:List of public art in Swansea

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

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Swansea City Centre

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|Sir Henry Hussey Vivian

|Adjacent to St. David's Shopping Centre

|1886

|Mario Raggi

| {{cite web|url= https://vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=67864&sos=0 |title=Core Record: Statue of Sir Henry Hussey Vivian|website=vads|access-date= 6 August 2020}}

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|Orchard Street mural

|Central Clinic, Orchard Street

|1969

|Harry Everington and Swansea College of Art students

|{{cite web |author=Mark Rees|url=https://www.walesonline.co.uk/whats-on/arts-culture-news/neglected-swansea-work-art-cleaned-12925793 |title=Neglected Swansea work of art cleaned up in act of "reverse vandalism"|date=21 April 2017|access-date=20 August 2019|work=WalesOnline}}

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|Leaf Boat

|Castle Square, Swansea City Centre

|1996

|Amber Hiscott

|[https://web.archive.org/web/20160304002618/http://www.pmsa.org.uk/pmsa-database/11457/ Public Monument and Sculpture Association: Leaf Boat] Accessed 7 Sep 2017[http://www.amberhiscott.com/page003.htm Amber Hiscott Website] Accessed 7 Sep 2017

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|Wall sculpture, quotingFern Hill by Dylan Thomas

|8 Salubrious Passage, Swansea City Centre

|c. 1996

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|Poem for the Good Settler

|Christina Street, Swansea City Centre

|1997

|Nigel Jenkins (poet)

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|Thumbprint

|Swansea Central Police Station

|2001

|Andy Hazel

|{{cite book|author=Geoff Brookes|publisher=Amberley Publishing Limited|title=Swansea in 50 Buildings }}

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|Stainless steel columns

|Princess Way, Swansea City Centre

|2006

|David Mackie, Andrew Rowe and Heather Parnell

|[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] Accessed 18 January 2019

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|Madonna and Child

|Walkway between Tesco and St. David's Shopping Centre (Swansea)

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|Wall Sculpture

|Walkway between Tesco and St. David's Shopping Centre (Swansea)

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|Wall Sculpture

|Walkway between Tesco and St. David's Shopping Centre (Swansea)

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|Swansea Blitz Memorial

|Quay Parade Junction with New Cut Road

|1995

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| [https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/106240 Blitz Memorial Quay Parade]Accessed 28 June 2022[https://historypoints.org/index.php?page=air-raid-victims-memorial-swansea :Air-raid victim's memorial - History Points]Accessed 28 June 2022

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|Flying Figurehead

|Quay Parade, near Sainsbury's, SA1 Swansea Waterfront

|1988

|David Backhouse

|[https://web.archive.org/web/20160303221050/http://www.pmsa.org.uk/pmsa-database/11456/ Public Monument and Sculpture Association: Flying Figurehead] Accessed 7 Sep 2017{{dead link|date=March 2019}}

|{{coord|51|37|17.62|N|3|56|8.72|W|region:GB}}

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|Ambition is Critical

|Swansea railway station

|1993

|David Hughes (poet)

|{{Cite web |last=Jones |first=Victoria |date=2015-06-26 |title=Swansea's 'ambition is critical' sign has had a revamp |url=http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/local-news/swanseas-ambition-critical-sign-made-9530986 |access-date=2023-09-12 |website=WalesOnline |language=en}}

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Brynmill

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| British Empire Panels

| Brangwyn Hall, Swansea Guildhall

| 1932

| Sir Frank Brangwyn

|[http://www.swansea.gov.uk/index.cfm?articleid=1452 City and County of Swansea: Brangwyn Hall Panels] Accessed 7 Sep 2017

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| William Thomas, Mayor of Borough 1877, 1878

| Victoria Park, Brynmill, Swansea

| 1906

| Ivor J. Thomas

|[https://web.archive.org/web/20160303214941/http://www.pmsa.org.uk/pmsa-database/11482/ Public Monument and Sculpture Association: William Thomas statue] Accessed 7 Sep 2017

