Iron Footbridge over Afon Llifon is a Grade II listed building in the Gwynedd local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 8 September 1998. Bridge.
Iron Footbridge over Afon Llifon
- 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
- 8 September 1998
- Type
- Bridge
- Address
- Iron Footbridge over Afon Llifon, Glynllifon, Llandwrog
- OS grid reference
- SH 461 555
- Coordinates
- 53.07484, -4.298
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The Iron Footbridge over the Afon Llifon is a cast-iron pedestrian bridge. It features latticed girders and parapets, which curve outwards and end in turned balusters.
Local climate
Iron Footbridge over Afon Llifon sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,370 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 98% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 20 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 78% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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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Similar buildings
The closest matches to this building from all 493,000 UK listed buildings, by architecture, period and materials.
- 1 Iron Footbridge approximately 150m south-west of the high bridge over the East Drive
- 2 Footbridge over Afon Llifon to east of house
- 3 Iron footbridge over Afon Mynach
- 4 Stone Bridge carrying East Drive over Afon Llifon immediately north of one of the iron footbridges
- 5 Footbridge over service drive to west of Glynllifon House
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Nearby listed buildings
- Pair of Stone Bridges beside Iron Bridge and below Hermitage
- Hermitage
- Rubble Footbridge below the Hermitage
- Rubble Footbridge uphill from Hermitage
- Stone Footbridge to north-east of the Fountain at the end of the vista
- Ionic Column on former East Drive
- Eastern Cavern north of the path near main east vista fountain
- Fountain at end of east vista
- Two parallel farmyard ranges to north-east corner of Glynllifon College Farm
- Cascade at Glynllifon