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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.

England

Bristol

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates
Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Wikidata Notes
070522 ukbris qsqs.jpg Statue of William III Queen Square, Bristol 1736 John Michael Rysbrack Statue on pedestal Brass and stone Grade I Q5384424
John Wesley (9530737951).jpg John Wesley New Room, Bristol 1932 Arthur George Walker Statue on pedestal Bronze and limestone Grade II Q26571319
Cloaked Horseman (David Backhouse 1984), Lewin's Mead, Bristol (7080907987).jpg Cloaked Horseman Narrow Lewins Mead, Bristol 1984 David Backhouse Statue Bronze resin
Horse and Man Brunel House, St Georges Road, Bristol 1984 Stephen Joyce Sculpture group Bronze resin Located in the courtyard of the former Royal Western Hotel, now student accommodation.

Liverpool

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates
Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Wikidata Notes
King George III 2.jpg George III Monument Place, London Road, Liverpool 1822 Richard Westmacott Statue on pedestal Bronze and stone Grade II Q26629818
Albert equestrian Liverpool 3.jpg Albert, Prince Consort St George's Hall, Liverpool 1866 Thomas Thornycroft Statue on pedestal Bronze and stone Grade II Q2633144
Victoria, St George's Plateau 2019 front.jpg Queen Victoria St George's Hall, Liverpool 1869 Thomas Thornycroft Statue on pedestal Bronze and stone Grade II Q26643648
Edward VII statue, Pier Head, Liverpool (geograph 4545645).jpg Edward VII Pier Head, Liverpool 1916 Goscombe John Statue on pedestal Bronze Grade II Q26320984
Red Rum Statue Aintree (8595095106).jpg Red Rum Aintree Racecourse 1987 Philip Blacker Sculpture Bronze
The Great Escape 3.jpg The Great Escape Canning Place, next to Merseyside Police Headquarters 2000 Edward Cronshaw Group sculpture Bronze
The Liverpool Carters Working Horse monument - DSC06855.JPG Waiting - Liverpool Carters Working Horse monument Museum of Liverpool, Pier Head 2010 Judy Boyt Sculpture
Christ upon an ass Church of Our Lady and Saint Nicholas, Liverpool Brian Burgess Sculpture Bronze