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| Boys' Brigade fountain

| Victoria Park, Brynmill, Swansea

| Reinaugurated 1987

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|Memorial to the second of the Boer Wars 1899-02

|Esplanade, Mumbles Road, Brynmill, Swansea

|1904

|Mr Littlejohn (designer)

|[http://www.roll-of-honour.com/Glamorgan/SwanseaBoer.html Roll of Honour.com: Boer War Memorial] Accessed 7 Sep 2017[https://web.archive.org/web/20040114233030/http://www.swansea.gov.uk/index.cfm?Articleid=1524 Listed Building Index: Boer War Memorial] Accessed 7 Sep 2017{{cite web|url=https://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/6626 |title=War Memorials Register: Swansea – Boer War|access-date= 14 January 2022|website= Imperial War Museum}}

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|Swansea War Memorial

|Esplanade, Mumbles Road Brynmill, Swansea

|1923

|Ernest E Morgan (after Edwin LutyensWhitehall Cenotaph )

|{{Coflein|num=412404 |desc=Swansea Cenotaph War Memorial}} Accessed 7 Sep 2017

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|Swansea Jack memorial

|Esplanade, Mumbles Road, Brynmill, Swansea

|1937

|J. Cecil Jones

|[https://web.archive.org/web/20160304032112/http://www.pmsa.org.uk/pmsa-database/11477/ Public Monument and Sculpture Association: Swansea Jack Memorial] Accessed 7 Sep 2017

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|Henry Evans Charles Memorial Fountain

|Oystermouth Road, Brynmill, Swansea

|1907

|Ivor J Thomas, J. Cecil Jones

|[https://web.archive.org/web/20160303223040/http://www.pmsa.org.uk/pmsa-database/11476/ Public Monument and Sculpture Association: Henry Evans Charles Fountain] Accessed 7 Sep 2017

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Blackpill and Mumbles

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|Musical Osprey – Leaving the Nest

|Blackpill Lido, Swansea

|1998

|'Urban Strawberry Lunch'

|[https://web.archive.org/web/20160303231123/http://www.pmsa.org.uk/pmsa-database/11610/ Public Monument and Sculpture Association: Musical Osprey] Accessed 7 Sep 2017

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|Painted National Cycle Network Millennium Milepost

|Blackpill, Swansea

|1998

|Andrew Rowe (designer)

|[http://www.sustrans.org.uk/what-we-do/national-cycle-network/mileposts Sustrans: National Cycle Network Millennium Mileposts] Accessed 7 Sep 2017

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|War Memorial

|Southend Park, Mumbles

|1939 (plinths with names added 2006).

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|[https://sites.google.com/site/mumbleswarmemorials/modifications-to-the-memorial-down-the-years Mumbles War Memorial] Accessed 7 Sep 2017

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|Breathing at Sea

|Southend Park, Mumbles

|2000

|Hideo Furuta

|[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Breathing_at_Sea_plaque,_Mumbles,_Swansea.JPG Breathing at Sea information plaque]

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|Swansea Coat of Arms

|Above entrance to Oystermouth Library, Dunns Lane, Mumbles

|1935

|E E Morgan (Architect)

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Maritime Quarter

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|Copper Flame

|Marine Walk, Maritime Quarter, Swansea

|1988

|Robin Campbell (designer), Martin Williams (sculptor), Andrew Rowe, Theo Grunewald (metal workers)

|[https://web.archive.org/web/20160304002609/http://www.pmsa.org.uk/pmsa-database/11849/ Public Monument and Sculpture Association: Copper Flame Sculpture] Accessed 7 Sep 2017

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|Wall Sculptures

|Marine Walk, Maritime Quarter, Swansea

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| 'Zeta Mnemonical', sculpture and weather vane

|Marine Walk, Maritime Quarter, Swansea

|c1985-90

|Robin Campbell (designer), Andrew Rowe, Theo Grunewald (metal workers)

|[https://web.archive.org/web/20160303221957/http://www.pmsa.org.uk/pmsa-database/11848/ Public Monument and Sculpture Association: Zeta Mnemonical] Accessed 7 Sep 2017

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|Navigation buoy

|Marine Walk, Maritime Quarter, Swansea

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|The Siren

|Seaward end of the Marriott Hotel, Maritime Quarter, Swansea

|1989

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|Globe Sundial sculpture

|Marine Walk, Maritime Quarter, Swansea

|1987

|Wendy Taylor

|[https://web.archive.org/web/20160303224313/http://www.pmsa.org.uk/pmsa-database/11612/ Public Monument and Sculpture Association: Globe Sundial] Accessed 7 Sep 2017

