List of public art in Torfaen

This is a list of public art in Torfaen in south-east Wales. Torfaen lies within the historic boundaries of Monmouthshire. It was formed in 1974 as a district of the county of Gwent and in 1996 it was reconstituted as a principal area and county borough. 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	Cwmbran Park near Henllys Way, Cwmbran	Restored 1999		Cross on pedestal with plaques	Granite				Cross restored & plaques repositioned in 1999.^[2]^[3]^[4]
	Otter Sculpture	Cwmbran Shopping Centre			Sculpture	Metal

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Wikidata	Notes
	Gorsedd stones	Pontypool Park, Pontypool	1923		Stone circle	Stone				Erected to mark the 1924 National Eisteddfod of Wales
	War memorial	Pontypool Park, Hanbury Road entrance	1924		Plaques on gate pillars	Metal & bronze				^[9]^[10]

v t e Torfaen County Borough
Torfaen County Borough Council
Principal settlements	Blaenavon Cwmbran Pontypool
Electoral wards	Abersychan Blaenavon Brynwern Coed Eva Croesyceiliog North Croesyceiliog South Cwmynyscoy Fairwater Greenmeadow Llantarnam Llanyrafon North Llanyrafon South New Inn Panteg Pontnewydd Pontnewynydd Pontypool Snatchwood St Cadocs/Penygarn St Dials Trevethin Two Locks Upper Cwmbran Wainfelin
Communities	Abersychan Blaenavon Croesyceiliog Cwmbran Central Fairwater Henllys Llantarnam Llanyrafon New Inn Panteg Pen Tranch Ponthir Pontnewydd Pontymoile Trevethin Upper Cwmbran
Places of interest	Blaenavon Ironworks Big Pit National Coal Museum Folly Tower Garndiffaith Viaduct Shell Grotto
Rivers and canals	Afon Lwyd Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal Pontymoile Basin
Topics	Parliamentary constituencies Places Schools SSSIs Listed buildings Grade I Grade II* Registered parks and gardens Scheduled Monuments Public art Lord Lieutenants High Sheriffs Museums
Geography Wales

v t e Welsh art
Culture of Wales Art of the United Kingdom
Overviews and lists	Welsh artists Female artists associated with Wales Architecture of Wales
Celtic	Celtic art Celtic Revival Insular art Celtic brooch
Regional	Art in Cardiff
Lists of public art by county	Anglesey Blaenau Gwent Bridgend Caerphilly Cardiff Carmarthernshire Ceredigion Conwy Denbighshire Flintshire Gwynedd Merthyr Tydfil Monmouthshire Neath Port Talbot Newport Pembrokeshire Powys Rhondda Cynon Taf Swansea Torfaen Vale of Glamorgan Wrexham
Art schools	Cardiff School of Art & Design Newport College of Art Royal Cambrian Academy of Art School of Creative Arts, Wrexham Swansea College of Art
Groups and collectives	56 Group Wales Beca South Wales Art Society The Welsh Group
Art museums and galleries	Aberystwyth University Ceramics Collection Bodelwyddan Castle Cyfarthfa Castle Y Gaer Glynn Vivian Art Gallery Howard Roberts Gallery Llantarnam Grange Arts Centre Y Lle Celf Mission Gallery MOMA, Wales Mostyn National Museum Cardiff Newport Museum Oriel Ynys Môn Parc Howard Museum Royal Cambrian Academy of Art Ruthin Craft Centre Tenby Museum and Art Gallery Torfaen Museum Turner House Gallery Proposed National Contemporary Art Gallery for Wales
Photography galleries	Third Floor Gallery Turner House Gallery
Awards	Gold Medal (National Eisteddfod of Wales) Welsh Artist of the Year
Organisations and bodies	Ffotogallery Artes Mundi Arts Council of Wales
List of Welsh artists Category

List of public art in Torfaen

Cwmbran

Griffithstown

Old Cwmbran

Panteg

Pontnewydd

Pontypool

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