List of public art in Swansea explained

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]
	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]	51.6203°N -3.9417°W
	Wall sculpture, quotingFern Hill by Dylan Thomas	8 Salubrious Passage, Swansea City Centre	c. 1996			51.6188°N -3.9405°W
	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]	51.6185°N -3.9412°W
	Madonna and Child	Walkway between Tesco and St. David's Shopping Centre (Swansea)				51.6178°N -3.9426°W
	Wall Sculpture	Walkway between Tesco and St. David's Shopping Centre (Swansea)				51.6178°N -3.9426°W
	Wall Sculpture	Walkway between Tesco and St. David's Shopping Centre (Swansea)				51.6178°N -3.9426°W
	Swansea Blitz Memorial	Quay Parade Junction with New Cut Road	1995		^[7] ^[8]
	Flying Figurehead	Quay Parade, near Sainsbury's, SA1 Swansea Waterfront	1988	David Backhouse	^[9]	51.6216°N -3.9358°W
	Ambition is Critical	Swansea railway station	1993	David Hughes (poet)	^[10]	51.6253°N -3.9409°W

Brynmill

Image	Title / individual commemorated	Location	Date	Sculptor / Designer	Source	Coordinates
	British Empire Panels	Brangwyn Hall, Swansea Guildhall	1932	Sir Frank Brangwyn	^[11]	51.6141°N -3.96°W
	William Thomas, Mayor of Borough 1877, 1878	Victoria Park, Brynmill, Swansea	1906	Ivor J. Thomas	^[12]	51.6127°N -3.9632°W
	Boys' Brigade fountain	Victoria Park, Brynmill, Swansea	Reinaugurated 1987			51.6126°N -3.9619°W
	Memorial to the second of the Boer Wars 1899-02	Esplanade, Mumbles Road, Brynmill, Swansea	1904	Mr Littlejohn (designer)	^[13] ^[14] ^[15]	51.6114°N -3.9666°W
	Swansea War Memorial	Esplanade, Mumbles Road Brynmill, Swansea	1923	Ernest E Morgan (after Edwin Lutyens’ Whitehall Cenotaph)	^[16]	51.6107°N -3.9681°W
	Swansea Jack memorial	Esplanade, Mumbles Road, Brynmill, Swansea	1937	J. Cecil Jones	^[17]	51.6115°N -3.9663°W
	Henry Evans Charles Memorial Fountain	Oystermouth Road, Brynmill, Swansea	1907	Ivor J Thomas, J. Cecil Jones	^[18]	51.6124°N -3.9601°W

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]	51.5963°N -3.9946°W
	Painted National Cycle Network Millennium Milepost	Blackpill, Swansea	1998	Andrew Rowe (designer)	^[20]	51.5989°N -3.9937°W
	War Memorial	Southend Park, Mumbles	1939 (plinths with names added 2006).		^[21]	51.573°N -3.9942°W
	Breathing at Sea	Southend Park, Mumbles	2000	Hideo Furuta	^[22]	51.573°N -3.9941°W
	Swansea Coat of Arms	Above entrance to Oystermouth Library, Dunns Lane, Mumbles	1935	E E Morgan (Architect)		51.5748°N -3.9991°W

