List of equestrian statues in the United Kingdom

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The following is a list of equestrian statues in the United Kingdom and includes equestrian statues, where a rider is mounted on a horse; and equine statues, where the horse is riderless, and/or the rider the is dismounted. The list includes statues situated in the United Kingdom, in addition to the Channel Islands.

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England

Bristol

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DateArtist / designerTypeMaterialDimensionsDesignation Wikidata Notes
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Statue of William III Queen Square, Bristol 1736 John Michael Rysbrack Statue on pedestalBrass and stoneGrade I Q5384424 [1]
John Wesley (9530737951).jpg
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John Wesley New Room, Bristol 1932 Arthur George Walker Statue on pedestalBronze and limestoneGrade II Q26571319 [2]
Cloaked Horseman (David Backhouse 1984), Lewin's Mead, Bristol (7080907987).jpg Cloaked HorsemanNarrow Lewins Mead, Bristol1984David BackhouseStatueBronze resin
Horse and ManBrunel House, St Georges Road, Bristol1984Stephen JoyceSculpture groupBronze resinLocated in the courtyard of the former Royal Western Hotel, now student accommodation.

Liverpool

ImageTitle / subjectLocation and
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DateArtist / designerTypeMaterialDimensionsDesignation Wikidata Notes
King George III 2.jpg
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George III Monument Place, London Road, Liverpool1822 Richard Westmacott Statue on pedestalBronze and stoneGrade II Q26629818 [3]
Albert equestrian Liverpool 3.jpg
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Albert, Prince Consort St George's Hall, Liverpool 1866 Thomas Thornycroft Statue on pedestalBronze and stoneGrade II Q2633144 [4]
Victoria, St George's Plateau 2019 front.jpg
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Queen Victoria St George's Hall, Liverpool 1869 Thomas Thornycroft Statue on pedestalBronze and stoneGrade II Q26643648 [5]
Edward VII statue, Pier Head, Liverpool (geograph 4545645).jpg
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Edward VII Pier Head, Liverpool1916 Goscombe John Statue on pedestalBronzeGrade II Q26320984 [6]
Red Rum Statue Aintree (8595095106).jpg Red Rum Aintree Racecourse 1987 Philip Blacker SculptureBronze
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The Great EscapeCanning Place, next to Merseyside Police Headquarters2000 Edward Cronshaw Group sculptureBronze
The Liverpool Carters Working Horse monument - DSC06855.JPG
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Waiting - Liverpool Carters Working Horse monument Museum of Liverpool, Pier Head2010 Judy Boyt Sculpture
Christ upon an ass Church of Our Lady and Saint Nicholas, Liverpool Brian BurgessSculptureBronze [7]

