Queen Victoria Statue in Greenhead Park, Huddersfield

Monument Details

The statue in Greenhead Park, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England depicts Queen Victoria.

• Sculptor: Sir Thomas Brock (also created Victoria Memorial, London)
• Unveiled: July 19, 1906 by Prince of Wales (later George V)
• Material: White marble figure on pink granite pedestal
• Height: ~10 ft (3 m) figure; total ~20 ft with pedestal
• Depiction: Queen in full royal regalia — crown, orb, sceptre, ermine robes

Historical Context

• Commemorated Victoria's Diamond Jubilee (1897); funded by public subscription
• Greenhead Park opened 1884; statue added as centerpiece
• Grade II* listed (Historic England)

Other Brock Victorias

Brock sculpted multiple Victoria statues: Victoria Memorial (Buckingham Palace), Belfast City Hall, Hove, Worcester, Cape Town. Huddersfield's is among the finest provincial examples.