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

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″N 3°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″N 3°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″N 3°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″N 3°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″N 3°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″N 3°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″N 3°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″N 3°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″N 3°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″N 3°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″N 3°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″N 3°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″N 3°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″N 3°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″N 3°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″N 3°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″N 3°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″N 3°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″N 3°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″N 3°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″N 3°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″N 3°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″N 3°56′31″W / 51.61359°N 3.94192°W / 51.61359; -3.94192
Wall Sculptures Marine Walk, Maritime Quarter, Swansea 51°36′49″N 3°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″N 3°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″N 3°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″N 3°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″N 3°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″N 3°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″N 3°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″N 3°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″N 3°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″N 3°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″N 3°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″N 3°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″N 3°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″N 3°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″N 3°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″N 3°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″N 3°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″N 3°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″N 3°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″N 3°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″N 3°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″N 3°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″N 3°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″N 3°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″N 3°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″N 3°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″N 3°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″N 3°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″N 3°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″N 3°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″N 3°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″N 3°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″N 3°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″N 3°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″N 3°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″N 3°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″N 3°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]

References

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  17. ^ Public Monument and Sculpture Association: Swansea Jack Memorial Accessed 7 Sep 2017
  18. ^ Public Monument and Sculpture Association: Henry Evans Charles Fountain Accessed 7 Sep 2017
  19. ^ Public Monument and Sculpture Association: Musical Osprey Accessed 7 Sep 2017
  20. ^ Sustrans: National Cycle Network Millennium Mileposts Accessed 7 Sep 2017
  21. ^ Mumbles War Memorial Accessed 7 Sep 2017
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