Queen Victoria Monument, Birkenhead

The Queen Victoria Monument stands in the centre of Hamilton Square, Birkenhead, Wirral, Merseyside, England.

An open space was created in the centre of Hamilton Square in 1903 by Birkenhead Town Council.

The typical design of an Eleanor cross was that of a polygonal base on steps, surmounted by stages of reducing size.

One of the members of the committee was the architect Edmund Kirby, who agreed to design the memorial free of charge.

Kirby had previously worked with Richard Boulton and Sons of Cheltenham, and it is possible that this was the responsible company.

The monument was unveiled, before it was finished, by Charles Gatehouse, a local politician and a member of the committee, on 26 October 1905.