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Welsh National War Memorial, Cathays Park
The Welsh National War Memorial (Sir Ninian Comper, 1924–8) in Cathays Park, showing sculptures by Bertram Pegram

This is a list of public art in Cardiff, Wales, within the city and county boundary, including statues, sculptures, murals and other significant artworks located outside in public view.

Adamsdown

Image Title / individual commemorated Type Location Date Sculptor Architect / Designer Source
St Germans Adamsdown Cardiff Crucifixion.jpg Crucifixion with Mary and John Sculpture St German's Church, Star Street 1965 Frank Roper

Bute Park

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates
Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Owner / administrator Notes
Animal Wall 1 Cardiff.jpg Animal Wall Bute Park 1887–8; 1930–1 Thomas Nicholls and Alexander Carrick (Architect: William Burges) Sculptures Grade I
Awen sculpture, Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama.JPG Awen Outside the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama 1975 l'Anson, CharlesCharles l'Anson Sculpture
Tree sculpture in Bute Park - geograph.org.uk - 1378729.jpg Fox and Owl Bute Park 2004 Hemming, NansiNansi Hemming Tree carving

Canton

Image Title / individual commemorated Type Location Date Sculptor Architect / Designer Notes Source
Cardiff - Thompson's Park (geograph 6686092).jpg Joyance Sculpture Thompson’s Park 1899 William Goscombe John
Billy The Seal Victoria Park.jpg Billy The Seal Sculpture Victoria Park 1997 David Petersen
Commissioned by CBAT the Arts & Regeneration Agency on behalf of Cardiff Council.