London

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DateArtist / designerTypeMaterialDimensionsDesignation Wikidata Notes
Equestrian statue of Charles I, Charing Cross.jpg
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Statue of Charles I Charing Cross 1633 Hubert Le Sueur Statue on pedestalBronze and stoneGrade I Q7604492 [8]
Statue of William III, St James Square.jpg
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William III St James's Square 1807 John Bacon the Younger Statue on pedestalBronze and stoneGrade I Q17527231 [9]
Statue of George III, Pall Mall SW1.jpg
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George III Pall Mall 1835/6Matthew Coates WyattStatue on pedestalBronze and Portland stoneGrade II Q19902765 [10]
George IV Trafalgar Square.jpg
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George IV Trafalgar Square 1840sSir Francis Chantrey Statue on pedestalBronze and graniteGrade II Q7604481 [11]
Statue Of The Duke Of Wellington-Royal Exchange-London.jpg
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Statue of Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington Royal Exchange, Cornhill 1844Sir Francis Chantrey and Henry Weekes Statue on pedestalBronze and graniteGrade II Q18159872 [12]
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Statue of Richard Coeur de Lion Palace of Westminster 1856 Carlo Marochetti Statue on pedestalBronze and graniteGrade II Q7324819 [13]
Statue Of Prince Albert Holborn Circus.jpg
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Albert, Prince Consort Holborn Circus 1874 Charles Bacon Statue on pedestalBronze and graniteGrade II Q23038443 [14]
Hyde Park Corner, Duke of Wellingtons Statue (geograph 2955415).jpg
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Statue of Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington Hyde Park Corner 1888 Joseph Edgar Boehm Statue on pedestal with 4 statuesBronze and stoneGrade II Q18159875 [15]
Statue de Robert Napier Londres.jpg
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Robert Napier, 1st Baron Napier of Magdala Queen's Gate, Kensington1891, relocated 1921 Joseph Edgar Boehm Statue on pedestalBronze and graniteGrade II Q26555957 [16] [17]
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Physical Energy Kensington Gardens 1907 George Frederic Watts Statue on pedestalBronze and graniteGrade II Q18388413 [18]
Duke of Cambridge statue Whitehall.jpg
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Statue of Duke of Cambridge Whitehall, opposite the War Office Building 1907 Adrian Jones Statue on pedestalBronze and stoneGrade II Q19516037 John Belcher (architect) [19]
Statue of Viscount Wolseley, London.jpg
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Statue of Viscount Wolseley Horse Guards Road, Whitehall1920 William Goscombe John Statue on pedestalBronze and stoneGrade II Q18159880 Richard Allison (architect) [20]
Statue Of Sir George White-Portland Place.jpg
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Statue of Sir George Stuart White Portland Place 1922 John Tweed Statue on pedestalBronze and Portland stoneGrade II Q18159865 [21]
Cavalry Monument, Hyde Park - geograph.org.uk - 1020487.jpg
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Cavalry of the Empire Memorial Hyde Park 1924 Adrian Jones Statue on pedestal with surroundBronze and Portland stoneGrade II* Q20794956 Thomas Smith Tait & Sir John James Burnett (architects) [22]
Edward VII equestrian London 3.jpg
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Edward VII Waterloo Place, St. James's Park 1924 Bertram Mackennal Statue on pedestalBronze and Portland stoneGrade II Q19930022 [23]
Statue of the Earl Roberts, London.jpg
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Statue of Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts Horse Guards Road, Whitehall1924 Henry Poole after Harry Bates Statue on pedestalBronze and stoneGrade II Q21286417 Richard Allison (architect). [24]
St-George-and-the-dragon-St-Mary-Le-Bone.jpg
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War MemorialPrince Albert Road, outside St John's Wood Church c.1925-1930 Charles Leonard Hartwell Statue on pedestalBronze and Portland stoneGrade II Q26555473 [25] [26]
Ferdinand Foch statue (Victoria, London).jpg
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Statue of Ferdinand Foch London Victoria station 1930Georges MalissardStatue on pedestalBronze and stoneGrade II* Q26263414 P Lebret (architect) [27] [28]
Earl Haig Memorial, Whitehall, London.jpg
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Memorial to Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig Whitehall 1937 Alfred Frank Hardiman Statue on pedestalBronze and stoneGrade II* Q5325895 Stephen Rowland Pierce (architect) [29] [30]
The Queen's Beasts, Kew, The white horse of Hanover.jpg White Horse of Hanover Palm House, Kew Gardens 1953Sir Henry Ross (based on James Woodford)SculpturePortland stone Q22673788 One of ten statues known as the Queen's Beasts
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Horse and Rider Town Square, New Bond Street 1975 Elisabeth Frink SculptureBronze2.4m highGrade II Q25339096 [31]
The Messenger by Sir David Wynne, SUTTON, Surrey, Greater London (2).jpg
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The Messenger Quadrant House, Sutton 1981 David Wynne Sculpture on pedestalBronze and stone Q18748777
Statue outside KPMG in Dorset Rise - geograph.org.uk - 764959.jpg
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Saint George and the Dragon Dorset Rise1988 Michael Sandle Sculpture on columnBronze Q30303246
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The CnihtengildDevonshire Square1990Denys MitchellSculptureBronze

