Road Bridge over former Padarn Railway is a Grade II listed building in the Gwynedd local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 18 April 1997. Bridge.

Road Bridge over former Padarn Railway

WRENN ID
under-lantern-hawk
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Gwynedd
Constituency
Dwyfor Meirionnydd MP: Liz Saville Roberts (PC)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
18 April 1997
Type
Bridge
Address
Road Bridge over former Padarn Railway, Penscoins, Y Felinheli
OS grid reference
SH 535 677
Coordinates
53.18652, -4.19331
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

This is a slightly humped road bridge made of rubble stone, built over the former Padarn Railway. The bridge features a parapet that is about 22 meters long and 1 meter high. The arch of the bridge stands approximately 5 meters high and is 4 meters wide at track level. It has a slate arch ring and stone voussoirs on both sides. Additionally, there is a buttress on the northwest side that reaches the full height of the bridge.

Local climate

Road Bridge over former Padarn Railway sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,210 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 92% 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 23 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 75% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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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