Cardiff Bay and Butetown

Image Title / individual commemorated Type Location Date Sculptor Architect / Designer Notes Source
3 Ellipses for 3 Locks.jpg 3 Ellipses for 3 Locks Cardiff Bay Barrage 2007 Felice Varini The first work by Varini in the UK, this sculpture was a year in planning and cost £25,000. Commissioned on behalf of the Harbour Authority by CBAT the Arts & Regeneration Agency.
Senedd meeting place on the plinth.jpg A Meeting Place on the Plinth Senedd 2006 Richard Harris Richard Harris created the 45 tonne sculpture from 39 slate slabs. The slate was from Cwt y Bugail Quarry in north Wales.
Animal Wall, Century Wharf.JPG Animal Wall Century Wharf 2009 Gitta Gschwendtner Commissioned by CBAT the Arts & Regeneration Agency on behalf of the developer of the site.
Captain Scott Memorial Cardiff.JPG Antarctic 100
Captain Scott Memorial
Mosaic sculpture Waterfront Park 2003 Jonathon Williams
Novel seating - Cardiff Bay - geograph.org.uk - 1362136.jpg Beastie Benches Sculptures Britannia Quay and Waterfront Park 1994 Gwen Heeney
The nine brick sculptures are based on creatures mentioned in Dylan Thomas's "Ballad of the Long-Legged Bait". The bricks were made by Dennis of Ruabon, the same firm which a century earlier had produced the exterior terracotta decoration of the Pierhead Building. Commissioned by Cardiff Bay Arts Trust on behalf of Grosvener Waterside.
Cader Idris in Cardiff Bay Wetlands Reserve, Cardiff.jpg Cader Idris Sculpture Cardiff Bay Wetlands Reserve 1999 William Pye Previously located in Central Square outside Cardiff Central Station. Pye drew his inspiration for the work from the mountains, lakes and valleys of Wales and in particular Cader Idris in Snowdonia
Cardiff Bay Rugby Codebreakers (1).jpg Cardiff Bay Rugby Codebreakers Statue Landsea Gardens 2023 Steve Winterburn
The statue depicts rugby league players Gus Risman, Billy Boston and Clive Sullivan.
Wall decoration at Mermaid Quay - Cardiff Bay - geograph.org.uk - 1494174.jpg Cargoes Architectural sculptures Bute Street and Stuart Street 2000 Brian Fell
The work is inspired by the John Masefield poem 'Cargoes'. Sculptures depicting the various cargoes and ships from the poem are attached to the gables and walls throughout Mermaid Quay. A floor mounted cast iron plaque also quotes the poem in full. Commissioned by CBAT the Arts & Regeneration Agency on behalf of the developer of then site.
Celtic Ring sculpture, Roald Dahl Plass.jpg Celtic Ring Sculpture Roald Dahl Plass 1993 Harvey Hood
Commissioned by Cardiff Bay Arts Trust on behalf of Cardiff Bay Development Corporation.
Equity by J. A. Stevenson.JPG Equity Architectural sculpture Portland House, West Bute Street c. 1926–1927 J. A. Stevenson F. C. R. Palmer and W. F. C. Holden
Statue of Mahatma Gandhi in Cardiff Bay - geograph-6659733-by-Colin-Smith.jpg Mahatma Gandhi Sculpture The Flourish 2017 Ram Sutar and Anil Sutar
6 ft (1.83 m) bronze statue near the Wales Millennium Centre at the end of Lloyd George Avenue cost £65,000 and was funded by the Hindu Council of Wales.
"From Pit to Port", Roath Basin - geograph.org.uk - 708459.jpg From Pit to Port Sculpture Roath Basin 2005 John Clinch and John Buck The sculpture was developed from an original maquette by John Clinch, enlarged and modelled by Michael and Caroline Crofton.
Landsea Square fountain.JPG Landsea Square Water Feature Sculpture Landsea Square 2000 Jo Johnson Landscape Architects
Lighthouse - geograph-1866036-by-John-Lord.jpg Lighthouse
(Blue Beacon)
Sculpture Cardiff Bay Police Station 2009 Mark Renn
60 feet tall steel sculpture of a lighthouse (with blue flashing light) commissioned by Safle on behalf of South Wales Police at a cost of £75,000.
Looking Both Ways (view from north), Lloyd George Avenue, Cardiff.jpg Looking Both Ways Sculpture Lloyd George Avenue 2001 David Kemp
The silhouette sculpture is approximately 10 feet tall by 10 feet wide. It is made from painted mild sheet steel, with pink on one side and blue on the other.
Merchant Seafarer’s War Memorial 2 (2992119032).jpg Merchant Seafarers' War Memorial Sculpture Near the Senedd 1994–1996 Brian Fell Commissioned by Cardiff Bay Arts Trust on behalf of the Merchants Seafarers Association, funded through various private donations supplemented by Cardiff Bay Development Corporation.
The Ivor Novello statue by the Wales Millennium Centre.jpg Ivor Novello Statue Roald Dahl Plass 2009 Peter Nicholas
Immigrant Statues, Cardiff Bay - geograph.org.uk - 853491.jpg Pobl Fel Ni / People Like Us Statues Boardwalk 1993 John Clinch
