The Hoad Monument is a 100-foot (30-meter) tower on Hoad Hill, near Ulverston in Cumbria, England. It was built to honor Sir John Barrow, a founder of the Royal Geographical Society and Second Secretary to the Admiralty. Construction began on May 15, 1850, and finished on January 9, 1851.
The designers made it resemble a lighthouse, similar to Smeaton's Tower, the Third Eddystone Lighthouse. It is not a lighthouse and never held a light. The hollow tower is built of limestone quarried at Birkrigg Common. A copper roof was added to the dome in a restoration around 2009 and 2010.
Public subscription paid most of the 1,250 pound cost. The tower sits at the top of the 436-foot (133-meter) hill. It is normally open on Sundays and bank holidays from April to October, and a spiral staircase of 112 steps leads up.
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