Stanley Embankment is a Grade II listed building in the Isle of Anglesey local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 30 June 1998. House.

Stanley Embankment

WRENN ID
kindled-wattle-heron
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Isle of Anglesey
Constituency
Ynys Môn MP: Llinos Medi (PC)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
30 June 1998
Type
House
Address
Stanley Embankment, Penrhos Coastal Park, Holyhead
OS grid reference
SH 278 801
Coordinates
53.29062, -4.58467
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

Stanley Embankment is a large structure built on a natural terrace across the strait. It is faced with stone and has modern rubble walling on either side to protect against storm damage. The embankment is 1,300 yards (1,189 meters) long and stands 16 feet (4.87 meters) high. At its base, it is 114 feet (34.75 meters) wide, tapering to a width of 34 feet (10.36 meters) at the top. The embankment supports the A5(T) road along its eastern side and the main Euston to Holyhead railway to the west, separated by a tall rubble masonry wall, with a smaller rubble masonry wall along the east side of the A5(T).

Local climate

Stanley Embankment sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,030 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 83% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 93% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 8 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 93% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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