The Midlands

ImageTitle / subjectLocation and
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DateArtist / designerTypeMaterialDimensionsDesignation Wikidata Notes
Statue of King George I outside The Barber Institute of Fine Arts.JPG
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Statue of George I Barber Institute of Fine Arts, Birmingham 1722Workshop of John Nost the Elder Statue on pedestalBronze and stoneGrade II Q26565300 Commissioned by the city of Dublin in 1717; sold to the Barber Institute in 1937. [32] [33]
Statue of Prince Albert, Queen Square, Wolverhampton - geograph.org.uk - 1452531.jpg
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Albert, Prince Consort Queen Square, Wolverhampton 1866 Thomas Thornycroft Statue on pedestalBronze and graniteGrade II Q26497548 [34]
Statue of a Horse and Horse Tamer in Malvern Park, Solihull - 2010.JPG
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Horse and Tamer Malvern and Brueton Park, Solihull 1874 Joseph Edgar Boehm Statue group on pedestalBronze and stoneGrade II Q26626782 [35]
Godiva statue Broadgate Oct 2011.jpg
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Lady Godiva Broadgate, Coventry 1949 William Reid Dick Statue on pedestalBronze and Portland stoneGrade II* Q17540305 [36]
Wolverhampton Station - Iron Horse (16558342730).jpg Iron Horse Wolverhampton station, Wolverhampton 1987Kevin AthertonSculpturePainted steel1.8m high x 2.4m longOne of a series of 12 between Wolverhampton and Birmingham New Street railway stations. [37]
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Bonnie Prince Charlie Cathedral Green, Derby 1995Anthony StoneStatue on pedestalBronze and sandstone2.3m high [38]
Horseman on the Black Country Route - geograph.org.uk - 245769.jpg Horse and Rider The Lunt, Wolverhampton Tessa Pullan StatueGalvanised steel [39]

Northern England

ImageTitle / subjectLocation and
coordinates
DateArtist / designerTypeMaterialDimensionsDesignation Wikidata Notes
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King William III Market Place, Kingston upon Hull 1734 Peter Scheemakers Gilt statue on pedestalGrade I Q17528554 [40]
Statue in the grounds at Newby Hall (geograph 2043166).jpg
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Charles II of England trampling Cromwell Newby Hall, North Yorkshire17th century, amended 18th centuryStatue on pedestalMarble with bronze and stoneGrade II Q26577517 Relocated from London in 1883 [41]
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Statue of Viscount Combermere Grosvenor Road, Chester 1865 Carlo Marochetti Statue on pedestalBronze and granite7.1m tallGrade II* Q15978984 [42]
Mounted statue and woodland ride, Chillingham Castle.jpg
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Field Marshal Viscount Gough Chillingham Castle, Northumberland 1878 John Henry Foley Statue on pedestalBronze and stoneFirst erected in Dublin in 1878, re-located in 1988. [43] [44]
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Edward, the Black Prince Leeds City Square 1903 Thomas Brock Statue on pedestalBronze and graniteGrade II* Q17533834 [45]
Eldon Square War Memorial.jpg
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Newcastle & District War memorial Old Eldon Square, Newcastle upon Tyne 1923 Charles Leonard Hartwell Statue on pedestalBronze and stoneGrade II* Q26409308 Cackett and Burns (architects). [46] [47]
Statue of a mounted lancer (25953999433).jpg
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Harry Hotspur Alnwick Castle, Northumberland Statue on pedestal

Southern England

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coordinates
DateArtist / designerTypeMaterialDimensionsDesignation Wikidata Notes
William III, Petersfield22.JPG
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King William III The Square, Petersfield, Hampshire 18th-century, restored 1912Statue on pedestalLead and stoneGrade I Q17528308 [48]
Statue equestre Charles II Windsor 1.jpg
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King Charles II Upper Ward, Windsor Castle, Berkshire1679Statue on pedestalBronze and stone Q98270909
CopperHorse Windsor.jpg
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The Copper Horse , statue of King George III Snow Hill, Windsor Great Park, Berkshire1824-30 Richard Westmacott Statue on pedestalBronze and stoneGrade I Q7727584 [49]
Wellington Monument, Aldershot - geograph.org.uk - 1743310.jpg
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Monument to Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington Claycart Road, Aldershot 1846 Matthew Cotes Wyatt Statue on pedestalBronze and stone9.1m highGrade II Q7981504 Originally sited at Hyde Park Corner, London. [50] [51]
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Albert, Prince Consort Windsor Great Park, Berkshire1887 Joseph Edgar Boehm Statue on pedestalBronze and graniteGrade II Q26609381 [52]
Statue of General Sir Redvers Buller - geograph.org.uk - 1363286.jpg
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Equestrian statue of Sir Redvers Buller Hele Road, Exeter 1902 Adrian Jones Statue on pedestalBronze and graniteGrade II Q26558036 [53] [54]
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Equestrian statue of Edward Horner Church of St Andrew, Mells, Somerset 1917 Alfred Munnings (sculptor), Sir Edwin Lutyens (architect)Statue on cenotaph with battlefield crossBronze, stone and wood Q29600659 [55] [56]
Statue of Kitchener, Chatham - geograph.org.uk - 518050.jpg Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener Kitchener Barracks, Chatham, Kent Relocated 1960Statue on pedestalBronze and stoneGrade II Q26558560 Statue originally stood in Khartoum, relocated to Chatham in 1960. [57] [58]
Statue of Hyperion, Newmarket - geograph.org.uk - 3504226.jpg Hyperion High Street, Newmarket