Pont y Werin, Cardiff.jpg Portrait Bench Statues Pont y Werin 2010
Two-dimensional figures of Sybil Williams, founder of the Cardiff-based cycling charity Pedal Power, Jason Stone, an ice hockey player for Cardiff Devils and Lydia Harris, a 10-year-old pupil of Mount Stuart Primary School, laser cut in Corten steel. Three people from the Vale of Glamorgan are commemorated on the Penarth side of the bridge.
Sails 1997 by Richard Thornton - Cardiff Bay - geograph.org.uk - 1612101.jpg Sails Sculpture Cardiff Bay Retail Park 1996 Richard Thornton
Ship in a Bottle, Cardiff Bay Wetlands.jpg Ship in a Bottle Sculpture Cardiff Bay wetlands 2004 Melissa Gibbs
Commissioned by CBAT the Arts & Regeneration Agency on behalf of Cardiff Bay Development Corporation.
Water Tower, Cardiff Bay, Wales.jpg Water Tower Sculpture/Fountain Roald Dahl Plas 2000 William Pye
Statue and crane, Cardiff Bay - geograph.org.uk - 1565156.jpg Wife on the Ocean Wave Sculpture Graving Docks 1993 Graham Ibbeson
Lampstandards Sculpture Along the waterfront at Roath Basin, Britannia Park and Britannia Quay 1994 Tess Jaray, Tom Lomax
Commissioned by Cardiff Bay Arts Trust on behalf of Grosvener Waterside.
Art and Sole Survivor - geograph.org.uk - 774993.jpg Yellow Bench Sculpture Longueil Close 1999 Andrew Rowe
Commissioned by CBAT the Arts & Regeneration Agency on behalf of the developer of the Premier Inn Hotel. This work has recently been relocated to the opposite corner of the Premier Inn, to make way for an extension of the hotel. The work is dedicated to the brother of the original commissioner, who had died in car accident.
Balcony Grills Cardiff Bay.jpg Balcony Grills Sculpture Amity Court 2001 Andrew Rowe
Commissioned by CBAT the Arts & Regeneration Agency on behalf of the developer of the site.
Tree In The Bay Sculpture Cardiff Bay Trail 2005 Angharad Pearce Jones (with children from Ysgol Gymraeg Melin Gruffydd)
Commissioned by Cardiff Bay Arts Trust on behalf of Grosvener Waterside.
Senedd art wind break.jpg Assembly Field Sculpture and wind break Left hand the side of the Senedd main entrance 2005 Danny Lane
Cardiff-Bay-World-Harmony-Peace-Statue.jpg World Harmony Peace Statue
Statue of Sri Chinmoy
Statue Waterfront Park 2012 Kaivalya Torpy
Unveiled 11 March 2012 to mark the 25th anniversary of the World Harmony Run.
Funnel and Smoke.jpg Funnel and Smoke Sculpture Hemingway Road 2004 Andrew Hazell
Palisade.jpg Palisade Sculpture Waterfront Park 1991 Denys Short
Commissioned by Cardiff Bay Arts Trust on behalf of Grosvener Waterside.
Triple Spout.jpg Triple Spout Sculpture Roald Dahl Plass 2000 William Pye
Water Quarter.jpg Water Quarter Sculpture Galleon Way 2006 Howard Bowcott
Commissioned by CBAT the Arts & Regeneration Agency on behalf of the developer of the site.
West Close Square.jpg West Close Square Sculpture West Close Square' 1993 Nina Edge and David Makie
Commissioned by Cardiff Bay Arts Trust on behalf of Cardiff Bay Development Corporation.
Angelina Street (Ray Smith).jpg Angelina Street Sculpture Angelina Street 2004 Ray Smith
Commissioned by CBAT the Arts & Regeneration Agency on behalf of Cardiff Council.
Atlantic by Doug Cocker.jpg Atlantic Sculpture Tyndall Street 1991 Doug Cocker
Commissioned by CBAT the Arts & Regeneration Agency on behalf of the developer of the site.
Atlantic Echo.jpg Atlantic Echo Sculpture Ocean Way 2000 Dan Archer
Commissioned by CBAT the Arts & Regeneration Agency on behalf of the developer of the site.
Monorail Sculpture Railway Embankment 1995 Camp, Sokari DouglasSokari Douglas Camp
Commissioned by CBAT the Arts & Regeneration Agency on behalf of the developer of the site.
Bute Street Works Bespoke bollards and paving inserts Bute Street 2000 Parnell, Mackie and Rowe. Commissioned by CBAT the Arts & Regeneration Agency on behalf of Cardiff Bay Development Corporation.
Deep Navigation Sculpture Roald Dahl Plass 2000 Stephan Gec Consists of two cast iron pillars, modelled on those from a nearby bank building. The first pillar is cast from metal retrieved from the former Oval Basin and includes the names of all of the South Wales coal mines that were operational in 1964. The second pillar is cast from metal retrieved from Tower Colliery and identifies all of the ports to which Cardiff exported coal. Commissioned by CBAT the Arts & Regeneration Agency on behalf of Cardiff Bay Development Corporation.
The Big Egg, Cardiff Bay.jpg The Big Egg Sculpture Henke Court, Schooner Way 2000 Rachel Joynt Commissioned by CBAT the Arts & Regeneration Agency on behalf of the developer of the site.

