List of public art in Neath Port Talbot

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This is a list of public art in Neath Port Talbot in south Wales. Neath Port Talbot is a county borough and one of the unitary authority areas of Wales. This list applies only to works of public art on permanent display in an outdoor public space and does not, for example, include artworks in museums.

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Bryn

ImageTitle / subjectLocation and
coordinates
DateArtist / designerTypeMaterialDimensionsDesignation Wikidata Notes
Bryn 028.JPG War memorial Bryn ObeliskRed granite

Cadoxton

ImageTitle / subjectLocation and
coordinates
DateArtist / designerTypeMaterialDimensionsDesignation Wikidata Notes
Cadoxton War Memorial - geograph.org.uk - 5083955.jpg War memorial Cadoxton-juxta-Neath 1922Celtic cross on stepped baseStone [1]

Clyne

ImageTitle / subjectLocation and
coordinates
DateArtist / designerTypeMaterialDimensionsDesignation Wikidata Notes
Clyne War Memorial - geograph.org.uk - 4928179.jpg War memorial Clyne 1922Celtic cross on stepped baseStone

Cwmafan

ImageTitle / subjectLocation and
coordinates
DateArtist / designerTypeMaterialDimensionsDesignation Wikidata Notes
StatueForest trail overlooking Cwmafan 2010Steel statues with soundSteelDepicts local actors Rob Brydon and Richard Burton and the head ranger of Afan Forest Park, Dick Wagstaff. [2]

Margam

ImageTitle / subjectLocation and
coordinates
DateArtist / designerTypeMaterialDimensionsDesignation Wikidata Notes
Margam War Memorial - geograph.org.uk - 3869567.jpg War memorialSt Mary's Abbey Church churchyard, Margam c.1920sPolygonal crossStoneGrade II Q29500414 [3] [4]

Neath

ImageTitle / subjectLocation and
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DateArtist / designerTypeMaterialDimensionsDesignation Wikidata Notes
Standing statue of Howel Gwyn, Neath.jpg
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Statue of Howel Gwyn Victoria Gardens, Neath 1889 Mario Raggi Statue on pedestalBronze and granite5.48m high [5]
Gorsedd stone circle in Victoria Gardens, Neath - geograph.org.uk - 3896567.jpg Gorsedd stones Victoria Gardens, Neath 1918Stone circleStoneErected to mark the 1918 National Eisteddfod of Wales
Gnoll Gates War Memorial, Neath - geograph.org.uk - 3951012.jpg Gnoll Gates war memorialGnoll Estate County Park, Neath c.1921Gates and pillars with plaquesIron, marble & stone with gilded scrollworkGrade II Q29490159 [6] [7]
Spanish Civil Neath Volunteers Memorial, Victoria Gardens, Neath.jpg Spanish Civil War Memorial Victoria Gardens, Neath 1994Incised monolithStone [8]
War MemorialGnoll Country ParkTablet and plinthStone [9]

Pontardawe

ImageTitle / subjectLocation and
coordinates
DateArtist / designerTypeMaterialDimensionsDesignation Wikidata Notes
Pontardawe War Memorial - geograph.org.uk - 3998819.jpg War memorialJunction of Holly Street & Herbert St., Pontardawe 1923Ernest E MorganObelisk with plaquesGranite and bronze7m highGrade II Q29504259 [10] [11]

Port Talbot

ImageTitle / subjectLocation and
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DateArtist / designerTypeMaterialDimensionsDesignation Wikidata Notes
Port Talbot War Memorial Talbot Park.jpg
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Port Talbot War Memorial Memorial Park, Port Talbot 1925 Louis Frederick Roslyn Statue on pedestal with relief plaquesBronze and graniteGrade II* Q17740925 [12] [13]
Vivian Park Great War Memorial, Port Talbot - geograph.org.uk - 3830828.jpg Byass Works War MemorialVivian Park, Port Talbot Pillar with circle crossConcreteGrade II Q29500015 Erected by Robert B Byass & Company. [14] [15]
Man of Steel by Sebastien Boyesen, Port Talbot 01.jpg
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The Man of SteelPort TalbotSebastien BoyesenStatue on columnSteel [16]
The Mortel Coil by Sebastien Boyesen, Port Talbot 09.jpg
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The Mortal CoilPort Talbot2002Sebastien BoyesenStatue & sculptureBronze [16]
Aberavon Seafront Sculpture.jpg Kite Tail sculpture Aberavon Beach, Port Talbot2007Andrew RoweAbstract sculptureSteel12m high [17]

Resolven

ImageTitle / subjectLocation and
coordinates
DateArtist / designerTypeMaterialDimensionsDesignation Wikidata Notes
Resolven War Memorial - geograph.org.uk - 2532210.jpg War memorialVillage Centre, Resolven 1925ObeliskStone [18]

Seven Sisters

ImageTitle / subjectLocation and
coordinates
DateArtist / designerTypeMaterialDimensionsDesignation Wikidata Notes
War memorial, Seven Sisters - geograph.org.uk - 918706.jpg War memorial Seven Sisters 1921Statue on plinthMarble and graniteGrade II Q29504818 [19] [20]

Tonna

ImageTitle / subjectLocation and
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DateArtist / designerTypeMaterialDimensionsDesignation Wikidata Notes
Tonna War Memorial - geograph.org.uk - 4942359.jpg War memorialGrounds of St Anne's Church, Tonna Inscribed plaque and wallMarble and stone [21]

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References

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  2. "Brydon and Burton's steel sculpture on cycle trail". BBC News . 4 May 2010. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
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  8. "War Memorials Register: Neath in the Spanish Civil War - Stone". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
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  11. "War Memorials Register: Pontardawe and District". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
  12. Cadw. "War memorial (23256)". National Historic Assets of Wales . Retrieved 23 June 2020.
  13. "War Memorials Register: Port Talbot". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
  14. Cadw. "War memorial (22853)". National Historic Assets of Wales . Retrieved 24 June 2020.
  15. "War Memorials Register: Byass Works". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
  16. 1 2 Gareth Phillips (30 March 2016). "Port Talbot: a community forged in steel - in pictures". The Guardian. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
  17. "Aberavon Kite Tail". Tweddell & Slater Ltd. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
  18. "War Memorials Register: Resolven". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
  19. Cadw. "War memorial (82050)". National Historic Assets of Wales . Retrieved 24 June 2020.
  20. "War Memorials Register: Seven Sisters". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
  21. "War Memorials Register: The Men of Tonna". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 24 June 2020.