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]	51.6136°N -3.9419°W
	Wall Sculptures	Marine Walk, Maritime Quarter, Swansea				51.6136°N -3.9419°W
	'Zeta Mnemonical', sculpture and weather vane	Marine Walk, Maritime Quarter, Swansea	c1985-90	Robin Campbell (designer), Andrew Rowe, Theo Grunewald (metal workers)	^[24]	51.6135°N -3.9422°W
	Navigation buoy	Marine Walk, Maritime Quarter, Swansea				51.6132°N -3.9433°W
	The Siren	Seaward end of the Marriott Hotel, Maritime Quarter, Swansea	1989			51.6133°N -3.944°W
	Globe Sundial sculpture	Marine Walk, Maritime Quarter, Swansea	1987	Wendy Taylor	^[25]	51.6139°N -3.9404°W
	Lighthouse Tower sculpture	Marine Walk, Maritime Quarter, Swansea	1987	Robert Conybear	^[26]	51.6142°N -3.9389°W
	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	51.6141°N -3.9405°W
	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)	^[27]	51.6143°N -3.9387°W
	The Boatshed Doors	Marine Walk, close to the Marina Towers Observatory	c1985–1990	Robert Conybear, Robin Campbell	^[28]	51.6143°N -3.9363°W
	'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)	^[29] ^[30] ^[31]	51.614°N -3.9367°W
	Sculptures on the Marina Towers Observatory	Sea promenade, Maritime Quarter, Swansea	1989 (building)	Robin Campbell (architect)		51.6141°N -3.9369°W
	The Mermaid	Marine Walk, Maritime Quarter, Swansea	1989	Gordon Young	^[32]	51.6141°N -3.9372°W
	'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]	51.6149°N -3.939°W
	Captain Cat from Under Milk Wood by Dylan Thomas	Abernethy Quay, Maritime Quarter, Swansea	1990	Robert J R Thomas (sculptor)	^[34]	51.6164°N -3.936°W
	Turbo Pharos wall sculpture	Maritime Quarter, Swansea
	Mannheim Quay wall sculpture	Maritime Quarter, Swansea
	Pumphouse Quay wall sculpture	Next to the Pump House, Maritime Quarter, Swansea				51.6167°N -3.9362°W
	Dylan Thomas	Dylan Thomas Square, Maritime Quarter, Swansea	1984	John Doubleday	^[35]	51.6166°N -3.9372°W
	Dylan Thomas Theatre wall sculpture and mural	West wall of Theatre, Dylan Thomas Square, Maritime Quarter, Swansea	c1979		(see below)	51.6168°N -3.9379°W
	Dylan Thomas Theatre mural, depicting scenes from Dylan Thomas's life.	Dylan Thomas Square, Maritime Quarter, Swansea	c1979		^[36] ^[37]	51.6166°N -3.9372°W
	History and development of steam railways	Victoria Quay, Maritime Quarter, Swansea	1983	Whitegates Ltd (Architects)		51.6153°N -3.9425°W
	John Henry Vivian M.P.	Ferrara Square, Maritime Quarter, Swansea	1857	John Evan Thomas	^[38]	51.6154°N -3.9377°W
	Commemorating the twinning of Swansea with Ferrara, Italy	Ferrara Square, Maritime Quarter, Swansea			^[39]
	Monument to twinning of Swansea with Mannheim, Germany	Near Cambrian Place, Maritime Quarter, Swansea	1985	R.Campbell (architect)		51.6173°N -3.9352°W
	Wall Sculpture	Pocketts Wharf, Maritime Quarter, Swansea	1993	Lovell Urban Renewal (architects)		51.6174°N -3.9333°W
	Wall Sculpture	Pocketts Wharf, Maritime Quarter, Swansea	1993	Lovell Urban Renewal (architects)		51.6175°N -3.9342°W
	Maudslay, Sons and Field, Marine Engines	Pocketts Wharf, Maritime Quarter, Swansea	1993	Lovell Urban Renewal (architects)		51.6174°N -3.9331°W
	Wall Sculpture	Pocketts Wharf, Maritime Quarter, Swansea	1993	Lovell Urban Renewal (architects)		51.6175°N -3.9342°W
	Wall mounted sculpture (one of two)	Pocketts Wharf, Maritime Quarter, Swansea	1993	Robin Campbell	^[40]	51.6174°N -3.9331°W
	Door sculptures	Tawe barrage pump house, SA1 Swansea Waterfront, Swansea				51.6186°N -3.9311°W
	Merchant navy Memorial	Technium Square, SA1 Swansea Waterfront, Swansea	2005	Philip Chatfield	^[41] ^[42]	51.6204°N -3.9319°W
	Riverside sculpture	By River Tawe, outside Sainsbury's, SA1 Swansea Waterfront				51.62°N -3.9344°W
	Light Wave	Crescent Park, Swansea Point, Swansea	2009	Peter Freeman		51.6152°N -3.9329°W
	Acoustic Sculpture 1	Swansea Point, Swansea	2009	Rob Olins		51.6148°N -3.9328°W
	Acoustic Sculpture 2	Swansea Point, Swansea	2009	Rob Olins		51.6146°N -3.9346°W
	Kinetic Monument (an example of Kinetic Sculpture)	Outside the LC, Swansea, Oystermouth Road, Swansea	1977	Kenneth Martin	^[43]	51.6168°N -3.9396°W

