Pont y Bala (partly in Bala community) is a Grade II listed building in the Gwynedd local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 6 December 1951. Bridge.
Pont y Bala (partly in Bala community)
- WRENN ID
- hushed-attic-tide
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Gwynedd
- Constituency
- Dwyfor Meirionnydd MP: Liz Saville Roberts (PC)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 6 December 1951
- Type
- Bridge
- Address
- Pont y Bala (partly in Bala community), Llandderfel
- OS grid reference
- SH 929 362
- Coordinates
- 52.91329, -3.59328
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
Pont y Bala is a long road bridge constructed from rough-dressed rubble, with snecked stonework on the downriver side. The bridge features four segmental arches that are recessed below arch rings made of narrow stones. It has half-height triangular cutwaters on both sides, which extend to parapet height as shallow pilasters on the downriver side. The carriageway is flat, and the parapets are plain and coped. The arch soffits are cemented, and there are three pairs of modern street lights installed on the bridge.
Local climate
Pont y Bala (partly in Bala community) sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,190 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 80% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 53 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 94% of listed buildings. Of these, 33 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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