Cathays

Image Title / individual commemorated Type Location Date Sculptor Architect / Designer Source
Saint Michael triumphant over the Devil.jpg Saint Michael triumphant over the Devil Architectural sculpture St Michael and All Angels church, Whitchurch Road c. 1995 Theo Grunwald

Cathays Park

Image Title / individual commemorated Type Location Date Sculptor Architect / Designer Source
Statue of Lord Aberdare, Alexandra Gardens, Cardiff.JPG Aberdare, Henry Bruce, 1st BaronHenry Bruce, 1st Baron Aberdare Statue Alexandra Gardens 1895–1898 Hampton, HerbertHerbert Hampton
Science and Education, Cardiff Crown Court.JPG Science and Education Architectural sculpture Cardiff Crown Court 1901–1904 McGill, DonaldDonald McGill Lanchester, Stewart and Rickards
Commerce and Industry, Cardiff Crown Court.JPG Commerce and Industry Architectural sculpture Cardiff Crown Court 1901–1904 Montford, Paul RaphaelPaul Raphael Montford Lanchester, Stewart and Rickards
Poetry and Music, Cardiff City Hall.JPG Poetry and Music Architectural sculpture Cardiff City Hall 1901–1904 Montford, Paul RaphaelPaul Raphael Montford Lanchester, Stewart and Rickards
Unity and Patriotism, Cardiff City Hall.JPG Unity and Patriotism Architectural sculpture Cardiff City Hall 1901–1904 Poole, HenryHenry Poole Lanchester, Stewart and Rickards
The Sea receiving the Severn, Cardiff City Hall.JPG The Sea Receiving the Severn Architectural sculpture Cardiff City Hall 1901–1904 Montford, Paul RaphaelPaul Raphael Montford Lanchester, Stewart and Rickards
The Taff, the Rhymney and the Ely, Cardiff City Hall.JPG The Taff, the Rhymney and the Ely Architectural sculpture Cardiff City Hall 1901–1904 Poole, HenryHenry Poole Lanchester, Stewart and Rickards
Statue of George V, Cardiff University.jpg George V Statue in niche Cardiff University Main Building, Museum Avenue elevation 1903 c. 1903 ? Caröe, W. D.W. D. Caröe
Statue of Edward VIII as Prince of Wales, Cardiff University.jpg Edward VIII as Prince of Wales Statue in niche Cardiff University Main Building, Museum Avenue elevation 1903 c. 1903 ? Caröe, W. D.W. D. Caröe
Welsh Dragon, Cardiff City Hall.JPG Welsh Dragon Architectural sculpture Cardiff City Hall (roof) 1904 Fehr, Henry CharlesHenry Charles Fehr Lanchester, Stewart and Rickards
Statue of John Cory, Cathays Park.jpg Cory, JohnJohn Cory Statue Gorsedd Gardens 1904–1906 Sir William Goscombe John
Cathays Park Boer War Memorial.JPG South African War Memorial Memorial King Edward VII Avenue 1905–1909 Toft, AlbertAlbert Toft
Statue of Gwilym Williams, Cathays Park.JPG Gwilym Williams Statue Outside Cardiff Crown Court 1906–1910 Sir William Goscombe John
Navigation Glamorgan Building.jpg Mining Sculptural group Glamorgan Building 1908–1912 Hodge, AlbertAlbert Hodge
Neptune, Glamorgan Building.jpg Navigation Sculptural group Glamorgan Building 1908–1912 Hodge, AlbertAlbert Hodge
Statue of Godfrey, First Viscount Tredegar.jpg Tredegar, Godfrey Morgan, 1st ViscountGodfrey Morgan, 1st Viscount Tredegar Equestrian statue City Hall lawn 1909 Sir William Goscombe John
Mining National Museum Cardiff.jpg Mining Architectural sculpture National Museum Cardiff 1914–1915 Clapperton, Thomas J.Thomas J. Clapperton Smith and Brewer
Shipping National Museum Cardiff.jpg Shipping Architectural sculpture National Museum Cardiff 1914–1915 Clapperton, Thomas J.Thomas J. Clapperton Smith and Brewer
Prehistoric Period by Gilbert Bayes, National Museum Cardiff.JPG Prehistoric Period Architectural sculpture National Museum Cardiff 1914–1915 Bayes, GilbertGilbert Bayes Smith and Brewer
Classic Period by Gilbert Bayes, National Museum Cardiff.JPG Classic Period Architectural sculpture National Museum Cardiff 1914–1915 Bayes, GilbertGilbert Bayes Smith and Brewer