London

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates
Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Wikidata Notes
Equestrian statue of Charles I, Charing Cross.jpg Statue of Charles I Charing Cross 1633 Hubert Le Sueur Statue on pedestal Bronze and stone Grade I Q7604492
Statue of William III, St James Square.jpg William III St James's Square 1807 John Bacon the Younger Statue on pedestal Bronze and stone Grade I Q17527231
Statue of George III, Pall Mall SW1.jpg George III Pall Mall 1835/6 Matthew Coates Wyatt Statue on pedestal Bronze and Portland stone Grade II Q19902765
George IV Trafalgar Square.jpg George IV Trafalgar Square 1840s Sir Francis Chantrey Statue on pedestal Bronze and granite Grade II Q7604481
Statue Of The Duke Of Wellington-Royal Exchange-London.jpg Statue of Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington Royal Exchange, Cornhill 1844 Sir Francis Chantrey and Henry Weekes Statue on pedestal Bronze and granite Grade II Q18159872
Richard I of England - Palace of Westminster - 10092009 crop.jpg Statue of Richard Coeur de Lion Palace of Westminster 1856 Carlo Marochetti Statue on pedestal Bronze and granite Grade II Q7324819
Statue Of Prince Albert Holborn Circus.jpg Albert, Prince Consort Holborn Circus 1874 Charles Bacon Statue on pedestal Bronze and granite Grade II Q23038443
Hyde Park Corner, Duke of Wellingtons Statue (geograph 2955415).jpg Statue of Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington Hyde Park Corner 1888 Joseph Edgar Boehm Statue on pedestal with 4 statues Bronze and stone Grade II Q18159875
Statue de Robert Napier Londres.jpg Robert Napier, 1st Baron Napier of Magdala Queen's Gate, Kensington 1891, relocated 1921 Joseph Edgar Boehm Statue on pedestal Bronze and granite Grade II Q26555957
Physical Energy.JPG Physical Energy Kensington Gardens 1907 George Frederic Watts Statue on pedestal Bronze and granite Grade II Q18388413
Duke of Cambridge statue Whitehall.jpg Statue of Duke of Cambridge Whitehall, opposite the War Office Building 1907 Adrian Jones Statue on pedestal Bronze and stone Grade II Q19516037 John Belcher (architect)
Statue of Viscount Wolseley, London.jpg Statue of Viscount Wolseley Horse Guards Road, Whitehall 1920 William Goscombe John Statue on pedestal Bronze and stone Grade II Q18159880 Richard Allison (architect)
Statue Of Sir George White-Portland Place.jpg Statue of Sir George Stuart White Portland Place 1922 John Tweed Statue on pedestal Bronze and Portland stone Grade II Q18159865
Cavalry Monument, Hyde Park - geograph.org.uk - 1020487.jpg Cavalry of the Empire Memorial Hyde Park 1924 Adrian Jones Statue on pedestal with surround Bronze and Portland stone Grade II* Q20794956 Thomas Smith Tait & Sir John James Burnett (architects)
Edward VII equestrian London 3.jpg Edward VII Waterloo Place, St. James's Park 1924 Bertram Mackennal Statue on pedestal Bronze and Portland stone Grade II Q19930022
Statue of the Earl Roberts, London.jpg Statue of Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts Horse Guards Road, Whitehall 1924 Henry Poole after Harry Bates Statue on pedestal Bronze and stone Grade II Q21286417 Richard Allison (architect).
St-George-and-the-dragon-St-Mary-Le-Bone.jpg War Memorial Prince Albert Road, outside St John's Wood Church c.1925-1930 Charles Leonard Hartwell Statue on pedestal Bronze and Portland stone Grade II Q26555473
Ferdinand Foch statue (Victoria, London).jpg Statue of Ferdinand Foch London Victoria station 1930 Georges Malissard Statue on pedestal Bronze and stone Grade II* Q26263414 P Lebret (architect)
Earl Haig Memorial, Whitehall, London.jpg Memorial to Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig Whitehall 1937 Alfred Frank Hardiman Statue on pedestal Bronze and stone Grade II* Q5325895 Stephen Rowland Pierce (architect)
The Queen's Beasts, Kew, The white horse of Hanover.jpg White Horse of Hanover Palm House, Kew Gardens 1953 Sir Henry Ross (based on James Woodford) Sculpture Portland stone Q22673788 One of ten statues known as the Queen's Beasts
Lord Godiva? (geograph 6212513).jpg Horse and Rider Town Square, New Bond Street 1975 Elisabeth Frink Sculpture Bronze 2.4m high Grade II Q25339096
The Messenger by Sir David Wynne, SUTTON, Surrey, Greater London (2).jpg The Messenger Quadrant House, Sutton 1981 David Wynne Sculpture on pedestal Bronze and stone Q18748777
Statue outside KPMG in Dorset Rise - geograph.org.uk - 764959.jpg Saint George and the Dragon Dorset Rise 1988 Michael Sandle Sculpture on column Bronze Q30303246
Lost Warrior in London.jpg The Cnihtengild Devonshire Square 1990 Denys Mitchell Sculpture Bronze

