Albert Square, Manchester

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Albert Square is a public plaza in Manchester, England.

It lies in front of Manchester Town Hall ^{Grade I} and features the monuments:

• A canopied memorial to Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha by architect Thomas Worthington, with a figure of Albert by Matthew Noble (1862–1867) ^{Grade I}
• Bishop James Fraser by Thomas Woolner (1887) ^{Grade II}
• Oliver Heywood by Albert Bruce-Joy, (1894) ^{Grade II}
• William Ewart Gladstone by Mario Raggi (1901) ^{Grade II}
• John Bright by Albert Bruce-Joy (1891) ^{Grade II}
• A fountain (also designed by Thomas Worthington) erected for the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria (1897).

The Albert Memorial, facing the town hall	Close-up of the Albert Memorial	The fountain in Albert Square, erected for the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria	Statue of Oliver Heywood
Statue of John Bright	Grade II listed statue of James Fraser (1818–85), Bishop of Manchester (1870–85). (Thomas Woolner, 1888)

Coordinates: 53°28′46″N, 2°14′42″W