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]	51.5963°N -3.9946°W
	Poetry Boards	Morriston Hospital, Morriston	2015	David Jones (artist), Menna Elfyn (poet), David Hughes (poet), Nigel Jenkins (poet) & Rhys Owain Williams (poet)		51.5963°N -3.9946°W

Notes and References

1. Web site: Core Record: Statue of Sir Henry Hussey Vivian. vads. 6 August 2020.
2. Web site: Mark Rees. Neglected Swansea work of art cleaned up in act of "reverse vandalism". 21 April 2017. 20 August 2019. WalesOnline.
3. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304002618/http://www.pmsa.org.uk/pmsa-database/11457/ Public Monument and Sculpture Association: Leaf Boat
4. http://www.amberhiscott.com/page003.htm Amber Hiscott Website
5. Book: Geoff Brookes. Amberley Publishing Limited. Swansea in 50 Buildings .
6. http://www.swanseacitycentre.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/Boulevard_and_Waterfront_Connections_Public_Art_Framework_MARCH_2013_LR.pdf

   Swansea Boulevard & Waterfront Connections: Steel Columns

7. https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/106240 Blitz Memorial Quay Parade
8. https://historypoints.org/index.php?page=air-raid-victims-memorial-swansea

   Air-raid victim's memorial - History Points

9. https://web.archive.org/web/20160303221050/http://www.pmsa.org.uk/pmsa-database/11456/ Public Monument and Sculpture Association: Flying Figurehead
10. Web site: Jones . Victoria . 2015-06-26 . Swansea's 'ambition is critical' sign has had a revamp . 2023-09-12 . WalesOnline . en.
11. http://www.swansea.gov.uk/index.cfm?articleid=1452 City and County of Swansea: Brangwyn Hall Panels
12. https://web.archive.org/web/20160303214941/http://www.pmsa.org.uk/pmsa-database/11482/ Public Monument and Sculpture Association: William Thomas statue
13. http://www.roll-of-honour.com/Glamorgan/SwanseaBoer.html Roll of Honour.com: Boer War Memorial
14. https://web.archive.org/web/20040114233030/http://www.swansea.gov.uk/index.cfm?Articleid=1524 Listed Building Index: Boer War Memorial
15. Web site: War Memorials Register: Swansea – Boer War. 14 January 2022. Imperial War Museum.
16. Accessed 7 Sep 2017
17. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304032112/http://www.pmsa.org.uk/pmsa-database/11477/ Public Monument and Sculpture Association: Swansea Jack Memorial
18. https://web.archive.org/web/20160303223040/http://www.pmsa.org.uk/pmsa-database/11476/ Public Monument and Sculpture Association: Henry Evans Charles Fountain
19. https://web.archive.org/web/20160303231123/http://www.pmsa.org.uk/pmsa-database/11610/ Public Monument and Sculpture Association: Musical Osprey
20. http://www.sustrans.org.uk/what-we-do/national-cycle-network/mileposts Sustrans: National Cycle Network Millennium Mileposts
21. https://sites.google.com/site/mumbleswarmemorials/modifications-to-the-memorial-down-the-years Mumbles War Memorial
22. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Breathing_at_Sea_plaque,_Mumbles,_Swansea.JPG Breathing at Sea information plaque
23. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304002609/http://www.pmsa.org.uk/pmsa-database/11849/ Public Monument and Sculpture Association: Copper Flame Sculpture