The Midlands

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates
Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Wikidata Notes
Statue of King George I outside The Barber Institute of Fine Arts.JPG Statue of George I Barber Institute of Fine Arts, Birmingham 1722 Workshop of John Nost the Elder Statue on pedestal Bronze and stone Grade II Q26565300 Commissioned by the city of Dublin in 1717; sold to the Barber Institute in 1937.
Statue of Prince Albert, Queen Square, Wolverhampton - geograph.org.uk - 1452531.jpg Albert, Prince Consort Queen Square, Wolverhampton 1866 Thomas Thornycroft Statue on pedestal Bronze and granite Grade II Q26497548
Statue of a Horse and Horse Tamer in Malvern Park, Solihull - 2010.JPG Horse and Tamer Malvern and Brueton Park, Solihull 1874 Joseph Edgar Boehm Statue group on pedestal Bronze and stone Grade II Q26626782
Lady Godiva Broadgate, Coventry 1949 William Reid Dick Statue on pedestal Bronze and Portland stone Grade II* Q17540305
Wolverhampton Station - Iron Horse (16558342730).jpg Iron Horse Wolverhampton station, Wolverhampton 1987 Kevin Atherton Sculpture Painted steel 1.8m high x 2.4m long One of a series of 12 between Wolverhampton and Birmingham New Street railway stations.
Bonniequest.jpg Bonnie Prince Charlie Cathedral Green, Derby 1995 Anthony Stone Statue on pedestal Bronze and sandstone 2.3m high
Horseman on the Black Country Route - geograph.org.uk - 245769.jpg Horse and Rider The Lunt, Wolverhampton Tessa Pullan Statue Galvanised steel

Northern England

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates
Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Wikidata Notes
010-SFEC-HULL-20070329-KINGBILLY.JPG King William III Market Place, Kingston upon Hull 1734 Peter Scheemakers Gilt statue on pedestal Grade I Q17528554
Statue in the grounds at Newby Hall (geograph 2043166).jpg Charles II of England trampling Cromwell Newby Hall, North Yorkshire 17th century, amended 18th century Statue on pedestal Marble with bronze and stone Grade II Q26577517 Relocated from London in 1883
Combermere Statue 3.JPG Statue of Viscount Combermere Grosvenor Road, Chester 1865 Carlo Marochetti Statue on pedestal Bronze and granite 7.1m tall Grade II* Q15978984
Mounted statue and woodland ride, Chillingham Castle.jpg Field Marshal Viscount Gough Chillingham Castle, Northumberland 1878 John Henry Foley Statue on pedestal Bronze and stone First erected in Dublin in 1878, re-located in 1988.
Black prince leeds.jpg Edward, the Black Prince Leeds City Square 1903 Thomas Brock Statue on pedestal Bronze and granite Grade II* Q17533834
Eldon Square War Memorial.jpg Newcastle & District War memorial Old Eldon Square, Newcastle upon Tyne 1923 Charles Leonard Hartwell Statue on pedestal Bronze and stone Grade II* Q26409308 Cackett and Burns (architects).
Statue of a mounted lancer (25953999433).jpg Harry Hotspur Alnwick Castle, Northumberland Statue on pedestal

Southern England

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates
Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Wikidata Notes
William III, Petersfield22.JPG King William III The Square, Petersfield, Hampshire 18th-century, restored 1912 Statue on pedestal Lead and stone Grade I Q17528308
Statue équestre Charles II Windsor 1.jpg King Charles II Upper Ward, Windsor Castle, Berkshire 1679 Statue on pedestal Bronze and stone Q98270909
CopperHorse Windsor.jpg The Copper Horse, statue of King George III Snow Hill, Windsor Great Park, Berkshire 1824-30 Richard Westmacott Statue on pedestal Bronze and stone Grade I Q7727584
Wellington Monument, Aldershot - geograph.org.uk - 1743310.jpg Monument to Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington Claycart Road, Aldershot 1846 Matthew Cotes Wyatt Statue on pedestal Bronze and stone 9.1m high Grade II Q7981504 Originally sited at Hyde Park Corner, London.
Prince Consorts statue (geograph 3523199).jpg Albert, Prince Consort Windsor Great Park, Berkshire 1887 Joseph Edgar Boehm Statue on pedestal Bronze and granite Grade II Q26609381
Statue of General Sir Redvers Buller - geograph.org.uk - 1363286.jpg Equestrian statue of Sir Redvers Buller Hele Road, Exeter 1902 Adrian Jones Statue on pedestal Bronze and granite Grade II Q26558036
StAndrews Mells1.JPG Equestrian statue of Edward Horner Church of St Andrew, Mells, Somerset 1917 Alfred Munnings (sculptor), Sir Edwin Lutyens (architect) Statue on cenotaph with battlefield cross Bronze, stone and wood Q29600659
Statue of Kitchener, Chatham - geograph.org.uk - 518050.jpg Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener Kitchener Barracks, Chatham, Kent Relocated 1960 Statue on pedestal Bronze and stone Grade II Q26558560 Statue originally stood in Khartoum, relocated to Chatham in 1960.
Statue of Hyperion, Newmarket - geograph.org.uk - 3504226.jpg Hyperion High Street, Newmarket

