Albert Square, Manchester

Albert Square

Albert Square, overlooked by Manchester Town Hall
Maintained by	City of Manchester
Location	Manchester, England, UK
Coordinates	53°28′46″N 2°14′42″W / 53.47944°N 2.24500°W / 53.47944; -2.24500
Construction
Completion	c. 1864; 160 years ago (1864)

Albert Square is a public square in the centre of Manchester, England. It is dominated by its largest building, the Grade I listed^[1] Manchester Town Hall, a Victorian Gothic building by Alfred Waterhouse. Other smaller buildings from the same period surround it, many of which are listed (the buildings on the north side are in Princess Street).

The square contains a number of monuments and statues, the largest of which is the Albert Memorial, a monument to Prince Albert, Prince Consort of Queen Victoria. The square, named after the Prince, was laid out to provide a space for the memorial in 1863–67. Work on the town hall began in 1868 and was completed in 1877.