Medieval Period by R. L. Garbe, National Museum Cardiff.JPG Medieval Period Architectural sculpture National Museum Cardiff 1914–1915 Garbe, RichardRichard Garbe Smith and Brewer
Modern Period by R. L. Garbe, National Museum Cardiff.JPG Modern Period Architectural sculpture National Museum Cardiff 1914–1915 Garbe, RichardRichard Garbe Smith and Brewer
Learning by T. J. Clapperton, National Museum Cardiff.JPG Learning Architectural sculpture National Museum Cardiff 1914–1915 Clapperton, Thomas J.Thomas J. Clapperton Smith and Brewer
Art by Bertram Pegram, National Museum Cardiff.JPG Art Architectural sculpture National Museum Cardiff 1914–1915 Pegram, BertramBertram Pegram Smith and Brewer
Music by David Evans, National Museum Cardiff.JPG Music Architectural sculpture National Museum Cardiff 1914–1915 Evans, DavidDavid Evans Smith and Brewer
National Museum of Wales Cardiff.jpg Dragons and Lions Architectural sculpture National Museum Cardiff 1914–1915 Pegram, BertramBertram Pegram Smith and Brewer
Statue Lord Ninian1.jpg Crichton-Stuart, Lord NinianLord Ninian Crichton-Stuart Statue Gorsedd Gardens 1915–1919 Sir William Goscombe John
Welsh National War Memorial, Cathays Park.jpg Welsh National War Memorial Memorial Alexandra Gardens 1924–1928 Pegram, BertramBertram Pegram Sir Ninian Comper
Statue of Third Marquess of Bute, Cardiff.jpg Bute, John Crichton-Stuart, 3rd Marquess ofJohn Crichton-Stuart, 3rd Marquess of Bute Statue Friary Gardens 1930 Macgillivray, James PittendrighJames Pittendrigh Macgillivray
Redwood Building relief sculpture, Cathays Park.JPG Relief sculpture Redwood Building 1960–1961 Copnall, Edward BainbridgeEdward Bainbridge Copnall Percy Thomas and Son
David Lloyd George - geograph.org.uk - 558845.jpg Lloyd George, DavidDavid Lloyd George Statue Gorsedd Gardens 1955–1960 Rizzello, MichaelMichael Rizzello
Agriculture National Museum Cardiff.jpg Agriculture Architectural sculpture National Museum Cardiff 1962–1965 Lloyd, T. AlwynT. Alwyn Lloyd and Gordon
Slate quarrying Nation Museum Cardiff.jpg Slate Quarrying Architectural sculpture National Museum Cardiff 1962–1965 Lloyd, T. AlwynT. Alwyn Lloyd and Gordon
Walk In Hepworth.jpg Three Obliques (Walk In) Sculpture Outside Cardiff University School of Music 1968 Dame Barbara Hepworth Sir Alex Gordon
Cardiff Falklands Memorial.jpg Falklands War Memorial (Cardiff) Commemorative stone Alexandra Gardens 1982
Red Dragon (2991069111).jpg Red Dragon Sculpture Bute Building 1984 Petersen, DavidDavid Petersen Ivor Jones and Percy Thomas
Reguarding Guardians of Art, National Museum Cardiff.jpg Reguarding Guardians of Art Architectural sculpture National Museum Cardiff 1988–1990 Mistry, DhruvaDhruva Mistry
Memorial to Welsh Volunteers in the Spanish Civil War 01.JPG Memorial to Welsh Volunteers in the Spanish Civil War Commemorative stone Alexandra Gardens 1992
Sculpture in Gorsedd Gardens, Cardiff - geograph.org.uk - 1131606.jpg Girl Sculpture Gorsedd Gardens 2005 Thomas, RobertRobert Thomas
Mind's Eye by Peter Randall-Page, Cathays Park.JPG Mind's Eye Ceramic relief sculpture Tower Lecture Theatre, Cardiff University, Park Place 2006–2007 Randall-Page, PeterPeter Randall-Page
Gift of Life Stone, Alexandra Gardens, Cardiff.JPG The Gift of Life Stone Commemorative stone Alexandra Gardens 2007
Welsh National Falklands War Memorial.JPG Welsh National Falklands War Memorial Commemorative stone Alexandra Gardens 2007
Thalidomide Memorial, Cathays Park, Cardiff.jpg Thalidomide Memorial Commemorative stone Alexandra Gardens 2016
Parasitoid Attacking An Aphid
Mark Jervis
Sculpture Sir Martin Evans Building (faculty of Biosciences), Cardiff University 2016 Greenhow, DarrenDarren Greenhow
Monument for Contribution made by Ethnic Men & Women during WW1, WW2.jpg Memorial to Black and Ethnic Minority Service Personnel Commemorative stone Alexandra Gardens 2019

