N3°12′06″W / 55.948862°N 3.201779°W /55.948862; -3.201779 (Statue of Field Marshal Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig)	1923	George Edward Wade	Equestrian statue	Bronze statue on rubble stone plinth	Category B–listed	Moved from Castle Esplanade 2011
More images	Statue ofRobert the Bruce	Edinburgh Castle Gatehouse 55°56′55″N3°11′55″W / 55.948551°N 3.198598°W /55.948551; -3.198598 (Statue of Robert Bruce)	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: SirRobert Lorimer.^[46]
More images	Statue ofWilliam Wallace	Edinburgh Castle Gatehouse 55°56′55″N3°11′55″W / 55.948577°N 3.198598°W /55.948577; -3.198598 (Statue of William Wallace)	1929	Alexander Carrick	Statue in niche	Bronze	Category A–listed(with gatehouse)	Architect of the niche: SirRobert Lorimer
More images	Covenanters' Memorial	Grassmarket 55°56′52″N3°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	^[47]
More images	Statue ofDavid Hume	Outside Court House, Lawnmarket,Royal Mile 55°56′58″N3°11′33″W / 55.94956°N 3.192625°W /55.94956; -3.192625 (Statue of David Hume)	1995–1997	Alexander Stoddart	Statue	Bronze	N/a
More images	Memorial to Susannah Alice Stephen	James' Court, off Lawnmarket (Royal Mile) 55°56′58″N3°11′39″W / 55.949548°N 3.19422°W /55.949548; -3.19422 (Zannah Stephen Memorial)	2000	Frances Pelly	Sculpture on stepped plinth	Bronze	N/a	^[48]
More images	Statue ofAdam Smith	outsideSt Giles' Cathedral 55°56′59″N3°11′24″W / 55.949764°N 3.190069°W /55.949764; -3.190069 (Statue of Adam Smith)	2003–2008	Alexander Stoddart	Statue	Bronze	N/a
More images	Statue ofRobert Fergusson	outside theKirk of the Canongate 55°57′06″N3°10′46″W / 55.951574°N 3.179363°W /55.951574; -3.179363 (Statue of Robert Fergusson)	2004	David Annand	Statue	Bronze	N/a
More images	Statue ofJames Braidwood	Parliament Square 55°56′58″N3°11′24″W / 55.949495°N 3.190013°W /55.949495; -3.190013 (Statue of James Braidwood)	2006–2008	Kenny Mackay	Statue	Bronze	N/a
More images	Work No. 1059	The Scotsman Steps 55°57′04″N3°11′19″W / 55.951215°N 3.188660°W /55.951215; -3.188660 (Scotsman Steps)	2011	Martin Creed	Installation	Marble	N/a	Commissioned by TheFruitmarket Gallery.^[49]
More images	Statue ofWilliam Henry Playfair	Chambers Street 55°56′51″N3°11′20″W / 55.94757°N 3.18893°W /55.94757; -3.18893 (Statue of William Henry Playfair)	2016	Alexander Stoddart	Statue	Bronze	N/a

