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Sun 11 Oct 2026 · 42 photos

London Street Art 2026

Over the last year I have taken quite a few photos of street art around London, on trips to Waterloo, Bermondsey, Brixton and Camden, and a long walk from Mile End along the canal through Hackney to Hackney Wick. Some of these also turned up in Women in Street Art.

Where I could find out who painted a piece, from a signature on the wall or from a bit of searching afterwards, I have added it to the photo’s notes, with a footnote where I’m not sure. If you know who did any of the others, let me know.

Two buildings covered in murals: a jungle with a parrot, toucan and tiger on the left, and a black and white woman with a red rose on a tattoo studio on the right. — Jungle

A giant yellow Converse trainer fixed to the front of a black shoe shop on Camden High Street, between a KFC and a building painted with mandalas. — Giant Converse

A giant black boot hanging from the red front of Camden Leather House, with football shirts on display below. — New Rock Boot

Giant Vans trainers and a work boot on the front of a shoe shop, around a Vans Off the Wall sign, with a graffiti shutter next door. — Off the Wall

A giant chained boot on the pink front of the New Rock store, next to a building painted with graffiti, and a shutter painted with faces. — Chained Boot

A pale blue Pop Mart shopfront with a giant doll above the door, beside a café painted with rows of cartoon characters in pink, yellow and green. — Pop Mart

A huge green dragon sculpture coiled across the white front of a Chinese buffet, above a sign in coloured lights. — Dragon

A blue shopfront decorated with sweet wrappers, a Big Ben and Statue of Liberty, and a giant cartoon boy wizard on top. — American Candy

A yellow cartoon duck face with a grumpy beak on a canal wall, behind a yellow bollard with an anarchy symbol. — Canal Duck

A snarling leopard wrestling a snake, in tattoo style against a burst of red flames, on a pink wooden wall. — Leopard and Snake

Propaganda-style poster mural of a white-armoured soldier with a rifle among giant flowers, a volcano and a rainbow, reading Peace Is Preserved Not Promised. — Peace Is Preserved

Ferns and leaves in blues and greens around an orange flower, painted on a whitewashed brick wall above a paved path. — Ferns

Mural of Paddington Bear in his blue duffle coat raising his red hat, framed by Andean flowers and leaves, with Big Ben and the London Eye behind him. — Paddington

Painted faces of a woman with auburn hair and two men crowded together on a pillar, behind a wooden bench labelled Waterloo Tap. — Waterloo Tap

A cartoon face with yellow hair and a scowl giving a sideways look, painted between two windows above purple and pink graffiti letters. — Side Eye

Large faded portrait of a bearded man in a green shirt and a red, yellow and green scarf, hands together, on a brick wall under a bridge with a hire bike parked in front. — Hands Together

A huge painted mural of crowds at a market and a protest above the ticket hall of a tube station, with signs for the Victoria line below. — The Congregation

A long brick wall painted with large blue, pink and white graffiti letters, running along an overgrown path. — Blue Wall

A yellow and blue cartoon face with round eyes and big square teeth, outlined in black and red on a brick wall. — Toothy Grin

Red, purple and white graffiti letters across a metal shutter, above a brown character with green spots. — Shutter Letters

A maroon teddy bear in a red top drinking from a bottle beside a yellow muscle car, painted on a red wooden front under a railway arch. — Ecstasy

Graffiti lettering stacked up a roller door at the end of an alley, under a giant pair of pink sunglasses with CE PT in the lenses. — Pink Shades

Line-drawn faces in black and white on a red brick wall, one with zzz above its eyes and wavy lines below, another with pink hair and a swirled earring. — Sleepy Faces

A grumpy green cartoon rabbit with big front teeth on an orange and pink wall, under ivy and railings. — Green Bunny

A yellow cartoon robot in the style of The Simpsons, with bendy arms holding up two blocks, on a grey brick wall. — Robot

A shiny chrome letter shape reflecting pinks and blues, painted on a pale grey wall above a pile of rubbish. — Chrome

Black and white mural filling the gable end of a building, of brick towers linked by pipes and staircases with birdcages on top, above graffiti on the ground floor. — Towers

A simple white blob character doing a yoga pose on a pale blue patch of wall, with the words I farted in yoga and pink arrows. — Fart Yoga

Two colourful birds among white lilies and blue leaves, one painted along the top of a brick building and one beside a grey substation door. — Birds and Lilies

A simple blue outline of a cat's head with its tongue out, low on an old brick wall among weeds and ivy. — Blue Cat

Panorama of a long curved hoarding covered in hundreds of red hearts, with a blue lion, a large heart and the words Grá Gaza. — Hearts for Gaza

A grinning pink-faced character in a black top hat and cloak, painted in the corner of a brick yard. — Top Hat

A red cartoon kid with a cheeky grin painted around a corner of a wall, next to a grey toothy character. — Red Kid

Black and white comic-style woman with a bob, pointing a finger gun, on a white wall. — Finger Gun

A blue-skinned woman with red lips and oversized white sunglasses, the paint cracked and peeling. — White Shades

A blue-skinned woman with red lips, red sunglasses and a racing jacket, with white sparkles around her. — Red Shades

A pink and blue Furby with huge eyes and an orange beak, painted over a pair of old double doors. — Furby

Pale greyhounds racing across a purple and green hoarding of twisting vines, in front of a building under scaffolding. — Greyhounds

A goldfinch perched on a branch with the words Songs of freedom, painted over the colours of the Palestinian flag on the corner of a building. — Songs of Freedom

A large portrait of a man with red and yellow face paint, a feathered headdress and a white beard, high on a wall above a Schwartz Wharf Vintage sign. — Painted Face

A paste-up of Tintin and Snowy walking along a graffiti wall, with a question mark in a speech bubble. — Tintin

Panorama of a long street wall painted with women's faces in deep blues and reds, with pink hearts. — The Long Wall