City centre

The area is bounded by the River Taff to the west, the Civic centre to the north and railway lines and two railway stations – Central and Queen Street – to the south and east respectively.

Image Title / individual commemorated Type Location Date Sculptor Architect / Designer Notes Source
Alight Cardiff.JPG Alight Sculpture Mary Anne Street, outside Tŷ Admiral 2014 Gubb, S. MarkS. Mark Gubb Unveiled 17 December 2014. A 10-metre-tall, illuminated steel and glass lightning bolt.
House of Fraser (public art).jpg Allegories of the drapery business Relief sculpture Howells department store 1930 Percy Thomas Partnership
Hands sculpture.jpg All Hands Sculpture Custom House Street 2001 Brian Fell Sculpture runs on the path of the Glamorganshire Canal depicting canal workers pulling boats with ropes. Commissioned by CBAT the Arts & Regeneration Agency on behalf of Cardiff Bay Development Corporation.
Alliance sculpture, The Hayes, Cardiff.jpg Alliance Sculpture Hayes Place 2009 Jean-Bernard Métais Includes glowing liquid, projected light and text (written by Peter Finch). Commissioned by CBAT the Arts & Regeneration Agency on behalf of Land Securities.
An Eye for People Mosaic Thomson House, Havelock Street 1959 Howard-Jones, RayRay Howard-Jones
In 1958 Howard-Jones won a national competition held by the Western Mail for a mosaic outside their new headquarters. The mosaic (and building) was destroyed in 2008.
Aneurin Bevan - geograph.org.uk - 836619.jpg Aneurin Bevan Statue Queen Street 1987 Robert Thomas
Betty Campbell statue - full view.jpg Betty Campbell Bust with sculpture group Central Square 2021 Eve Shepherd
Dragon logo, Boots Chemists, Queen Street, Cardiff. - geograph.org.uk - 1187373.jpg Boots, 36 to 38 Queen Street Painting Queen Street Stephen Bonutto Original design is mosaic which would be behind the painting
Cardiff Central mosaic.jpg Cardiff Central Station Mosaics Mosaic Cardiff Central railway station 2003 Rob Turner
Byrddau gwyddbwyll yr Aes.jpg Chess Sets Street furniture The Hayes 2009 Bedwyr Williams Commissioned by CBAT the Arts & Regeneration Agency on behalf of Land Securities.
Connect 4 Wood Street Bridge Cardiff.jpg Connect 4 or 5 Light sculpture Wood Street Railway Bridge 2009 Adrian Stuart DO-Architecture Ltd Illuminated LED installations beneath the arches of the bridge.
Drinking fountain, Dock Feeder bridge - geograph.org.uk - 1376888.jpg Drinking fountain Drinking fountain Dock Feeder 1862 W. and T. Wills
Jim Driscoll statue, Cardiff.JPG Jim Driscoll Statue Bute Terrace 1997 Philip Blacker Commissioned by CBAT the Arts & Regeneration Agency on behalf of Cardiff Bay Development Corporation.
The Family sculpture by Robert Thomas, Cardiff Queen Street - geograph.org.uk - 624471.jpg Family Group Sculptural group Queen Street 2009 Robert Thomas
Old Water Tower Cardiff Central Station 2005.jpg Giant Daffodils Mural Cardiff Central Water Tower 1984 Dennis Bridge (team leader) Work was carried out in June 2012 to repaint the tower in beige and brown.
Grecian woman statue, Prince of Wales, St Mary St.JPG Grecian Woman Statue in niche The Prince of Wales public House (formerly a theatre), St Mary Street c. 1920
Installed when the building was a theatre
John Batchelor statue, The Hayes, Cardiff.JPG John Batchelor Statue The Hayes 1883–6 James Milo Griffith The statue of this Liberal politician John Batchelor roused opposition from his opponents when it was first erected. The council was presented with a petition for its removal and, in 1887, the statue was daubed with coal tar and paint.
Statue of John, Marquis of Bute, Knight of the Thistle, in Callaghan Square, Cardiff.jpg John Crichton-Stuart, 2nd Marquess of Bute Statue Callaghan Square 1848–53 John Evan Thomas Originally located in front of the old Town Hall in St Mary Street and moved to Callaghan Square in 2000.
Statue on Queen Street, Cardiff - geograph.org.uk - 857330.jpg Miner Statue Queen Street 2005 Robert Thomas
Mother and Son, Cardiff Queen Street - geograph.org.uk - 624476.jpg Mother and Son Sculptural group Queen Street 2005 Robert Thomas
Nereid, Kingsway, Cardiff.jpg Nereid Sculpture Kingsway 1995–6 David Nathan
The clock, St Mary St, Cardiff.jpg Pierhead Clock Clock St Mary Street 2011 Marianne Forrest
The clock mechanism, dating to 1897, was formerly used by the clock of the Pierhead Building. It was replaced in 1973 and sold to an American collector, who decided to return it to Cardiff in 2005. The monkeys on swinging on the pendulums are a reference to the 3rd Marquess of Bute's opposition to Darwin's theory of evolution.
Sir Tasker Watkins VC.jpg Sir Tasker Watkins Statue Outside the Millennium Stadium 2009 Roger Andrews
Untitled Sculpture by Garth Evans.jpg Untitled Sculpture Formerly on The Hayes (now removed) 1972 Garth Evans 40-metre long black steel sculpture commissioned by the Peter Stuyvesant Foundation in 1972 and exhibited for 6 months. Returned to The Hayes in September 2019 for another 6 months.
Without Place.jpg Without Place Sculpture Junction of Charles Street and Queen Street 2011 Denis O'Connor and Bernie Rutter