Portobello

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

Princes Street

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Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Notes
More images	Statue of SirWalter Scott	Scott Monument, EastPrinces Street Gardens 55°57′09″N3°11′36″W / 55.952399°N 3.193304°W /55.952399; -3.193304 (Scott Monument)	1848 (installed)	SirJohn Steell	Statue	Carrara marble		Category A–listed	Architect:George Meikle Kemp.^[50]
More images	Statue ofArthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington	General Register House, Princes Street 55°57′13″N3°11′21″W / 55.9535°N 3.1892°W /55.9535; -3.1892 (Duke of Wellington)	1848–1852	SirJohn Steell	Equestrian statue	Bronze (statue); red Aberdeen granite (pedestal)		Category A–listed	Architects:David Bryce and James Gowans.^[51]
More images	Statue ofAllan Ramsay	West Princes Street Gardens 55°57′06″N3°11′50″W / 55.9517°N 3.1973°W /55.9517; -3.1973 (Allan Ramsay)	1850	SirJohn Steell	Statue	Carrara marble		Category A–listed	Architect:David Bryce (1865).^[52]
More images	The Genius of Architecture Crowning the Theory and Practice of Art	West Princes Street Gardens 55°57′04″N3°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
More images	Ross Fountain	West Princes Street Gardens 55°57′00″N3°12′11″W / 55.95005°N 3.202994°W /55.95005; -3.202994 (Ross Fountain)	1862–1872	Jean-Baptiste Klagmann	Fountain with sculptures	Gilt cast iron		Category A–listed	Architects: Peddie and Kinnear.^[53]
More images	Statue ofJohn Wilson	East Princes Street Gardens 55°57′08″N3°11′42″W / 55.9521°N 3.1951°W /55.9521; -3.1951 (John Wilson)	1863–1865	SirJohn Steell	Statue	Bronze statue on ashlar plinth		Category A–listed	Architect:David Bryce.^[54]
More images	Statue ofDavid Livingstone	East Princes Street Gardens 55°57′09″N3°11′34″W / 55.9525°N 3.1927°W /55.9525; -3.1927 (David Livingstone)	1875–1876	Amelia Robertson Hill	Statue	Bronze statue on stone plinth		Category A–listed
More images	Statue ofAdam Black	East Princes Street Gardens 55°57′08″N3°11′40″W / 55.9522°N 3.1944°W /55.9522; -3.1944 (Adam Black)	1876–1877	John Hutchison	Statue	Bronze		Category A–listed
More images	Statue of SirJames Young Simpson	West Princes Street Gardens 55°57′01″N3°12′18″W / 55.9504°N 3.2050°W /55.9504; -3.2050 (James Young Simpson)	1877	William Brodie	Statue	Bronze		Category B–listed
More images	Memorial to DeanEdward Bannerman Ramsay	West Princes Street Gardens, behind thechurch of St John the Evangelist 55°57′01″N3°12′21″W / 55.950264°N 3.205931°W /55.950264; -3.205931 (Dean Ramsay Memorial)	1877–1879	Robert Rowand Anderson	Celtic cross	Granite with bronze reliefs		Category A–listed(with church)
More images	Royal Scots Greys Memorial	West Princes Street Gardens 55°57′05″N3°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 theEarl of Rosebery.^[55]
More images	Statue ofThomas Guthrie	West Princes Street Gardens 55°57′03″N3°12′09″W / 55.9508°N 3.2026°W /55.9508; -3.2026 (Thomas Guthrie)	1907–1910	Frederick William Pomeroy	Statue	Portland stone statue and pedestal		Category B–listed
More images	Scottish American Memorial	West Princes Street Gardens 55°57′02″N3°12′07″W / 55.950556°N 3.201944°W /55.950556; -3.201944 (Scots American War Memorial)	1923–1927	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.^[56]
More images	Royal Scots Memorial	West Princes Street Gardens 55°57′04″N3°11′50″W / 55.9511°N 3.1973°W /55.9511; -3.1973 (Royal Scots Memorial)	1948–1952	SirFrank Charles Mearset al.	Enclosure of standing stones	Stone with bronze plaques		Category B–listed	Unveiled 26 July 1952 byPrincess Mary, Colonel in Chief of the Regiment.^[57]
More images	Norwegian War Memorial	West Princes Street Gardens 55°57′01″N3°12′08″W / 55.9502°N 3.2021°W /55.9502; -3.2021 (Norwegian War Memorial)	1978		Commemorative stone mounted on three smaller stones			N/a
	Memorial toRobert Louis Stevenson	West Princes Street Gardens 55°57′00″N3°12′08″W / 55.9500°N 3.2023°W /55.9500; -3.2023 (Robert Louis Stevenson Memorial)	1987–1989	Ian Hamilton Finlay	Standing stone set in a grove of birch trees	Flagstone		Category A–listed	Unveiled 14 July 1989 by DameMuriel Spark.^[58]
	Spanish Brigade Memorial	East Princes Street Gardens	1988		Commemorative stone			N/a
More images	Bum the Dog (of San Diego)	West Princes Street Gardens, King's Stables Road Entrance 55°56′54″N3°12′12″W / 55.948417°N 3.203388°W /55.948417; -3.203388 (Bum the dog (of San Diego))	2008	Jessica McCain	Statue	Bronze		N/a	Presented by the San Diego–Edinburgh Sister City Society
More images	Wojtek (Voytek), the Soldier Bear	West Princes Street Gardens 55°57′03″N3°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		N/a
	Lulla-Bye (Children's Memorial)	West Princes Street Gardens 55°57′03″N3°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)	N/a	Cast by Powderhall Bronze; gifted by the City of Edinburgh Council.

