Footbridge is a Grade II listed building in the Gwynedd local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 18 January 2000. Footbridge.
Footbridge
- WRENN ID
- watchful-wicket-bittern
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Gwynedd
- Constituency
- Dwyfor Meirionnydd MP: Liz Saville Roberts (PC)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 18 January 2000
- Type
- Footbridge
- Address
- Footbridge, Pen-Gilfach, Caernarfon, Llanberis
- OS grid reference
- SH 570 611
- Coordinates
- 53.12873, -4.1378
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
This is a footbridge dating from the time of the former Caernarfon to Llanberis Railway. It features a single-span arch over a deep cutting. The bridge has rectangular stone piers at each end, with circles of varying sizes in the spandrels of the segmental arch. The handrail is designed with delicate square panels and thin scissor bracing, which gives the entire structure a notably refined and sophisticated appearance. There are stone steps at each approach; the steps on the south side lead straight onto the bridge, while those on the north side are set at right angles to it.
Local climate
Footbridge sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,360 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 96% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 95% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 40 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 78% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 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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