Grangetown

Image Title / individual commemorated Type Location Date Sculptor Architect / Designer Notes Source
Fountain Canopy in Grange Gardens’.jpg Fountain Canopy - Grange Gardens’ Sculpture Grange Gardens Park 1909 MacFarlanes of Glasgow
'A Private View' A4232 - geograph-3955220-by-Jaggery.jpg A Private View Stainless steel sphere A4232 link road 1995 Kevin Atherton Commissioned by CBAT the Arts & Regeneration Agency on behalf of South Glamorgan County Council.
War memorial, Grange Gardens, Cardiff.jpg Grange Gardens War Memorial Memorial with statue Grange Gardens 1920 Henry Charles Fehr
International Mother Language Monument, Cardiff.jpg International Mother Language Monument Sculpture Grangemoor Park 2019
Roxe Graffiti Wall Grangetown 2008.jpg Sevenoaks Park Graffiti Wall 130m mural Sevenoaks Park 2007 Various Mural first created in July 2007 as part of the Roxe Jam festival and renewed each year thereafter by local and international graffiti artists.
Silent Links Grangemore Hill Cardiff.jpg Silent Links Sculpture Grangemoor Park 2000 Ian Randall Commissioned by CBAT the Arts & Regeneration Agency on behalf of Cardiff Bay Development Corporation.
The Marl Railings.jpg The Marl Railings Sculpture The Marl
Urban Open Spaces’.jpg Urban Open Spaces’ Sculpture Grangemoor Park 1999 Jeremy Waygood Commissioned by CBAT the Arts & Regeneration Agency on behalf of Cardiff Bay Development Corporation.

