Waterfall Viaduct is a Grade II listed building in the Snowdonia National Park local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 28 May 1999. Viaduct.

Waterfall Viaduct

WRENN ID
worn-gable-crow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Snowdonia National Park
Constituency
Dwyfor Meirionnydd MP: Liz Saville Roberts (PC)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
28 May 1999
Type
Viaduct
Address
Waterfall Viaduct, Llanberis, Caernarfon, Gwynedd
OS grid reference
SH 577 593
Coordinates
53.11208, -4.12614
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The Waterfall Viaduct is a railway viaduct featuring four tall skewed round-headed arches that support an incline. It is constructed from snecked rock-faced rubblestone blocks, which are topped with heavily tooled ashlar coping. The arches are made of toothed purple brick.

Local climate

Waterfall Viaduct 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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