Statue of Captain Albert Ball
A statue of Captain Albert Ball stands in Nottingham Castle Gardens, in Nottingham, England. It comprises a bronze sculpture by Henry Poole which depicts the British fighter pilot Captain Albert Ball VC DSO & Two Bars, MC accompanied by an allegorical female figure, standing on a stone pedestal by the architect Edwin Alfred Rickards.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Memorial
- Description: statue in Nottingham, England
- Also known as: “Albert Ball Statue”, “Ball Statue”, “Captain Albert Ball VC”, and “Statue of Captain Albert Ball, 30 metres north east of Castle Museum”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Nottingham Castle and Nottingham Castle Museum and Art Gallery.
Nottingham Castle
Castle
Nottingham Castle is a Stuart Restoration-era ducal mansion in Nottingham, England, built on the site of a Norman castle built starting in 1068, and added to extensively through the medieval period, when it was an important royal fortress and occasional royal residence.
Nottingham Castle Museum and Art Gallery
Museum
Photo: Peter Langsdale, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Nottingham Castle is a Stuart Restoration-era ducal mansion in Nottingham, England, built on the site of a Norman castle built starting in 1068, and added to extensively through the medieval period, when it was an important royal fortress and occasional royal residence.
Brewhouse Yard And Associated Caves
Museum
Photo: Enchufla Con Clave, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Brewhouse Yard And Associated Caves is a museum, which is situated 330 feet southeast of Statue of Captain Albert Ball.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include The Park Estate and Lace Market.
The Park Estate
Suburb
Photo: David Hallam-Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Park Estate is a private residential housing estate to the west of Nottingham city centre, England. It is noted for its Victorian architecture, although many of the houses have been altered, extended or converted into flats.
Lace Market
Neighborhood
Photo: Alan Murray-Rust, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Lace Market is a historic quarter-mile square area in the centre of Nottingham, England. It was once the centre of the world's lace industry and was an area of salesrooms and warehouses for storing, displaying and selling the lace.
Hockley
Neighborhood
Photo: Alan Murray-Rust, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Hockley is an area near the city centre of Nottingham, England. It lies adjacent to the Lace Market area and contains multiple well-preserved Victorian buildings.
Statue of Captain Albert Ball
- Categories: statue, war memorial, and historic site
- Location: Nottingham, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.94998° or 52° 56′ 60″ northLongitude
-1.15383° or 1° 9′ 14″ westInception
September 8th, 1921Open location code
9C4WWRXW+XFOpenStreetMap ID
node 2537360498OpenStreetMap feature
historic=memorialWikidata ID
Q26539289
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In Other Languages
“Statue of Captain Albert Ball” goes by many names.
- Egyptian Arabic: “تمثال الكابتن البرت بول”
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Highlights include Nottingham Castle Grounds and Bee Friendly Bed.
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