equestrian statue of William III
The equestrian statue of William III is a historic statue in the centre of Queen Square in Bristol, England. It is a Grade I listed building. The statue of William III by John Michael Rysbrack, cast in 1733 and erected in 1736 to signify Bristol's Whig support of the Crown and Parliament Recognition Act 1689.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: NotFromUtrecht, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Work of art
- Artwork type: statue
- Description: statue in Queen Square, Bristol, England
- Also known as: “equestrian statue of King William III”, “Equestrian Statue of William III”, “equestrian statue of William III, Bristol”, “Equestrian statue of William III, Bristol”, “statue of King William III”, and “statue of William III”
- Address: Bristol, BS1 4QS
- Wheelchair access: yes
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Queen Square and Bristol Old Vic.
Queen Square
Park
Photo: William Avery, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Queen Square is a 2.4 hectares Georgian square in the centre of Bristol, England. Following the 1831 riot, Queen Square declined through the latter part of the 19th century, was threatened with a main line railway station, but then bisected by a dual carriageway in the 1930s.
Bristol Old Vic
Theater building
Photo: Rbrwr, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bristol Old Vic is a British theatre company based at the Theatre Royal, Bristol. The present company was established in 1946 as an offshoot of the Old Vic in London. Bristol Old Vic is situated 630 feet north of equestrian statue of William III.
Arnolfini
Arts center
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Arnolfini is an international arts centre and gallery in Bristol, England. It has a programme of contemporary art exhibitions, artist's performance, music and dance events, poetry and book readings, talks, lectures and cinema. Arnolfini is situated 740 feet southwest of equestrian statue of William III.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bristol city centre and Redcliffe.
Bristol city centre
Suburb
Bristol city centre is the commercial, cultural and business centre of Bristol, England. It is the area north of the New Cut of the River Avon, bounded by Clifton Wood and Clifton to the north-west, Kingsdown and Cotham to the north, and St Pauls, Lawrence Hill and St Phillip's Marsh to the east.
Redcliffe
Suburb
Bristol Temple Quarter Enterprise Zone
Neighborhood
Bristol Temple Quarter Enterprise Zone is an enterprise zone in Bristol, England, focused on creative, high-tech and low-carbon industries. Covering an area of 70 hectares, it is based around Bristol Temple Meads railway station, which is being redeveloped by Network Rail.
equestrian statue of William III
- Categories: sculpture and tourism
- Location: Bristol, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.45052° or 51° 27′ 2″ northLongitude
-2.59469° or 2° 35′ 41″ westInception
1733Open location code
9C3VFC24+64OpenStreetMap ID
node 355373614OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=artworkOpenStreetMap attribute
artwork_type=statueOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=yesWikidata ID
Q5384424
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Welsh—“equestrian statue of William III” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “ruiterstandbeeld van Willem III”
- French: “Statue équestre de Guillaume III”
- German: “Reiterstatue von Wilhelm III”
- Japanese: “ウィリアム3世騎馬像”
- Welsh: “Cerflun marchogol Wiliam III”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “equestrian statue of William III”. Photo: NotFromUtrecht, CC BY-SA 3.0.