52°14′36″N0°24′17″E / 52.24335°N 0.40461°E / 52.24335; 0.40461
1961 John Skeaping Equestrian sculpture on pedestalBronze and stone2.00 m high (sculpture)Commissioned by John Stanley, 18th Earl of Derby. Sited in front of the Jockey Club Rooms. [59]
Southgate Street, Gloucester - equestrian statue - the Roman Emperor Nerva (14701930817).jpg
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Emperor Nerva Southgate Street, Gloucester 2002Anthony StonesStatue on pedestalBronze and stone [60]
Queen Elizabeth II statue - geograph.org.uk - 2671664.jpg
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Equestrian statue of Elizabeth II, Windsor Great Park Windsor Great Park 2003 Philip Jackson Statue on pedestalBronze and stone Q58339659
Statue of the Fine lady . Near Banbury Cross - geograph.org.uk - 37187.jpg
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The Fine Lady Banbury Cross, Banbury 2005 Andy Edwards, Carl Payne, Julian Jeffery (Artcycle Ltd.)Statue on pedestalBronze and stone [61]
The Queen's Statue, Newmarket - geograph.org.uk - 6130602.jpg The Queen's StatueHigh Street, Newmarket

52°14′22.0″N0°23′37.3″E / 52.239444°N 0.393694°E / 52.239444; 0.393694
2016Etienne Millner and Charlie LangtonSculptureBronze, on plinth of Portland stoneQueen Elizabeth II, with mare and foal, is depicted in 1977, the year of her Silver Jubilee. [62]

Northern Ireland

ImageTitle / subjectLocation and
coordinates
DateArtist / designerTypeMaterialDimensionsDesignation Wikidata Notes
Clifton Street Orange hall, Belfast (detail) - geograph.org.uk - 1731423.jpg William III Orange Hall, Clifton Street, Belfast Harry Hems Statue on plinthBronze

Scotland

ImageTitle / subjectLocation and
coordinates
DateArtist / designerTypeMaterialDimensionsDesignation Wikidata Notes
SCO-Hawick-1514 memorial 2018.jpg The Horse, 1514 MemorialHigh Street, Hawick 1914 William Francis Beattie Equestrian statue on pedestalBronze and stoneCategory A Q17571529 [63] [64]
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Border Reivers Cornmill Square, Galashiels 1925 Thomas J Clapperton Statue on pedestal and stepsBronze and stoneCategory B Q17853847 [65]
St George slaying the dragon - geograph.org.uk - 1222371.jpg
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Saint George The Italian Chapel on Lamb Holm, Orkney 1943Italian Prisoners of WarStatue on pedestalBarbed wire covered in concrete [66]
Robert The Bruce - geograph.org.uk - 1193766.jpg
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Statue of Robert the Bruce Bannockburn 1964 Pilkington Jackson Statue on pedestalBronze and graniteCategory A [67] [68]
Robert The Bruce - panoramio.jpg
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Robert The Bruce Marischal College, Broad Street, Aberdeen2011Alan Beattie HerriotStatue on pedestalBronze and stone [69]

