List of public art in Swansea

This is a list of public art in Swansea, Wales.

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Swansea City Centre

Image	Title / individual commemorated	Location	Date	Sculptor / Designer	Source	Coordinates
	Sir Henry Hussey Vivian	Adjacent to St. David's Shopping Centre	1886	Mario Raggi	[1]	51°37′09″N3°56′38″W / 51.619061°N 3.943763°W / 51.619061; -3.943763
	Orchard Street mural	Central Clinic, Orchard Street	1969	Harry Everington and Swansea College of Art students	[2]
	Leaf Boat	Castle Square, Swansea City Centre	1996	Amber Hiscott	[3] [4]	51°37′13.2″N3°56′30″W / 51.620333°N 3.94167°W / 51.620333; -3.94167
	Wall sculpture, quotingFern Hill by Dylan Thomas	8 Salubrious Passage, Swansea City Centre	c. 1996			51°37′7.5″N3°56′25.9″W / 51.618750°N 3.940528°W / 51.618750; -3.940528
	Poem for the Good Settler	Christina Street, Swansea City Centre	1997	Nigel Jenkins (poet)
	Thumbprint	Swansea Central Police Station	2001	Andy Hazel	[5]
	Stainless steel columns	Princess Way, Swansea City Centre	2006	David Mackie, Andrew Rowe and Heather Parnell	[6]	51°37′6.5″N3°56′28.4″W / 51.618472°N 3.941222°W / 51.618472; -3.941222
	Madonna and Child	Walkway between Tesco and St. David's Shopping Centre (Swansea)				51°37′4.2″N3°56′33.2″W / 51.617833°N 3.942556°W / 51.617833; -3.942556
	Wall Sculpture	Walkway between Tesco and St. David's Shopping Centre (Swansea)				51°37′4.2″N3°56′33.3″W / 51.617833°N 3.942583°W / 51.617833; -3.942583
	Wall Sculpture	Walkway between Tesco and St. David's Shopping Centre (Swansea)				51°37′4.2″N3°56′33.3″W / 51.617833°N 3.942583°W / 51.617833; -3.942583
	Swansea Blitz Memorial	Quay Parade Junction with New Cut Road	1995		[7] [8]	51°37′19″N3°56′09″W / 51.621913°N 3.935925°W / 51.621913; -3.935925
	Flying Figurehead	Quay Parade, near Sainsbury's, SA1 Swansea Waterfront	1988	David Backhouse	[9]	51°37′17.62″N3°56′8.72″W / 51.6215611°N 3.9357556°W / 51.6215611; -3.9357556
	Ambition is Critical	Swansea railway station	1993	David Hughes (poet)	[10]	51°37′31″N3°56′27″W / 51.6253°N 3.9409°W / 51.6253; -3.9409

Brynmill

Image	Title / individual commemorated	Location	Date	Sculptor / Designer	Source	Coordinates
	British Empire Panels	Brangwyn Hall, Swansea Guildhall	1932	Sir Frank Brangwyn	[11]	51°36′50.8″N3°57′36.1″W / 51.614111°N 3.960028°W / 51.614111; -3.960028
	William Thomas, Mayor of Borough 1877, 1878	Victoria Park, Brynmill, Swansea	1906	Ivor J. Thomas	[12]	51°36′45.6″N3°57′47.4″W / 51.612667°N 3.963167°W / 51.612667; -3.963167
	Boys' Brigade fountain	Victoria Park, Brynmill, Swansea	Reinaugurated 1987			51°36′45.2″N3°57′42.7″W / 51.612556°N 3.961861°W / 51.612556; -3.961861
	Memorial to the second of the Boer Wars 1899-02	Esplanade, Mumbles Road, Brynmill, Swansea	1904	Mr Littlejohn (designer)	[13] [14] [15]	51°36′41.2″N3°57′59.8″W / 51.611444°N 3.966611°W / 51.611444; -3.966611
	Swansea War Memorial	Esplanade, Mumbles Road Brynmill, Swansea	1923	Ernest E Morgan (after Edwin Lutyens’ Whitehall Cenotaph )	[16]	51°36′38.5″N3°58′5.21″W / 51.610694°N 3.9681139°W / 51.610694; -3.9681139
	Swansea Jack memorial	Esplanade, Mumbles Road, Brynmill, Swansea	1937	J. Cecil Jones	[17]	51°36′41.5″N3°57′58.6″W / 51.611528°N 3.966278°W / 51.611528; -3.966278
	Henry Evans Charles Memorial Fountain	Oystermouth Road, Brynmill, Swansea	1907	Ivor J Thomas, J. Cecil Jones	[18]	51°36′44.7″N3°57′36.2″W / 51.612417°N 3.960056°W / 51.612417; -3.960056

Blackpill and Mumbles

Image	Title / individual commemorated	Location	Date	Sculptor / Designer	Source	Coordinates
	Musical Osprey – Leaving the Nest	Blackpill Lido, Swansea	1998	'Urban Strawberry Lunch'	[19]	51°35′46.7″N3°59′40.7″W / 51.596306°N 3.994639°W / 51.596306; -3.994639
	Painted National Cycle Network Millennium Milepost	Blackpill, Swansea	1998	Andrew Rowe (designer)	[20]	51°35′55.9″N3°59′37.3″W / 51.598861°N 3.993694°W / 51.598861; -3.993694
	War Memorial	Southend Park, Mumbles	1939 (plinths with names added 2006).		[21]	51°34′22.96″N3°59′39.23″W / 51.5730444°N 3.9942306°W / 51.5730444; -3.9942306
	Breathing at Sea	Southend Park, Mumbles	2000	Hideo Furuta	[22]	51°34′22.75″N3°59′38.86″W / 51.5729861°N 3.9941278°W / 51.5729861; -3.9941278
	Swansea Coat of Arms	Above entrance to Oystermouth Library, Dunns Lane, Mumbles	1935	E E Morgan (Architect)		51°34′29.15″N3°59′56.87″W / 51.5747639°N 3.9991306°W / 51.5747639; -3.9991306

Maritime Quarter

Image	Title / individual commemorated	Location	Date	Sculptor / Designer	Source	Coordinates
	Copper Flame	Marine Walk, Maritime Quarter, Swansea	1988	Robin Campbell (designer), Martin Williams (sculptor), Andrew Rowe, Theo Grunewald (metal workers)	[23]	51°36′49″N3°56′31″W / 51.61359°N 3.94192°W / 51.61359; -3.94192
	Wall Sculptures	Marine Walk, Maritime Quarter, Swansea				51°36′49″N3°56′30.8″W / 51.61361°N 3.941889°W / 51.61361; -3.941889
	'Zeta Mnemonical', sculpture and weather vane	Marine Walk, Maritime Quarter, Swansea	c1985-90	Robin Campbell (designer), Andrew Rowe, Theo Grunewald (metal workers)	[24]	51°36′48.5″N3°56′31.9″W / 51.613472°N 3.942194°W / 51.613472; -3.942194
	Navigation buoy	Marine Walk, Maritime Quarter, Swansea				51°36′47.6″N3°56′36″W / 51.613222°N 3.94333°W / 51.613222; -3.94333
	The Siren	Seaward end of the Marriott Hotel, Maritime Quarter, Swansea	1989			51°36′47.8″N3°56′38.42″W / 51.613278°N 3.9440056°W / 51.613278; -3.9440056
	Globe Sundial sculpture	Marine Walk, Maritime Quarter, Swansea	1987	Wendy Taylor	[25]	51°36′50.2″N3°56′25.5″W / 51.613944°N 3.940417°W / 51.613944; -3.940417
	Lighthouse Tower sculpture	Marine Walk, Maritime Quarter, Swansea	1987	Robert Conybear	[26] [27]	51°36′51″N3°56′19.9″W / 51.61417°N 3.938861°W / 51.61417; -3.938861
	Helwick Lightship. One of four wall sculptures featuring nautical history.	Marine Walk, walkway to Ocean Crescent, Maritime Quarter, Swansea	c1985–1990	Robin Campbell (designer), Philip Chatfield (sculptor)	see below	51°36′50.76″N3°56′25.7″W / 51.6141000°N 3.940472°W / 51.6141000; -3.940472
	The copper ore barque, Zeta. One of four wall sculptures featuring nautical history.	Marine Walk, walkway to Ocean Crescent, Maritime Quarter, Swansea	c1985–1990	Robin Campbell (designer), Philip Chatfield (sculptor)	[28]	51°36′51.6″N3°56′19.4″W / 51.614333°N 3.938722°W / 51.614333; -3.938722
	The Boatshed Doors	Marine Walk, close to the Marina Towers Observatory	c1985–1990	Robert Conybear, Robin Campbell	[29]	51°36′51.5″N3°56′10.8″W / 51.614306°N 3.936333°W / 51.614306; -3.936333
	'Ecliptica' sculpture and weather vane, Marina Towers Observatory	Sea promenade, Maritime Quarter, Swansea	1989 (building), 1991 (sculpture)	Robin Campbell (architect), Robert Conybear, Uta Molling (sculptors – 'Ecliptica' weather vane)	[30] [31] [27]	51°36′50.4″N3°56′12″W / 51.614000°N 3.93667°W / 51.614000; -3.93667
	Sculptures on the Marina Towers Observatory	Sea promenade, Maritime Quarter, Swansea	1989 (building)	Robin Campbell (architect)		51°36′50.61″N3°56′12.99″W / 51.6140583°N 3.9369417°W / 51.6140583; -3.9369417
	The Mermaid	Marine Walk, Maritime Quarter, Swansea	1989	Gordon Young	[32] [27]	51°36′50.8″N3°56′13.9″W / 51.614111°N 3.937194°W / 51.614111; -3.937194
	'Baron' Spolasco, a quack doctor who lived in Swansea in the 1830s	Patagonia Walk, just off Trawler Road, Maritime Quarter, Swansea	c1985–1990	Robin Campbell, Richard Porch (designers), Jonah Jones, Meic Watts, Brian Denman (sculptors)	[33]	51°36′53.5″N3°56′20.3″W / 51.614861°N 3.938972°W / 51.614861; -3.938972
	Captain Cat from Under Milk Wood by Dylan Thomas	Abernethy Quay, Maritime Quarter, Swansea	1990	Robert J R Thomas (sculptor)	[34]	51°36′59.1″N3°56′9.5″W / 51.616417°N 3.935972°W / 51.616417; -3.935972
	Turbo Pharos wall sculpture	Maritime Quarter, Swansea
	Mannheim Quay wall sculpture	Maritime Quarter, Swansea				51°37′2.4″N3°56′6.7″W / 51.617333°N 3.935194°W / 51.617333; -3.935194
	Pumphouse Quay wall sculpture	Next to the Pump House, Maritime Quarter, Swansea				51°37′0″N3°56′10.3″W / 51.61667°N 3.936194°W / 51.61667; -3.936194
	Dylan Thomas	Dylan Thomas Square, Maritime Quarter, Swansea	1984	John Doubleday	[35]	51°36′59.8″N3°56′14″W / 51.616611°N 3.93722°W / 51.616611; -3.93722
	Dylan Thomas Theatre wall sculpture and mural	West wall of Theatre, Dylan Thomas Square, Maritime Quarter, Swansea	c1979		(see below)	51°37′0.5″N3°56′16.27″W / 51.616806°N 3.9378528°W / 51.616806; -3.9378528
	Dylan Thomas Theatre mural, depicting scenes from Dylan Thomas's life.	Dylan Thomas Square, Maritime Quarter, Swansea	c1979		[36] [37]	51°36′59.8″N3°56′14″W / 51.616611°N 3.93722°W / 51.616611; -3.93722
	History and development of steam railways	Victoria Quay, Maritime Quarter, Swansea	1983	Whitegates Ltd (Architects)		51°36′55.19″N3°56′33.13″W / 51.6153306°N 3.9425361°W / 51.6153306; -3.9425361
	John Henry Vivian M.P.	Ferrara Square, Maritime Quarter, Swansea	1857	John Evan Thomas	[38]	51°36′55.3″N3°56′15.7″W / 51.615361°N 3.937694°W / 51.615361; -3.937694
	Commemorating the twinning of Swansea with Ferrara, Italy	Ferrara Square, Maritime Quarter, Swansea			[39]	51°36′55″N3°56′14″W / 51.6154°N 3.937241°W / 51.6154; -3.937241
	Monument to twinning of Swansea with Mannheim, Germany	Near Cambrian Place, Maritime Quarter, Swansea	1985	R.Campbell (architect)		51°37′2.4″N3°56′6.7″W / 51.617333°N 3.935194°W / 51.617333; -3.935194
	Wall Sculpture	Pocketts Wharf, Maritime Quarter, Swansea	1993	Lovell Urban Renewal (architects)		51°37′2.67″N3°55′59.91″W / 51.6174083°N 3.9333083°W / 51.6174083; -3.9333083
	Wall Sculpture	Pocketts Wharf, Maritime Quarter, Swansea	1993	Lovell Urban Renewal (architects)		51°37′3.1″N3°56′3.1″W / 51.617528°N 3.934194°W / 51.617528; -3.934194
	Maudslay, Sons and Field, Marine Engines	Pocketts Wharf, Maritime Quarter, Swansea	1993	Lovell Urban Renewal (architects)		51°37′2.7″N3°55′59.03″W / 51.617417°N 3.9330639°W / 51.617417; -3.9330639
	Wall Sculpture	Pocketts Wharf, Maritime Quarter, Swansea	1993	Lovell Urban Renewal (architects)		51°37′3.1″N3°56′3.1″W / 51.617528°N 3.934194°W / 51.617528; -3.934194
	Wall mounted sculpture (one of two)	Pocketts Wharf, Maritime Quarter, Swansea	1993	Robin Campbell	[40]	51°37′2.66″N3°55′59.05″W / 51.6174056°N 3.9330694°W / 51.6174056; -3.9330694
	Door sculptures	Tawe barrage pump house, SA1 Swansea Waterfront, Swansea				51°37′7.1″N3°55′52″W / 51.618639°N 3.93111°W / 51.618639; -3.93111
	Merchant navy Memorial	Technium Square, SA1 Swansea Waterfront, Swansea	2005	Philip Chatfield	[41] [42]	51°37′13.4″N3°55′54.7″W / 51.620389°N 3.931861°W / 51.620389; -3.931861
	Riverside sculpture	By River Tawe, outside Sainsbury's, SA1 Swansea Waterfront				51°37′11.9″N3°56′3.9″W / 51.619972°N 3.934417°W / 51.619972; -3.934417
	Light Wave	Crescent Park, Swansea Point, Swansea	2009	Peter Freeman		51°36′54.7″N3°55′58.3″W / 51.615194°N 3.932861°W / 51.615194; -3.932861
	Acoustic Sculpture 1	Swansea Point, Swansea	2009	Rob Olins	[27]	51°36′53.28″N3°55′58.25″W / 51.6148000°N 3.9328472°W / 51.6148000; -3.9328472
	Acoustic Sculpture 2	Swansea Point, Swansea	2009	Rob Olins		51°36′52.4″N3°56′4.5″W / 51.614556°N 3.934583°W / 51.614556; -3.934583
	Kinetic Monument (an example of Kinetic Sculpture)	Outside the LC, Swansea, Oystermouth Road, Swansea	1977	Kenneth Martin	[43]	51°37′0.5″N3°56′22.6″W / 51.616806°N 3.939611°W / 51.616806; -3.939611

Morriston

Image	Title / individual commemorated	Location	Date	Sculptor / Designer	Source	Coordinates
	Poetry Benches	Morriston Hospital, Morriston	2015	David Jones (artist), Menna Elfyn (poet), David Hughes (poet), Nigel Jenkins (poet) & Rhys Owain Williams (poet)	[44]	51°35′46.7″N3°59′40.7″W / 51.596306°N 3.994639°W / 51.596306; -3.994639
	Poetry Boards	Morriston Hospital, Morriston	2015	David Jones (artist), Menna Elfyn (poet), David Hughes (poet), Nigel Jenkins (poet) & Rhys Owain Williams (poet)	[44]	51°35′46.7″N3°59′40.7″W / 51.596306°N 3.994639°W / 51.596306; -3.994639

Uplands

Image	Title / individual commemorated	Location	Date	Sculptor / Designer	Source	Coordinates
	Dylan Thomas Memorial Stone	Cwmdonkin Park, Uplands	1963	Dylan Thomas (poet), Ronald Cour (sculptor)	[45]

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