3 Best Landmarks in St Helens, UK

“Dream Sculpture is a striking 20 metre high statue and was designed by the internationally acclaimed and award-winning artist Jaume Plensa. It represents the head of a young girl in a serene, dream-like state. The sculpture was completed in December 2009. The artwork is crafted from white pre-cast concrete infused with Spanish dolomite, known for being one of the whitest marbles. Dream Sculpture's appearance is dynamic, with its facial contours and reflectivity changing regularly in response to varying weather and light conditions, creating a continually evolving visual experience. Dream Sculpture stands as a poignant and symbolic landmark, reflecting the aspirations and heritage of the local community.

“St Helens Town Hall is a municipal building in Bickerstaffe Street in St Helens. The first town hall, which was designed in the Italianate style and featured a large hexastyle portico with piers on the ground floor supporting Corinthian order columns on the first floor, was completed in 1839. It contained a large assembly hall for holding courts, concerts, balls, and public meetings, as well as a lock-up for holding prisoners. The new town hall, which was designed in the Victorian style, was completed in 1876 and opened on 5 June. The town hall continued to serve as the headquarters of the county borough of St Helens and became the local seat of government of the Metropolitan Borough of St Helens in 1974. Queen Elizabeth II visited the town hall and inspected a guard of honour in front of the town hall on 21 June 1977.