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 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.

Map of Wales with Caerphilly County Borough highlighted

Aberbargoed

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Wikidata	Notes
More images	War memorial	Aberbargoed	c.1925		Memorial gates and plaques	Cast metal		Grade II	Q29503375	[1][2]

Bargoed

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]

Bedwas

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Wikidata	Notes
	War memorial	Newport Road, Bedwas	1923		Pillar	Marble	2.6m tall	Grade II	Q29498644	[7][8]

Blackwood

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

Brithdir

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Wikidata	Notes
	War memorial	Brithdir			Cenotaph	Stone				[12][13]

Caerphilly

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]

Cwmcarn

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Wikidata	Notes
	War memorial	Memorial Park, Cwmcarn	1922		Statue on column	Bronze and stone		Grade II		[21][22][23]

Llanbradach

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Wikidata	Notes
	War memorial	Park View, Llanbradach			Statue on column	Marble and Portland stone		Grade II	Q29499348	[24][25][26]

Machen

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Wikidata	Notes
	War memorial	Commercial Road, Machen	1921		Celtic cross	Granite	1.9m tall	Grade II	Q29498640	[27][28][29]

Nelson

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Wikidata	Notes
	War memorial	Nelson	1926		Cenotaph	Granite		Grade II	Q29501815	[30][31]

Newbridge

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Wikidata	Notes
	War memorial	Newbridge	1995		Plaques	Bronze				Replaced a earlier memorial now in the St Fagans National Museum of History[32][33]

New Tredegar

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Wikidata	Notes
	War memorial	White Rose Way, New Tredegar	1923	Attributed to Louis Frederick Roslyn	Statue group on pedestal	Marble and red granite		Grade II	Q29502441	[34][35]

Oakdale

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Wikidata	Notes
	Oakdale Colliery memorial	Oakdale, Caerphilly			Sculpture	Metal and stone				[36]

Pontllanfraith

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Wikidata	Notes
	War memorial	Council Office grounds, Pontllanfraith	c.1920s		Cenotaph	Granite		Grade II	Q29498934	[37][38][39]

Pontlottyn

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Wikidata	Notes
	War memorial	Memorial Garden, Pontlottyn	c.1920s		Celtic cross with plaque	Stone				[40][41]

Risca

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Wikidata	Notes
	Jubilee memorial	Tredegar Grounds, Risca	c.1890s	W Macfarlane & Co, Glasgow	Statue on pedestal	Bronze		Grade II	Q29499706	[42]
More images	War memorial	Risca	c.1920s		Pillar with circle cross	Granite				[43][44]
	Grammar School war memorial	Corner of Station Road and Commercial Street, Risca	c.1920s		Celtic cross	Stone				In current position since 2011[45][46]

Rhymney

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Wikidata	Notes
	War memorial	Rhymney	1929	E.A. Gilbert	Celtic cross	Granite	5m tall	Grade II	Q29502139	[47][48][49]

Rudry

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Wikidata	Notes
More images	War memorial	Churchyard of St James, Rudry			Celtic cross	Granite		Grade II	Q29498768	[50][51]

Senghenydd

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Wikidata	Notes
	War memorial	Senghenydd	1921		Clock tower	Granite		Grade II	Q29499211	[52][53][54]

Tir-Phil

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Wikidata	Notes
	War memorial	Tir-Phil			Clock tower	Stone				Includes elements from an earlier, now demolished, memorial.[55][56]

Tir-y-berth

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Wikidata	Notes
	War memorial	West Side New Road, Tir-y-berth			Cross	Stone				[57][58]

Troedrhiwfuwch

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Wikidata	Notes
	War memorial	Troedrhiwfuwch			Celtic cross	Stone				Site of a former mining village.[59][60]

Ystrad Mynach

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Wikidata	Notes
	War memorial	Ystrad Mynach	1927		Cenotaph	Portland stone		Grade II		[61][62][63]

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