Wilberforce Monument
The Wilberforce Monument is a monument honouring English politician and abolitionist William Wilberforce in Kingston Upon Hull, England. The ashlar structure consists of a Doric column topped by a statue of Wilberforce.Photo: Stevekraken, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Monument
- Description: monument in City of Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, UK
- Also known as: “William Wilberforce”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Queen’s Gardens and Hull New Theatre.
Queen’s Gardens
Park
Photo: David Wright, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Queen's Gardens is a sequence of gardens in the centre of Kingston upon Hull, England. They are set out within a 9.75-acre area that until 1930 was filled with the waters of Queen's Dock. Queen’s Gardens is situated 630 feet southwest of Wilberforce Monument.
Hull New Theatre
Theater building
Photo: Hullian111, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Hull New Theatre is a theatre in Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It opened in 1939 as a successor to the Hull Repertory Theatre Company. Hull New Theatre is situated 1,100 feet northwest of Wilberforce Monument.
Wilberforce House Museum
Museum
Photo: David Hallam-Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Wilberforce House Museum is situated 900 feet southeast of Wilberforce Monument.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Drypool and Wilmington.
Drypool
Suburb
Drypool is an area within the city of Kingston upon Hull, in the ceremonial county of the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. Historically, Drypool was a village, manor, and later a parish on the east bank of the River Hull near the confluence of the Humber Estuary and River Hull; it is now part of the greater urban area of Kingston upon Hull, and gives its name to a local government ward.
Wilmington
Neighborhood
Wilmington is an industrial area east of the River Hull in Kingston upon Hull, England.
Summergangs
Suburb
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Summergangs is a suburb of Kingston upon Hull, near the A165 road, in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. The area contains the model village development known as The Garden Village and East Park.
Wilberforce Monument
- Categories: statue and historic site
- Location: Kingston upon Hull, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
53.74602° or 53° 44′ 46″ northLongitude
-0.33285° or 0° 19′ 58″ westOpen location code
9C5XPMW8+CVOpenStreetMap ID
way 147550187OpenStreetMap feature
historic=monumentWikidata ID
Q26571931
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