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|Lighthouse Tower sculpture

|Marine Walk, Maritime Quarter, Swansea

|1987

|Robert Conybear

|[https://web.archive.org/web/20160514025929/http://pmsa.org.uk/pmsa-database/11613/ Public Monument and Sculpture Association: Lighthouse Tower sculpture] Accessed 7 Sep 2017

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|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

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|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)

|[https://web.archive.org/web/20160303222202/http://www.pmsa.org.uk/pmsa-database/11854/ Public Monument and Sculpture Association: Zeta Wall Sculpture] Accessed 7 Sep 2017

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|The Boatshed Doors

|Marine Walk, close to the Marina Towers Observatory

|c1985–1990

|Robert Conybear, Robin Campbell

|[https://web.archive.org/web/20160304002503/http://www.pmsa.org.uk/pmsa-database/11850/ Public Monument and Sculpture Association: Boatshed Doors] Accessed 7 Sep 2017

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|'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)

|[http://www.explore-gower.co.uk/explore/swansea/marina-towers Explore Gower: Marina Towers Observatory] Accessed 7 Sep 2017[https://www.google.com/search?tbm=bks&hl=en&q=swansea+observatory+sculpture&btnG= Google Books: Observatory Weather Vane] Accessed 7 Sep 2017{{cite book|author=Alison Stace|publisher=Herbert Press|year=2017|title= Sculpture Parks and Trails of Great Britain and Ireland |isbn=978-1-912217-25-0|edition=Second }}

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|Sculptures on the Marina Towers Observatory

|Sea promenade, Maritime Quarter, Swansea

|1989 (building)

|Robin Campbell (architect)

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|The Mermaid

|Marine Walk, Maritime Quarter, Swansea

|1989

|Gordon Young

|[https://web.archive.org/web/20160303214532/http://www.pmsa.org.uk/pmsa-database/11611/ Public Monument and Sculpture Association: The Mermaid] Accessed 7 Sep 2017

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|'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)

|[https://web.archive.org/web/20160514025947/http://pmsa.org.uk/pmsa-database/11852/ Public Monument and Sculpture Association: Spolasco] Accessed 7 Sep 2017

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|Captain Cat from Under Milk Wood by Dylan Thomas

|Abernethy Quay, Maritime Quarter, Swansea

|1990

| Robert J R Thomas (sculptor)

|[https://web.archive.org/web/20160304000830/http://www.pmsa.org.uk/pmsa-database/11458/ Public Monument and Sculpture Association: Captain Cat] Accessed 7 Sep 2017

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|Turbo Pharos wall sculpture

|Maritime Quarter, Swansea

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|Mannheim Quay wall sculpture

|Maritime Quarter, Swansea

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|Pumphouse Quay wall sculpture

|Next to the Pump House, Maritime Quarter, Swansea

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|Dylan Thomas

| Dylan Thomas Square, Maritime Quarter, Swansea

|1984

| John Doubleday

|[https://web.archive.org/web/20160303215634/http://www.pmsa.org.uk/pmsa-database/11466/ Public Monument and Sculpture Association: Dylan Thomas] Accessed 7 Sep 2017

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|Dylan Thomas Theatre wall sculpture and mural

|West wall of Theatre, Dylan Thomas Square, Maritime Quarter, Swansea

|c1979

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|Dylan Thomas Theatre mural, depicting scenes from Dylan Thomas's life.

|Dylan Thomas Square, Maritime Quarter, Swansea

|c1979

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|[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-west-wales-14918561 BBC Wales: Dylan Thomas Theatre mural] Accessed Accessed 7 Sep 2017[http://www.dylanthomastheatre.org.uk/about-us.php Dylan Thomas Theatre: Dylan Thomas Theatre mural] Accessed 7 Sep 2017

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|History and development of steam railways

|Victoria Quay, Maritime Quarter, Swansea

|1983

|Whitegates Ltd (Architects)

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|John Henry Vivian M.P.

