Slate Wharf is a Grade II listed building in the Gwynedd local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 1 April 1974. Wharf.

Slate Wharf

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Gwynedd
Constituency
Dwyfor Meirionnydd MP: Liz Saville Roberts (PC)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
1 April 1974
Type
Wharf
Address
Slate Wharf, Porthmadog
OS grid reference
SH 568 379
Coordinates
52.91992, -4.13055
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

Slate Wharf is a long structure measuring approximately 650 meters in length and oriented roughly north-south. It is built of battered coursed stone in large blocks. At the northern end, there are stone steps located by the Madoc Yacht Club, while at the southern end, there is a slipway.

Local climate

Slate Wharf sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,490 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 97% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 60% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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