52°14′36″N 0°24′17″E / 52.24335°N 0.40461°E / 52.24335; 0.40461
1961 John Skeaping Equestrian sculpture on pedestal Bronze and stone 2.00 m high (sculpture) Commissioned by John Stanley, 18th Earl of Derby. Sited in front of the Jockey Club Rooms.
Southgate Street, Gloucester - equestrian statue - the Roman Emperor Nerva (14701930817).jpg Emperor Nerva Southgate Street, Gloucester 2002 Anthony Stones Statue on pedestal Bronze and stone
Queen Elizabeth II statue - geograph.org.uk - 2671664.jpg Equestrian statue of Elizabeth II, Windsor Great Park Windsor Great Park 2003 Philip Jackson Statue on pedestal Bronze and stone Q58339659
Statue of the Fine lady . Near Banbury Cross - geograph.org.uk - 37187.jpg The Fine Lady Banbury Cross, Banbury 2005 Andy Edwards, Carl Payne, Julian Jeffery (Artcycle Ltd.) Statue on pedestal Bronze and stone
The Queen's Statue, Newmarket - geograph.org.uk - 6130602.jpg The Queen's Statue High Street, Newmarket

52°14′22.0″N 0°23′37.3″E / 52.239444°N 0.393694°E / 52.239444; 0.393694
2016 Etienne Millner and Charlie Langton Sculpture Bronze, on plinth of Portland stone Queen Elizabeth II, with mare and foal, is depicted in 1977, the year of her Silver Jubilee.

Northern Ireland

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates
Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Wikidata Notes
Clifton Street Orange hall, Belfast (detail) - geograph.org.uk - 1731423.jpg William III Orange Hall, Clifton Street, Belfast Harry Hems Statue on plinth Bronze

Scotland

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates
Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Wikidata Notes
SCO-Hawick-1514 memorial 2018.jpg The Horse, 1514 Memorial High Street, Hawick 1914 William Francis Beattie Equestrian statue on pedestal Bronze and stone Category A Q17571529
Galashiels Reiver Statue 02.JPG Border Reivers Cornmill Square, Galashiels 1925 Thomas J Clapperton Statue on pedestal and steps Bronze and stone Category B Q17853847
St George slaying the dragon - geograph.org.uk - 1222371.jpg Saint George The Italian Chapel on Lamb Holm, Orkney 1943 Italian Prisoners of War Statue on pedestal Barbed wire covered in concrete
Robert The Bruce - geograph.org.uk - 1193766.jpg Statue of Robert the Bruce Bannockburn 1964 Pilkington Jackson Statue on pedestal Bronze and granite Category A
Robert The Bruce - panoramio.jpg Robert The Bruce Marischal College, Broad Street, Aberdeen 2011 Alan Beattie Herriot Statue on pedestal Bronze and stone