| Ferrara Square, Maritime Quarter, Swansea

| 1857

| John Evan Thomas

|[https://web.archive.org/web/20160303231109/http://www.pmsa.org.uk/pmsa-database/11453/ Public Monument and Sculpture Association: John Henry Vivian statue] Accessed 7 Sep 2017

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|Commemorating the twinning of Swansea with Ferrara, Italy

| Ferrara Square, Maritime Quarter, Swansea

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| [https://books.google.com/books?id=DpUMspCtpNIC&q=swansea+twinned+with+italy%3A&pg=PA606 Plaque, Ferrara Square] Accessed 7 Sep 2017

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| Monument to twinning of Swansea with Mannheim, Germany

|Near Cambrian Place, Maritime Quarter, Swansea

|1985

|R.Campbell (architect)

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|Wall Sculpture

|Pocketts Wharf, Maritime Quarter, Swansea

|1993

| Lovell Urban Renewal (architects)

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|Wall Sculpture

|Pocketts Wharf, Maritime Quarter, Swansea

|1993

| Lovell Urban Renewal (architects)

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|Maudslay, Sons and Field, Marine Engines

|Pocketts Wharf, Maritime Quarter, Swansea

|1993

| Lovell Urban Renewal (architects)

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|Wall Sculpture

|Pocketts Wharf, Maritime Quarter, Swansea

|1993

| Lovell Urban Renewal (architects)

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| Wall mounted sculpture (one of two)

|Pocketts Wharf, Maritime Quarter, Swansea

|1993

|Robin Campbell

|[http://www.swanseacitycentre.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/Boulevard_and_Waterfront_Connections_Public_Art_Framework_MARCH_2013_LR.pdf : Pocketts Wharf wall sculpture] Accessed 18 January 2019

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|Door sculptures

| Tawe barrage pump house, SA1 Swansea Waterfront, Swansea

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|Merchant navy Memorial

|Technium Square, SA1 Swansea Waterfront, Swansea

|2005

|Philip Chatfield

|[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/4623883.stm BBC Wales: Merchant Navy Memorial] Accessed 7 Sep 2017[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] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110930034400/http://www3.swansea.gov.uk/cmsr/presssystem/PressReleaseTemplate2.asp?starget=%2Fcmsr%2Fpresssystem%2Fpressdata%2F2003%2F20031217memorial%20for%20merchant%20navy%20in%20swansea.htm&DocTitle=Memorial%20for%20Merchant%20Navy%20in%20Swansea |date=30 September 2011 }} Accessed 7 Sep 2017

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|Riverside sculpture

|By River Tawe, outside Sainsbury's, SA1 Swansea Waterfront

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|Light Wave

|Crescent Park, Swansea Point, Swansea

|2009

|Peter Freeman

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|Acoustic Sculpture 1

|Swansea Point, Swansea

|2009

|Rob Olins

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|Acoustic Sculpture 2

|Swansea Point, Swansea

|2009

|Rob Olins

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|Kinetic Monument (an example of Kinetic Sculpture)

|Outside the LC, Swansea, Oystermouth Road, Swansea

|1977

|Kenneth Martin

|[https://web.archive.org/web/20160303210916/http://www.pmsa.org.uk/pmsa-database/11474/ Public Monument and Sculpture Association: Kinetic Monument] Accessed 7 Sep 2017

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Morriston

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|Poetry Benches

|Morriston Hospital, Morriston

|2015

|David Jones (artist), Menna Elfyn (poet), David Hughes (poet), Nigel Jenkins (poet) & Rhys Owain Williams (poet)

|{{Cite web |title=Art in Site - Morriston Hospital, Swansea, Outpatients |url=http://www.artinsite.co.uk/projects/morriston-hospital-outpatients |access-date=2022-12-11 |website=www.artinsite.co.uk}}

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|Poetry Boards

|Morriston Hospital, Morriston

|2015

|David Jones (artist), Menna Elfyn (poet), David Hughes (poet), Nigel Jenkins (poet) & Rhys Owain Williams (poet)

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Uplands

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|Dylan Thomas Memorial Stone

|Cwmdonkin Park, Uplands

|1963

|Dylan Thomas (poet), Ronald Cour (sculptor)

|{{Cite news |date=2018-11-09 |title=Restored Dylan Thomas memorial unveiled in Swansea |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-46151775 |access-date=2023-09-26}}

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