World Cup Sculpture
The World Cup Sculpture, or simply The Champions, is a bronze statue of the 1966 World Cup Final located near the site of West Ham United Football Club's former Boleyn Ground stadium in the London Borough of Newham, England.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Work of art
- Artwork_type: statue
- Description: sculpture by Philip Jackson
- Also known as: “The Champions”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include St Martin’s Church, Plaistow and Our Lady of Compassion Church, Upton Park.
St Martin’s Church, Plaistow
Church
Photo: Neddyseagoon, CC BY-SA 4.0.
St Martin's Church is a part of the Church of England on Boundary Road in Plaistow, Newham, East London. It was built in 1894 as a mission church, with the foundation stone laid on 28 June that year by Henrietta Pelham-Clinton, Dowager Duchess of Newcastle and widow of the 6th Duke of Newcastle, who also funded the opening of St Thomas' Roman Catholic Church in Woodford the following year.
Our Lady of Compassion Church, Upton Park
Church
Photo: Danny Robinson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Our Lady of Compassion Church is a Roman Catholic parish church in the Upton Park area of east London, dedicated to Our Lady of Compassion. Catholics in the area had previously worshipped at chapels attached to schools in the area until the church and its parish were both established in 1911. Our Lady of Compassion Church, Upton Park is situated 360 feet north of World Cup Sculpture.
Boleyn Tavern
Pub
Photo: Ewan Munro, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Boleyn Tavern is a Grade II listed public house in East Ham, East London, England at the junction of Barking Road and Green Street. It was built in 1899–1900, with the entrance consoles bearing a 1900 date.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Upton Park and Plaistow.
Upton Park
Suburb
Photo: Stacey Harris, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Upton Park is an area in the east of London, in the London Borough of Newham. It is centred on Green Street which is the boundary between West Ham and East Ham. West Ham United Football Club formerly played at the Boleyn Ground, commonly known as Upton Park.
Plaistow
Suburb
Photo: Sunil060902, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Plaistow is a suburban area of East London, England, within the London Borough of Newham. It adjoins Upton Park to the north, East Ham to the east, Beckton to the south, Canning Town to the south-west, and West Ham to the west.
Plashet
Suburb
Plashet is a locality of East Ham in the London Borough of Newham in East London located between West Ham and Manor Park. It contains Plashet Jewish Cemetery, Plashet Park, and several places of worship.
World Cup Sculpture
- Categories: sculpture and tourism
- Location: Newham, Greater London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.53013° or 51° 31′ 49″ northLongitude
0.03795° or 0° 2′ 17″ eastOpen location code
9F32G2JQ+35OpenStreetMap ID
node 4544970851OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=artworkOpenStreetMap attribute
artwork_type=statueWikidata ID
Q8035616
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