Statues Where You Can Sit and Stand Beside Your Historical Heroes And Heroines

Do you want light relief, an escape from stress? Or serious reflection? Or some of both?

You can create light-hearted souvenirs of stays abroad with distinctive photos of yourself leaning against, or measuring tall landmark buildings. Of sit with statues. Here's a list of possibilities. 

I shall start with those nearest me in the UK.

UK Seats and Statues

London

1 The Swan, Piccadilly

2 Mr Bean, Leicester Square

3 Stephen Fry

4 The Wild Table of Love, Praed Street, outside Paddington Station

5 Brunel, inside Paddington station

6 Paddington Bear, inside Paddington Station

7 Churchill and Roosevelt

8 Charlie Chaplin

9 Spike Milligan

UK - England

Lowry

UK - Wales

UK Scotland

Paddington visits, Edinburgh

UK Northern Ireland, capital Belfast

C S Lewis Square Statues

driving south you come to Eire, the Republic of Ireland and capital Dublin

Ireland

Dublin

Brendan Behan, Irish novelist

 A monument to Erasmus is in Rotterdam, The Netherlands.

Useful Websites On Seated Statues, Leaning on Landmarks

https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/portrait-bench-https://www.photohound.co/spot/cwmafan-portrait-bench-

https://www.bkor.nl/en/beeld/geboortehuis-erasmus/#gallery-2

See my previous posts on seated statues and leaning on landmarks