Map of Wales with Caerphilly County Borough highlighted

This is a list of public art in Caerphilly County Borough, a county borough in south Wales, that sits across the ancient county boundary between Glamorgan and Monmouthshire. It is governed by Caerphilly County Borough Council. 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.

Aberbargoed

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Wikidata Notes

More images 		War memorial Aberbargoed c.1925 Memorial gates and plaques Cast metal Grade II Q29503375 [1][2]

Bargoed

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Wikidata Notes
War memorial Garden of St Gwladys Church, Bargoed 1923 Statue on pedestal Granite and stone Grade II Relocated to current location in 2002.[3][4][5]
Capel Gwladys cross Bargoed Celtic cross Stone Marks the location of Capel Gwladys, a 5th century Christian site.[6]

Bedwas

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Wikidata Notes
War memorial Newport Road, Bedwas 1923 Pillar Marble 2.6m tall Grade II Q29498644 [7][8]

Blackwood

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Wikidata Notes
War memorial Blackwood 1926 Cenotaph Granite and limestone Grade II Q29503571 [9][10][11]
Chartist Blackwood Statue Metal

Brithdir

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Wikidata Notes
War memorial Brithdir Cenotaph Stone [12][13]

Caerphilly

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Wikidata Notes

More images 		David Williams Caerphilly 1911 Obelisk with relief plaque Marble and bronze Grade II Q29498707 [14]

More images 		War memorial Castle Street, Caerphilly 1922 Lewis Williams (designer), CD Jones (sculptor) Cenotaph Portland stone Grade II Q29498708 [15][16][17]

More images 		Tommy Cooper Caerphilly 2008 James Done Statue on pedestal Bronze and granite 2.7m tall [18]
Canadian Spitfire pilot memorial Caerphilly Mountain 2015 Replica Spitfire proplellor and plaque [19][20]

Cwmcarn

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Wikidata Notes
War memorial Memorial Park, Cwmcarn 1922 Statue on column Bronze and stone Grade II [21][22][23]

Llanbradach

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Wikidata Notes
War memorial Park View, Llanbradach Statue on column Marble and Portland stone Grade II Q29499348 [24][25][26]

Machen

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Wikidata Notes
War memorial Commercial Road, Machen 1921 Celtic cross Granite 1.9m tall Grade II Q29498640 [27][28][29]

Nelson

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Wikidata Notes
War memorial Nelson 1926 Cenotaph Granite Grade II Q29501815 [30][31]

Newbridge

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Wikidata Notes
War memorial Newbridge 1995 Plaques Bronze Replaced a earlier memorial now in the St Fagans National Museum of History[32][33]

New Tredegar

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Wikidata Notes
War memorial White Rose Way, New Tredegar 1923 Attributed to Louis Frederick Roslyn Statue group on pedestal Marble and red granite Grade II Q29502441 [34][35]

Oakdale

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Wikidata Notes
Oakdale Colliery memorial Oakdale, Caerphilly Sculpture Metal and stone [36]

Pontllanfraith

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Wikidata Notes
War memorial Council Office grounds, Pontllanfraith c.1920s Cenotaph Granite Grade II Q29498934 [37][38][39]

Pontlottyn

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Wikidata Notes
War memorial Memorial Garden, Pontlottyn c.1920s Celtic cross with plaque Stone [40][41]

Risca

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Wikidata Notes
Jubilee memorial Tredegar Grounds, Risca c.1890s W Macfarlane & Co, Glasgow Statue on pedestal Bronze Grade II Q29499706 [42]

More images 		War memorial Risca c.1920s Pillar with circle cross Granite [43][44]
Grammar School war memorial Corner of Station Road and Commercial Street, Risca c.1920s Celtic cross Stone In current position since 2011[45][46]

Rhymney

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Wikidata Notes
War memorial Rhymney 1929 E.A. Gilbert Celtic cross Granite 5m tall Grade II Q29502139 [47][48][49]

Rudry

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Wikidata Notes

More images 		War memorial Churchyard of St James, Rudry Celtic cross Granite Grade II Q29498768 [50][51]

Senghenydd

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Wikidata Notes
War memorial Senghenydd 1921 Clock tower Granite Grade II Q29499211 [52][53][54]

Tir-Phil

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Wikidata Notes
War memorial Tir-Phil Clock tower Stone Includes elements from an earlier, now demolished, memorial.[55][56]

Tir-y-berth

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Wikidata Notes
War memorial West Side New Road, Tir-y-berth Cross Stone [57][58]

Troedrhiwfuwch

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Wikidata Notes
War memorial Troedrhiwfuwch Celtic cross Stone Site of a former mining village.[59][60]

Ystrad Mynach

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Wikidata Notes
War memorial Ystrad Mynach 1927 Cenotaph Portland stone Grade II [61][62][63]

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