List of public art in Caerphilly County Borough

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 the 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.

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]

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

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]

Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Wikidata	Notes
Bells of Rhymney	Rhymney	2008	Andrew Rowe	Sculpture	painted metal	3m tall			After a poem by Idris Davies^[42]
Twisted Chimney	Bute Town	2010	Brian Tolle	Sculpture	steel, marine plywood, styrofoam	8m tall		Q124658400	^[43]^[44]
War memorial	Rhymney	1929	E.A. Gilbert	Celtic cross	Granite	5m tall	Grade II	Q29502139	^[45]^[46]^[47]

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Designation	Wikidata	Notes
	Jubilee memorial	Tredegar Grounds, Risca	c.1890s	W Macfarlane & Co, Glasgow	Statue on pedestal	Bronze	Grade II	Q29499706	^[48]
More images	War memorial	Risca	c.1920s		Pillar with circle cross	Granite			^[49]^[50]
	Grammar School war memorial	Corner of Station Road and Commercial Street, Risca	c.1920s		Celtic cross	Stone			In current position since 2011^[51]^[52]

List of public art in Caerphilly County Borough

Bargoed

Bedwas

Blackwood

Brithdir

Caerphilly

Cwmcarn

Llanbradach

Machen

Nelson

Newbridge

New Tredegar

Oakdale

Pontllanfraith

Pontlottyn

Rhymney

Risca

Rudry

Senghenydd

Tir-Phil

Tir-y-berth

Troedrhiwfuwch

Ystrad Mynach

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