Edinburgh

ImageTitle / subjectLocation and
coordinates
DateArtist / designerTypeMaterialDimensionsDesignation Wikidata Notes
Charles II statue. Parliament Square Edinburgh.JPG
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Charles II Parliament Square, Edinburgh 1685Statue on pedestalLead and stoneCategory A Q17570718 The pedestal is an 1835 replica of mason Robert Mylne's original. [70]
Hopetoun Statue.JPG
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John Hope, 4th Earl of Hopetoun Forecourt of the Royal Bank of Scotland, St Andrew Square, Edinburgh 1824-29 Thomas Campbell Sculptural group on plinthBronze and graniteCategory A Q17570750 Designed in 1829 for Charlotte Square but erected in 1834 at Dundas House. [71]
Alexander & Bucephalus by John Steell.JPG
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Alexander the Great and Bucephalus Courtyard of Edinburgh City Chambers, High Street1832–83 John Steell Sculpture groupStatue and pedestalCategory A Q17570725 Modelled 1832, cast 1883. [72]
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Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington General Register House, Princes Street, Edinburgh1848-52 John Steell Statue on pedestalBronze and graniteCategory A Q17570765 Architects: David Bryce and James Gowans. [73]
Albert Memorial in Charlotte Square Edinburgh.jpg
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Memorial to Albert, Prince Consort Charlotte Square, Edinburgh1862–76 John Steell Statue on pedestal with other sculpturesBronze and Peterhead graniteCategory A Q17570702 David Bryce (architect). [74]
Royal Scots Greys Memorial, Princes Street Gardens, Edinburgh.JPG
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Royal Scots Greys MemorialWest Princes Street Gardens1906 William Birnie Rhind Statue on pedestalBronze and stoneCategory B Q17813285 [75]
Earl Haig statue Edinburgh Castle.jpg
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Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig Hospital Square, Edinburgh Castle1923 George Edward Wade Statue on pedestalBronze and stoneCategory B Q17813234 [76]
Horse-Rider-Eagle sculpture, Silvermills - geograph.org.uk - 1404971.jpg Horse~Rider~Eagle Silvermills, Edinburgh1996Eoghan BridgeEquestrian statueBronze

Glasgow

ImageTitle / subjectLocation and
coordinates
DateArtist / designerTypeMaterialDimensionsDesignation Wikidata Notes
King William III (of Orange) on horseback statue, Glasgow Cathedral Square, Scotland.jpg
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Statue of William II of Scotland Cathedral Square, Glasgow 1735UnknownEquestrian statue on pedestalBronze and stoneCategory A Q17567391 [77]
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Statue of Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington Royal Exchange Square, Glasgow1844 Carlo Marochetti Equestrian statue on pedestalBronze and graniteCategory A Q7981506 [78]
Queen Victoria, George Square, Glasgow.jpg
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Queen Victoria George Square, Glasgow1854 Carlo Marochetti Equestrian statue on pedestalBronze and graniteCategory A Q17567473 First equestrian statue of a woman in Britain. [79]
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Albert, Prince Consort George Square, Glasgow1866 Carlo Marochetti Equestrian statue on pedestalBronze and graniteCategory A Q17567468 [80]
St George and the Dragon - geograph.org.uk - 1179083.jpg Saint George St George's Cross, Glasgow1897Charles Blenkarn Grassby (sculptor), J & G Mossman (masons)Statue on pedestalStoneCategory C [81]
Glasgow Roberts Memorial.JPG
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Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts Kelvingrove Park 1916 Henry Poole after Harry Bates Equestrian statue on pedestalBronze and stoneCategory A Q17576740 [82] [83]
Lobey Dosser 3.jpg
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Lobey Dosser Woodlands Road, Glasgow1992Ranald MacColl (designer), Tony Morrow & Nick Gillion (sculptors)StatueBronzeStatue of cartoon characters created by Bud Neill. [84]

Wales

ImageTitle / subjectLocation and
coordinates
DateArtist / designerTypeMaterialDimensionsDesignation Wikidata Notes
Statue of Godfrey, First Viscount Tredegar.jpg
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Godfrey Morgan, 1st Viscount Tredegar Cathays Park, Cardiff 1909 William Goscombe John Statue on pedestalBronze and stoneGrade II Q29491649 [85]
Harlech Statue The Two Kings.jpg
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The Two Kings Harlech, Gwynedd 1984 Ivor Roberts-Jones StatueBronzeFigures represent Bran the Blessed and Gwern from the Mabinogion .
Corwen's new statue of Owain Glyndwr - geograph.org.uk - 628404.jpg
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Owain Glyndŵr The Square, Corwen, Denbighshire 2007Colin SpofforthStatue on pedestalBronze and granite4.5m high [86]

Channel Islands

ImageTitle / subjectLocation and
coordinates
DateArtist / designerTypeMaterialDimensionsDesignation Wikidata Notes
Mont Orgueil 2006 09.jpg Sir Hugh Calveley (The Perfect Knight)Middle Ward of Mont Orgueil Castle, Gorey, Jersey StatueBronze

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