Which of these statues is closest to the Thames?

[Fozzie Bear]

 

[Fozzie Bear]

It’s for a... thing. Geography project! Yeh.

 

[Spymaster]

Out of those London locations, I'd say the Chelsea Physic Garden is closest to the river as it's right on Chelsea Embankment. But that's a replica apparently and the original's in the British Museum which is nowhere near the river.

Dunno about Horsham.

 

[Fozzie Bear]

Presumably a replica would be made of less dense materials than the original? (It’s also a physics project - interdisciplinary I think they call it).

 

[maomao]

Out of those London locations, I'd say the Chelsea Physic Garden is closest to the river as it's right on Chelsea Embankment. But that's a replica apparently and the original's in the British Museum which is nowhere near the river.

Dunno about Horsham.

Clayton's nearer and wouldn't have to cross any roads.

 

[Brainaddict]

Chelsea physic garden is walled and gated. Awkward for...research purposes. I'd think the Clayton at St Thomas's would be pretty near the river, though I've never seen it so can't be sure.

 

[Pickman's model]

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the one at tommys

 

[maomao]

Chelsea physic garden is walled and gated. Awkward for...research purposes. I'd think the Clayton at St Thomas's would be pretty near the river, though I've never seen it so can't be sure.

Entrance to North Wing so very close to river but don't know about obstacles/steps etc.

 

[chilango]

I think it's a basic research principle to have the largest sample size possible and to make your data available so that your experiment can be replicated by other researchers.

 

[maomao]

From what I can see the one at St Thomas would involve crossing a narrow footway over the lower level where the ambulances are which would be a bit of a pinch point and may slow things down a bit getting to the river if there were a lot of people there or for some reason you had a heavy load.

 

[IC3D]

The Elephant and castle of the Royal Africa Company in Elephant and Castle? Perhaps too far from the river.

 

[souljacker]

You could always drag the one at the Guildhall up to those water feature bits at the Barbican.

 

[Spymaster]

Clayton's nearer and wouldn't have to cross any roads.

Depends where on the premises the statues are. The wall of the Physic garden is only 20 meters from the river.

 

[IC3D]

Statue of Robert Milligan slave owner stands over the water outside the museum of the docklands. Just saying.

 

[SpookyFrank]

Guy's hospital I reckon. No wait, St Thomas'.

Always get them two mixed up.

 

[ska invita]

Statue of Robert Milligan slave owner stands over the water outside the museum of the docklands. Just saying.

hop skip and a dunk

 

[spitfire]

Inevitably there is a petition.

I prefer the Bristolian method but here you go anyway.

Remove slave trader Robert Milligan’s statue from West India Quay, Tower Hamlets

Robert Milligan (1746-1809) was a leading figure in building the east London docks, in part, to trade in slave-harvested goods from the Caribbean. Milligan owned 526 slaves who worked at his sugar plantation and much of his wealth was acquired through the trade and exploitation of slaves...

you.38degrees.org.uk

 

[IC3D]

Give it a week that one hopefully.

 

[maomao]

Guy's hospital I reckon. No wait, St Thomas'.

Always get them two mixed up.

St Thomas is the one with the clap clinic, opposite Parliament. Guys is the one behind London Bridge Station. Certainly not riverside.

Depends where on the premises the statues are. The wall of the Physic garden is only 20 meters from the river.

Bang in the middle, where the two main paths through meet. Titchy Park though so still not far.

 

[Spymaster]

Bang in the middle, where the two main paths through meet. Titchy Park though so still not far.

What about Clayton?

 

[maomao]

What about Clayton?

This close:



But there's levels and stuff there.


Both of them are solid stone too.

 

[Duncan2]

Unrelated topic but I wonder if Edward Colston will ever be fished out of the harbour at Bristol.As a tourist attraction he might prove quite a draw as currently situated and quite clearly he has no other future.

 

[quimcunx]

Unrelated topic but I wonder if Edward Colston will ever be fished out of the harbour at Bristol.As a tourist attraction he might prove quite a draw as currently situated and quite clearly he has no other future.

Have you posted on the wrong thread?

 

[Duncan2]

Ooops

 

[keybored]

Unrelated topic but I wonder if Edward Colston will ever be fished out of the harbour at Bristol.As a tourist attraction he might prove quite a draw as currently situated and quite clearly he has no other future.

Edward who?

 

[Supine]

Perhaps a map would aid the research effort

Topple the Racists

Map of UK statues that celebrate slavery and racism

www.toppletheracists.org

 

[spitfire]

Looks like it's coming down today, engineers on site assessing what to do. Also a demo planned for 6.30pm regardless.

Apparently the land belongs to The Canal Trust.

 

[Fozzie Bear]

Well that was quick.

 

[Pickman's model]

Perhaps a map would aid the research effort

Topple the Racists

Map of UK statues that celebrate slavery and racism

www.toppletheracists.org

it would aid it a bit more if you could zoom in further than the allow

 

[Pickman's model]

Well that was quick.

to quote blackadder, god works very fast these days