Victoria Square, Chamberlain Square

- Town Hall, Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, Council House, The River, Iron: Man, Guardian


Victoria Square is a square in the heart of Birmingham, named after Queen Victoria. Three major roads: Colmore Row, New Street and Paradise Street meet here. Here you find the Town Hall, built in 1834 neo-classical style (the first significant work of the revival of Roman architecture), the Birmingham City Council House with its cupole and the adjancent the Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, a huge classic art museum built in mixed styles and several sculptures, with free entrance, Victoria Square House, "The River" - a woman lying in a fountain, now filled with flowers, nicknamed "The Floozie in the Jacuzzi", the bronze Queen Victoria Sculpture, Antony Gormley's "the Iron:Man" (Black Sabbath derives from Birmingham but it doesn't seems like it was named after their famous song) and "The Guardian", a fictive guardian animal. Victoria Square is the centrepiece for the annual Frankfurt Christmas Market, and the city's official Christmas tree, donated every year by the Swedish company Sandvik.

Next to Victoria Square is Chamberlain Square, where the main entrance to the Birmingham Museum is, and part of the Town Hall can be seen. Here you find the beautiful, high Chamberlain Monument. This square is currently under redevelopment, called "Paradise pedestrian and cycle plan". Centenary Square and Westside district, where you find the Museum of Birmingham, Alpha Tower and other structures, borders to the West.

Victoria Square - Queen Victoria Statue, Town Hall, Museum Victoria Square 01 - Council House, Birmingham Museum Victoria Square 02 Victoria Square 25 - Town Hall Victoria Square 03 Victoria Square 04 Victoria Square 05 - The River statue Victoria Square 06- Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery Victoria Square 07 Victoria Square 08 - The Guardian statue Victoria Square 09 Victoria Square 10 Victoria Square 11 - New Street Victoria Square 12 - New St Station Victoria Square 13 - Town Hall Victoria Square 14 - Town Hall, Iron Man statue Victoria Square 15 - Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery Victoria Square 16 - Birmingham Museum Victoria Square 17 - Town Hall Victoria Square 19 Victoria Square 20 - Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery Victoria Square 21 - The River statue Victoria Square 23 Victoria Square 26 - Beetham Tower Victoria Square 27 - Alpha Tower Victoria Square 30 - Museum tower Chamberlain Monument, BT Tower Chamberlain Monument, BT Tower, Museum, Chamberlain Square Chamberlain Square Chamberlain Square 01 - Town Hall, Museum Chamberlain Square 02 - Chamberlain Monument Chamberlain Square 03 Chamberlain Square 04 - Art gallery link Chamberlain Square 05 - Paradise redevelopment Chamberlain Square 06 - Alpha Tower, Chamberlain Monument Chamberlain Square 07 - towards Library of Birmingham Chamberlain Square 08 - Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery