List of public art in Neath Port Talbot

Map of Wales with Neath Port Talbot highlighted

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.

Bryn

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Wikidata	Notes
	War memorial	Bryn			Obelisk	Red granite

Cadoxton

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Wikidata	Notes
	War memorial	Cadoxton-juxta-Neath	1922		Celtic cross on stepped base	Stone				[1]

Clyne

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Wikidata	Notes
	War memorial	Clyne	1922		Celtic cross on stepped base	Stone

Cwmafan

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Wikidata	Notes
	Statue	Forest trail overlooking Cwmafan	2010		Steel statues with sound	Steel				Depicts local actors Rob Brydon and Richard Burton and the head ranger of Afan Forest Park, Dick Wagstaff. [2]

Margam

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Wikidata	Notes
	War memorial	St Mary's Abbey Church churchyard, Margam	c.1920s		Polygonal cross	Stone		Grade II	Q29500414	[3] [4]

Neath

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Wikidata	Notes
More images	Statue of Howel Gwyn	Victoria Gardens, Neath	1889	Mario Raggi	Statue on pedestal	Bronze and granite	5.48m high			[5]
	Gorsedd stones	Victoria Gardens, Neath	1918		Stone circle	Stone				Erected to mark the 1918 National Eisteddfod of Wales
	Gnoll Gates war memorial	Gnoll Estate County Park, Neath	c.1921		Gates and pillars with plaques	Iron, marble & stone with gilded scrollwork		Grade II	Q29490159	[6] [7]
	Spanish Civil War Memorial	Victoria Gardens, Neath	1994		Incised monolith	Stone				[8]
	War Memorial	Gnoll Country Park			Tablet and plinth	Stone				[9]

Pontardawe

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Wikidata	Notes
	War memorial	Junction of Holly Street & Herbert St., Pontardawe	1923	Ernest E Morgan	Obelisk with plaques	Granite and bronze	7m high	Grade II	Q29504259	[10] [11]

Port Talbot

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Wikidata	Notes
More images	Port Talbot War Memorial	Memorial Park, Port Talbot	1925	Louis Frederick Roslyn	Statue on pedestal with relief plaques	Bronze and granite		Grade II*	Q17740925	[12] [13]
	Byass Works War Memorial	Vivian Park, Port Talbot			Pillar with circle cross	Concrete		Grade II	Q29500015	Erected by Robert B Byass & Company. [14] [15]
More images	The Man of Steel	Port Talbot		Sebastien Boyesen	Statue on column	Steel				[16]
More images	The Mortal Coil	Port Talbot	2002	Sebastien Boyesen	Statue & sculpture	Bronze				[16]
	Kite Tail sculpture	Aberavon Beach, Port Talbot	2007	Andrew Rowe	Abstract sculpture	Steel	12m high			[17]

Resolven

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Wikidata	Notes
	War memorial	Village Centre, Resolven	1925		Obelisk	Stone				[18]

Seven Sisters

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Wikidata	Notes
	War memorial	Seven Sisters	1921		Statue on plinth	Marble and granite		Grade II	Q29504818	[19] [20]

Tonna

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Wikidata	Notes
	War memorial	Grounds of St Anne's Church, Tonna			Inscribed plaque and wall	Marble and stone				[21]

References

1. "War Memorials Register: Cadoxton and Rhyddings". Imperial War Museum . Retrieved 23 June 2020.
2. "Brydon and Burton's steel sculpture on cycle trail". BBC News . 4 May 2010. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
3. Cadw. "War memorial (23270)". National Historic Assets of Wales . Retrieved 23 June 2020.
4. "War Memorials Register: St Mary Cross". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
5. "Core Record: Statue of Howel Gwyn". vads. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
6. Cadw. "War memorial gates (11784)". National Historic Assets of Wales . Retrieved 24 June 2020.
7. "War Memorials Register: Neath". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
8. "War Memorials Register: Neath in the Spanish Civil War - Stone". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
9. "War Memorials Register: Neath Port Talbot". Imperial War Museum . Retrieved 23 June 2020.
10. Cadw. "War memorial (80993)". National Historic Assets of Wales . Retrieved 23 June 2020.
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. 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.