Edward Vii Statue, Victoria Park, Newhaven Road, Edinburgh is a Grade B listed building in the City of Edinburgh local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 17 October 1996.

Edward Vii Statue, Victoria Park, Newhaven Road, Edinburgh

WRENN ID
watchful-finial-nightshade
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
City of Edinburgh
Constituency
Edinburgh North and Leith MP: Tracy Gilbert (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
17 October 1996
OS grid reference
NT 257 764
Coordinates
55.97524, -3.19104
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Victoria Park in Edinburgh features a life-size bronze statue of Edward VII, created by John S Rhind in 1913. The statue is inscribed with the words "PEACE. EDWARD VII - 1801-1910" and is set within a circular planting bed that has granite coping.

Flanking the statue are quadrant gatepiers and railings arranged in an axial layout. The gatepiers are made of grey granite ashlar, showcasing bull-faced panels, pyramidal caps, and engaged ball finials. The decorative wrought-iron quadrant railings are adorned with spear heads and intricate central panels.

Local climate

Edward Vii Statue, Victoria Park, Newhaven Road, Edinburgh sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 970 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 76% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 53% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 25 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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