Riccarton

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Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Notes
	Statue ofJames Watt	Heriot Watt Campus 55°54′33″N3°19′12″W / 55.90930°N 3.32003°W /55.90930; -3.32003 (Statue of James Watt)	1854	Peter Slater after SirFrancis Chantrey	Statue	Bronze			Moved fromChambers Street, Edinburgh

South Gyle

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Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Notes
The Wealth of Nations	Redheughs Avenue	1993	Eduardo Paolozzi	Sculpture	Cast metal	Features a quotation fromAlbert 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

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Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Notes
	Runestone U 1173	Adjacent to 50 George Square 55°56′27″N3°11′12″W / 55.9409°N 3.1866°W /55.9409; -3.1866 (Runestone)	1010–1050 c. 1010–1050	?	Runestone	Granite			Originally fromUppland,Sweden, the stone was presented to theSociety of Antiquaries of Scotland in 1787.^[59]
More images	Middle Meadow Walk Gatepiers	Lauriston Place 55°56′43″N3°11′28″W / 55.9453°N 3.1911°W /55.9453; -3.1911 (Middle Meadow Walk Gatepiers)	1840s	George Smith (pillars);Alexander Handyside Ritchie (unicorns)	Pair of octagonal gatepiers (pillars) surmounted by unicorns	Stone		Category B–listed	^[60]
	Statue ofDavid Brewster	Opposite Joseph Black building, at King's Buildings Campus 55°55′18″N3°10′18″W / 55.921773°N 3.1717604°W /55.921773; -3.1717604 (Parthenope and Egeria)	1877	William Brodie	Sculpture		55°55′27″N3°10′34″W / 55.9242226°N 3.1762067°W /55.9242226; -3.1762067 (Statue of David Brewster)	N/a	^[61]
	Melville Drive (east end) Ornamental Pillars	Melville Drive (east end) 55°56′25″N3°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.^[62]
	Memorial to ArchbishopArchibald Tait	Old Medical School, Teviot Place 55°56′41″N3°11′26″W / 55.944818°N 3.19043°W /55.944818; -3.19043 (Archbishop Tait Memorial)	1884–1885	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.^[63]
More images	Brass Founders' Pillar	Nicolson Square 55°56′46″N3°11′07″W / 55.9460°N 3.1854°W /55.9460; -3.1854 (Brassfounders' Pillar)	1886	Sir James Gowans (column);John Stevenson Rhind (statuette)	Statuette on pillar	Bronze statuette and column on granite base		Category B–listed	Commissioned for theEdinburgh International Exhibition of 1886,^[64] where it won a gold medal
	Masons' Pillars	Melville Drive (west end) 55°56′31″N3°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.^[65]
	Prince Albert Victor Sundial	West Meadows Park 55°56′30″N3°11′56″W / 55.9418°N 3.1988°W /55.9418; -3.1988 (Sundial)	1886	Sir James Gowans	Sundial. Octagonal shaft with bronzearmillary 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.^[66]
More images	McEwan Lantern Pillar	Bristo Square 55°56′43″N3°11′20″W / 55.945346°N 3.188812°W /55.945346; -3.188812 (McEwan Lantern Pillar)	1890 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	^[67]
More images	Rhinoceros head Jim Haynes	Informatics Forum, Charles Street	2012 (unveiled)	William Darrell	Architectural sculpture	Bronze		N/a	^[68]
	The Haynes Nano-stage Jim Haynes	Informatics Forum, corner of Crichton Street and Charles Street	2012 (unveiled)	David Forsyth	Sculpture	Stainless steel		N/a	^[68]
More images	Egeria	Originally outside the Michael Swann building; now outside Murray library at King's Buildings Campus 55°55′21″N3°10′30″W / 55.922594°N 3.175131°W /55.922594; -3.175131 (Parthenope and Egeria)	12 March 1997 (unveiled)	Eduardo Paolozzi	Sculpture	Bronze		N/a	^[69] Statues removed in March 2017 from the Swann building. Relocated, following conservation, in May 2017 to Murray library at King's Buildings.^[70]^[71]
	Parthenope	Outside Murray library at King's Buildings Campus 55°55′21″N3°10′30″W / 55.922594°N 3.175131°W /55.922594; -3.175131 (Parthenope and Egeria)	12 March 1997 (unveiled)	Eduardo Paolozzi	Sculpture	Bronze		N/a	^[69]^[70]^[71]
	The Dreamer Memorial to Dr. Winifred Rushforth, OBE	George Square Gardens	1997	Chris Hall		Stone		N/a	Unveiled by Prince Charles
	Your Next Breath	Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh 55°56′48″N3°11′05″W / 55.94666°N 3.18482°W /55.94666; -3.18482 (Your Next Breath)	2022	Kenny Hunter	Sculpture	Bronze		N/a	Dedicated to NHS workers in the COVID-19 pandemic. Received the 2023Marsh Award for Excellence in Public Sculpture.^[72]^[73]

