The Harry Kane Statue is a sculpture of footballer, Harry Kane completed in 2020 which is to be placed in Chingford, London in late 2024.[2]
The statue was commissioned when Kane was a player with north London team, Tottenham Hotspur. It shows him seated on a bench with a football on his knee.[2]
The work was funded by Waltham Forest Council at a cost of £7,200 in 2019 and 2020.[2] Several locations were explored for the statue and it remained in storage while a location could be agreed upon. It was originally to be sited at Chingford railway station, but this was rejected following a risk assessment by Transport for London.[2] A plan to place it in Ridgeway Park was also rejected.[2] [3]
The first pictures of the statue were obtained by the street newspaper, The Big Issue in 2024. The images were met with some criticism with some questioning whether a footballer should be sitting on a bench in the way portrayed while others made fun at its brown, chocolate appearance.[4]