Bethnal Green Museum Statue in Forecourt the Eagle Slayer is a Grade II listed building in the Tower Hamlets local planning authority area, England. Statue.
Bethnal Green Museum Statue in Forecourt the Eagle Slayer
- WRENN ID
- still-gravel-auburn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Tower Hamlets
- Constituency
- Bethnal Green and Stepney MP: Rushanara Ali (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Statue
- Address
- Bethnal Green Museum Statue in Forecourt the Eagle Slayer, Cambridge Heath Road E2, E2 9PA
- OS grid reference
- TQ 349 829
- Coordinates
- 51.52921, -0.05551
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Eagle Slayer is a statue located in the forecourt of the Bethnal Green Museum, dating from the mid-19th century. Created by the sculptor John Bell, the statue is made of bronze and is set on a white stone plinth. The Bethnal Green Museum, along with its associated railings, the statue, four lamp standards, and St John's Church, forms a cohesive group of historical significance.
Local climate
Bethnal Green Museum Statue in Forecourt the Eagle Slayer sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 95% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 98% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 57% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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