Heath

Image Title / individual commemorated Type Location Date Sculptor Architect / Designer Source
Maindy Barracks Cenotaph.JPG War Memorial Memorial Maindy Barracks 1924 Sir Edwin Lutyens

Leckwith

Image Title / individual commemorated Type Location Date Sculptor Architect / Designer Source
Fred Keenor at Cardiff City Stadium, Cardiff.jpg Fred Keenor Statue Cardiff City Stadium 2012 Roger Andrews

Llandaff

Image Title / individual commemorated Type Location Date Sculptor Architect / Designer Source
Cross and Cathedral, Llandaff - geograph.org.uk - 976417.jpg The City Cross Cross The Cathedral Green 13th century; restored 1897
Llandaff War Memorial.JPG War memorial Memorial The Cathedral Green 1924 Sir William Goscombe John J. P. Grant
James Rice Buckley - geograph.org.uk - 333318.jpg James Rice Buckley Statue The Cathedral Green 1924–6 Sir William Goscombe John
Map of Llandaff.jpg Map of Llandaff’ Sculpture High Street 1981 Jeremy Waygood

Radyr

Image Title / individual commemorated Type Location Date Sculptor Architect / Designer Source
Radyr War memorial.JPG Radyr War Memorial Memorial with statue Heol Isaf / Kings Road Alfred Turner

Riverside

Image Title / individual commemorated Type Location Date Sculptor Architect / Designer Source
Fitzhamon Public Art Project on the banks of the Taff -Cardiff - geograph.org.uk - 1604881.jpg Seeds and Spices Four sculptures Fitzhamon Embankment 2007 David Mackie, Heather Parnell, Andrew Rowe

Roath

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates
Date Artist / designer Architect / other Type Designation Notes
Christ the Pantocrator of Roath.JPG Christ the Pantocrator of Roath St Martin's Church 2013 Hart, AidanAidan Hart Mitchell, PaulPaul Mitchell (stonemason for frame) Mosaic N/A The mosaic was blessed by Rowan Williams, the former Archbishop of Canterbury and of Wales. It was based on mosaics in Hagia Sophia, Istanbul (the Deësis) and the Sancta Sanctorum chapel of St John Lateran, Rome.

Splott

Image Title / individual commemorated Type Location Date Sculptor Architect / Designer Notes Source
Ars Gratia Artis^ - geograph.org.uk - 773816.jpg Blue Flash, Power Box and Mesh Chips Sculpture Electricity sub-station, Tyndall Street 1994 John Gingell Commissioned by Cardiff Bay Arts Trust on behalf of SWALEC.
Road sign art, Splott - geograph.org.uk - 456659.jpg Landmark Sculptures Roundabout, Tyndall Street/Ocean Way 1992 Pierre Vivant Also known locally as the Magic Roundabout. Commissioned by Cardiff Bay Arts Trust on behalf of Cardiff Bay Development Corporation.

Tremorfa

Image Title / individual commemorated Type Location Date Sculptor Architect / Designer Notes Source
Metal sculpture adjacent to Rover Way roundabout, Cardiff - 1807638 84f130c4.jpg Secret Station Sculpture Rover Way, Ffordd Pengam (off the A4232 road) 1992 O'Connell, EilisEilis O'Connell This was originally commissioned by Cardiff Bay Arts Trust on behalf of the Cardiff Bay Development Corporation. In 2019 several external bronze panels were stripped and stolen, leaving the work severely vandalised. To date (May 2022), the work has not been repaired and is in a very poor state.

Whitchurch

Image Title / individual commemorated Type Location Date Sculptor Architect / Designer Source
War Memorial - Whitchurch - geograph.org.uk - 1803272.jpg Whitchurch War Memorial Memorial with statue Outside Whitchurch Library 1920
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