Edinburgh

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates
Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Wikidata Notes
Charles II statue. Parliament Square Edinburgh.JPG Charles II Parliament Square, Edinburgh 1685 Statue on pedestal Lead and stone Category A Q17570718 The pedestal is an 1835 replica of mason Robert Mylne's original.
Hopetoun Statue.JPG John Hope, 4th Earl of Hopetoun Forecourt of the Royal Bank of Scotland, St Andrew Square, Edinburgh 1824-29 Thomas Campbell Sculptural group on plinth Bronze and granite Category A Q17570750 Designed in 1829 for Charlotte Square but erected in 1834 at Dundas House.
Alexander & Bucephalus by John Steell.JPG Alexander the Great and Bucephalus Courtyard of Edinburgh City Chambers, High Street 1832–83 John Steell Sculpture group Statue and pedestal Category A Q17570725 Modelled 1832, cast 1883.
Princes St Wellington.jpg Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington General Register House, Princes Street, Edinburgh 1848-52 John Steell Statue on pedestal Bronze and granite Category A Q17570765 Architects: David Bryce and James Gowans.
Albert Memorial in Charlotte Square Edinburgh.jpg Memorial to Albert, Prince Consort Charlotte Square, Edinburgh 1862–76 John Steell Statue on pedestal with other sculptures Bronze and Peterhead granite Category A Q17570702 David Bryce (architect).
Royal Scots Greys Memorial, Princes Street Gardens, Edinburgh.JPG Royal Scots Greys Memorial West Princes Street Gardens 1906 William Birnie Rhind Statue on pedestal Bronze and stone Category B Q17813285
Earl Haig statue Edinburgh Castle.jpg Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig Hospital Square, Edinburgh Castle 1923 George Edward Wade Statue on pedestal Bronze and stone Category B Q17813234
Horse-Rider-Eagle sculpture, Silvermills - geograph.org.uk - 1404971.jpg Horse~Rider~Eagle Silvermills, Edinburgh 1996 Eoghan Bridge Equestrian statue Bronze

Glasgow

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates
Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Wikidata Notes
King William III (of Orange) on horseback statue, Glasgow Cathedral Square, Scotland.jpg Statue of William II of Scotland Cathedral Square, Glasgow 1735 Unknown Equestrian statue on pedestal Bronze and stone Category A Q17567391
Wfm duke of wellington.jpg Statue of Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington Royal Exchange Square, Glasgow 1844 Carlo Marochetti Equestrian statue on pedestal Bronze and granite Category A Q7981506
Queen Victoria, George Square, Glasgow.jpg Queen Victoria George Square, Glasgow 1854 Carlo Marochetti Equestrian statue on pedestal Bronze and granite Category A Q17567473 First equestrian statue of a woman in Britain.
Glasgow (15741422759).jpg Albert, Prince Consort George Square, Glasgow 1866 Carlo Marochetti Equestrian statue on pedestal Bronze and granite Category A Q17567468
St George and the Dragon - geograph.org.uk - 1179083.jpg Saint George St George's Cross, Glasgow 1897 Charles Blenkarn Grassby (sculptor), J & G Mossman (masons) Statue on pedestal Stone Category C
Glasgow Roberts Memorial.JPG Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts Kelvingrove Park 1916 Henry Poole after Harry Bates Equestrian statue on pedestal Bronze and stone Category A Q17576740
Lobey Dosser 3.jpg Lobey Dosser Woodlands Road, Glasgow 1992 Ranald MacColl (designer), Tony Morrow & Nick Gillion (sculptors) Statue Bronze Statue of cartoon characters created by Bud Neill.

Wales

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates
Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Wikidata Notes
Statue of Godfrey, First Viscount Tredegar.jpg Godfrey Morgan, 1st Viscount Tredegar Cathays Park, Cardiff 1909 William Goscombe John Statue on pedestal Bronze and stone Grade II Q29491649
Harlech Statue The Two Kings.jpg The Two Kings Harlech, Gwynedd 1984 Ivor Roberts-Jones Statue Bronze Figures represent Bran the Blessed and Gwern from the Mabinogion.
Corwen's new statue of Owain Glyndwr - geograph.org.uk - 628404.jpg Owain Glyndŵr The Square, Corwen, Denbighshire 2007 Colin Spofforth Statue on pedestal Bronze and granite 4.5m high

Channel Islands

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates
Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Wikidata Notes
Mont Orgueil 2006 09.jpg Sir Hugh Calveley (The Perfect Knight) Middle Ward of Mont Orgueil Castle, Gorey, Jersey Statue Bronze

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