Peel Monument

E58600
listed building monument tower war memorial

Peel Monument is a prominent stone tower on Holcombe Hill in Greater Manchester, England, built to commemorate 19th-century British statesman Sir Robert Peel and offering panoramic views over the surrounding area.

Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Statue of Robert Peel, Parliament Square 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf listed building ⓘ
monument ⓘ
tower ⓘ
war memorial ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Peel Tower ⓘ
architecturalStyle Gothic Revival ⓘ
commemorates Robert Peel ⓘ
surface form: Sir Robert Peel
completionDate 1852 ⓘ
constructionStartDate 1851 ⓘ
coordinates 53.642°N 2.329°W ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
dedicatedTo Robert Peel ⓘ
surface form: Sir Robert Peel
hasAccess public footpaths ⓘ
hasCondition restored in late 20th century ⓘ
hasFeature internal staircase ⓘ
viewing platform ⓘ
hasNearbyCity Bury ⓘ
Manchester ⓘ
hasNearbySettlement Holcombe ⓘ
Ramsbottom ⓘ
hasUse landmark ⓘ
observation tower ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ
height 128 feet ⓘ
39 metres ⓘ
heritageDesignation Grade II listed building ⓘ
heritageDesignationDate 1984 ⓘ
inception 1851 ⓘ
locatedIn Bury ⓘ
England ⓘ
Greater Manchester ⓘ
Ramsbottom ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
locatedInProtectedArea West Pennine Moors ⓘ
locatedOn Holcombe Hill ⓘ
maintainedBy Metropolitan Borough of Bury ⓘ
surface form: Bury Council
materialUsed stone ⓘ
namedAfter Robert Peel ⓘ
surface form: Sir Robert Peel
offersViewOf Greater Manchester ⓘ
Lake District ⓘ
surface form: Lake District fells

Lancashire ⓘ
Manchester city centre ⓘ
North Wales ⓘ
surface form: North Wales mountains

West Pennine Moors ⓘ
officialOpeningDate 1852-09-09 ⓘ
ownedBy Metropolitan Borough of Bury ⓘ
surface form: Bury Council
partOf Holcombe Moor landscape ⓘ
subjectOf local walking routes ⓘ
visibleFrom large parts of Greater Manchester conurbation ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Holcombe Hill → hasLandmark → Peel Monument ⓘ
Ramsbottom → hasLandmark → Peel Monument ⓘ
Parliament Square → hasStatue → Peel Monument ⓘ
this entity surface form: Statue of Robert Peel, Parliament Square
Holcombe Hill → hasStructureOnSummit → Peel Monument ⓘ