24. https://web.archive.org/web/20160303221957/http://www.pmsa.org.uk/pmsa-database/11848/ Public Monument and Sculpture Association: Zeta Mnemonical
25. https://web.archive.org/web/20160303224313/http://www.pmsa.org.uk/pmsa-database/11612/ Public Monument and Sculpture Association: Globe Sundial
26. https://web.archive.org/web/20160514025929/http://pmsa.org.uk/pmsa-database/11613/ Public Monument and Sculpture Association: Lighthouse Tower sculpture
27. https://web.archive.org/web/20160303222202/http://www.pmsa.org.uk/pmsa-database/11854/ Public Monument and Sculpture Association: Zeta Wall Sculpture
28. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304002503/http://www.pmsa.org.uk/pmsa-database/11850/ Public Monument and Sculpture Association: Boatshed Doors
29. http://www.explore-gower.co.uk/explore/swansea/marina-towers Explore Gower: Marina Towers Observatory
30. https://www.google.com/search?tbm=bks&hl=en&q=swansea+observatory+sculpture&btnG= Google Books: Observatory Weather Vane
31. Book: Alison Stace. Herbert Press. 2017. Sculpture Parks and Trails of Great Britain and Ireland . 978-1-912217-25-0. Second .
32. https://web.archive.org/web/20160303214532/http://www.pmsa.org.uk/pmsa-database/11611/ Public Monument and Sculpture Association: The Mermaid
33. https://web.archive.org/web/20160514025947/http://pmsa.org.uk/pmsa-database/11852/ Public Monument and Sculpture Association: Spolasco
34. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304000830/http://www.pmsa.org.uk/pmsa-database/11458/ Public Monument and Sculpture Association: Captain Cat
35. https://web.archive.org/web/20160303215634/http://www.pmsa.org.uk/pmsa-database/11466/ Public Monument and Sculpture Association: Dylan Thomas
36. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-west-wales-14918561 BBC Wales: Dylan Thomas Theatre mural
37. http://www.dylanthomastheatre.org.uk/about-us.php Dylan Thomas Theatre: Dylan Thomas Theatre mural
38. https://web.archive.org/web/20160303231109/http://www.pmsa.org.uk/pmsa-database/11453/ Public Monument and Sculpture Association: John Henry Vivian statue
39. https://books.google.com/books?id=DpUMspCtpNIC&q=swansea+twinned+with+italy%3A&pg=PA606 Plaque, Ferrara Square
40. http://www.swanseacitycentre.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/Boulevard_and_Waterfront_Connections_Public_Art_Framework_MARCH_2013_LR.pdf

    Pocketts Wharf wall sculpture

41. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/4623883.stm BBC Wales: Merchant Navy Memorial
42. http://www3.swansea.gov.uk/cmsr/presssystem/PressReleaseTemplate2.asp?starget=/cmsr/presssystem/pressdata/2003/20031217memorial%20for%20merchant%20navy%20in%20swansea.htm&DocTitle=Memorial%20for%20Merchant%20Navy%20in%20Swansea City and County of Swansea Press Release: Merchant Navy Memorial
43. https://web.archive.org/web/20160303210916/http://www.pmsa.org.uk/pmsa-database/11474/ Public Monument and Sculpture Association: Kinetic Monument
44. Web site: Art in Site - Morriston Hospital, Swansea, Outpatients . 2022-12-11 . www.artinsite.co.uk.
45. News: 2018-11-09 . Restored Dylan Thomas memorial unveiled in Swansea . en-GB . BBC News . 2023-09-26.