# List of public art in Swansea

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

## Swansea City Centre

| Title / individual commemorated | Location | Date | Sculptor / Designer | Coordinates |
| Sir Henry Hussey Vivian | Adjacent to St. David's Shopping Centre | 1886 | Mario Raggi | 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 | |
| Leaf Boat | Castle Square, Swansea City Centre | 1996 | Amber Hiscott | 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 | |
| Stainless steel columns | Princess Way, Swansea City Centre | 2006 | David Mackie, Andrew Rowe and Heather Parnell | 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 | | 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 | 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) | 51°37′31″N 3°56′27″W﻿ / ﻿51.6253°N 3.9409°W﻿ / 51.6253; -3.9409 |

## Brynmill

| Title / individual commemorated | Location | Date | Sculptor / Designer | Coordinates |
| British Empire Panels | Brangwyn Hall, Swansea Guildhall | 1932 | Sir Frank Brangwyn | 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 | 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) | 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 ) | 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 | 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 | 51°36′44.7″N 3°57′36.2″W﻿ / ﻿51.612417°N 3.960056°W﻿ / 51.612417; -3.960056 |

## Blackpill and Mumbles

| Title / individual commemorated | Location | Date | Sculptor / Designer | Coordinates |
| Musical Osprey – Leaving the Nest | Blackpill Lido, Swansea | 1998 | 'Urban Strawberry Lunch' | 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) | 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). | | 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 | 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

| 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) | | 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) | | 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 | | 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 | | 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) | | 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 | | 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) | | 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 | | 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) | | 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) | | 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 | | 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 | | | 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 | | 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 | | | | 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 | | 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 | | 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 | | 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 | | 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) | | 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) | | 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) | | |