The statue used to be a meeting point back at the turn of the 19th century, when the only traffic was horse and carts, trams and bicycles. It was commissioned to mark Victoria's Jubilee in 1897 and was originally sited on St Nicholas Street where there was a turning circle for the trams, and you can still see the road markings for the circle on Google maps.

In a nondescript roundabout far from the centre of Aberdeen is this statue of Queen Victoria. The queen is depicted as a middle-aged woman and is wearing her crown while the imperial regalia is held in her two hands. In some ways, this roundabout is a bizarre place to locate the statue instead of alongside the many statues and monuments around Union Terrace Gardens.