Victoria Dock walls is a Grade II listed building in the Gwynedd local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 3 May 2002. Harbour wall.
Victoria Dock walls
- WRENN ID
- old-screen-tide
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Gwynedd
- Constituency
- Dwyfor Meirionnydd MP: Liz Saville Roberts (PC)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 3 May 2002
- Type
- Harbour wall
- Address
- Victoria Dock walls, Caernarfon
- OS grid reference
- SH 477 631
- Coordinates
- 53.14352, -4.27721
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The Victoria Dock walls are constructed of snecked rubble stone with flat copings, surrounding a harbour that measures approximately 200 meters by 90 meters. Regularly spaced cast iron mooring posts line the walls. On the seaward side, there is a low parapet; the eastern side of the dock entrance features monolithic dressed stone blocks, while the western side consists of 20th-century blockwork but retains an original square terminal pier at the western end. A cobbled slipway leads to a landing pier on the outer northwest side.
The dock entrance is rounded on the southern side, with both sides recessed to accommodate stone steps. There is an additional lower flight of concrete steps, which is now concealed behind modern timber stanchions. A modern slipway is located in the inner northwest corner, beneath which original stone steps can be found. The landward (southeast) side of the harbour includes a dry dock.
Local climate
Victoria Dock walls 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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