Stockbridge

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Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Notes
More images	Hygeia	St Bernard's Well 55°57′19″N3°12′41″W / 55.9553°N 3.2115°W /55.9553; -3.2115 (St Bernard's Well)	1888	David Watson Stevenson	Statue			Category A–listed	^[74]

Trinity

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Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Notes
More images	Statue ofEdward VII	Victoria Park, Newhaven Road 55°58′31″N3°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.^[75]

West End

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Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Designation	Notes
More images	Statue ofRobert Dundas, 2nd Viscount Melville	Melville Crescent 55°56′59″N3°12′50″W / 55.9497°N 3.2139°W /55.9497; -3.2139 (Robert Dundas, 2nd Viscount Melville)	1857	SirJohn Steell	Statue	Bronze statue on sandstone pedestal	Category A–listed
More images	Memorial toWilliam Ewart Gladstone	Coates Crescent Gardens 55°56′55″N3°12′44″W / 55.9485°N 3.2123°W /55.9485; -3.2123 (Gladstone Memorial)	1902–1916	James Pittendrigh Macgillivray	Statue with other sculptures	Bronze statues on granite pedestals	Category A–listed	Unveiled 18 January 1917 at St Andrew Square by theEarl of Rosebery. Moved to this, its original intended location, in 1955.^[76]
More images	Woman and Child	Festival Square, Lothian Road 55°56′49″N3°12′22″W / 55.9469°N 3.2062°W /55.9469; -3.2062 (Woman and Child)	1985–1986	Anne Davidson	Sculptural group	Bronze	N/a	Unveiled 22 July 1986 by Suganya Chetty. Dedicated to "all those killed or imprisoned for their stand againstapartheid".^[77]
More images	First Conundrum	Festival Square, Lothian Road 55°56′49″N3°12′25″W / 55.947049°N 3.206943°W /55.947049; -3.206943 (First Conundrum)		Remco de Fouw	Sculptural group	Stone	N/a
More images	Horse & Rider	Rutland Court 55°56′53″N3°12′31″W / 55.948145°N 3.208686°W /55.948145; -3.208686 (Horse & Rider)	1993	Eoghan Bridge	Equestrian statue	Bronze	N/a	Commission by Baillie Gifford as part of apercent for art scheme.

Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art

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Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Designation	Notes
	La Vierge d'Alsace (The Virgin of Alsace)	Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art Two	1919–1921	Antoine Bourdelle	Statue	Bronze	N/a	^[78]
More images	Reclining Figure	Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art One	1951	Henry Moore	Sculpture	Bronze (sculpture and pedestal)	N/a	^[79]
More images	Master of the Universe	Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art Two	1989	Eduardo Paolozzi	Sculpture	Bronze	N/a	^[80]
More images	Landform	Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art One	2001	Charles Jencks	Land art		N/a	^[81]
	Macduff Circle	Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art Two	2002	Richard Long	Land art	Slate	N/a	^[82]
	6 Times (1st figure)	Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art One	2010	Antony Gormley	Statue		N/a

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