Pont Cwellyn No 1 and Pont Cwellyn No 2 (also known together as Pont Glan-yr-afon) is a Grade II listed building in the Snowdonia National Park local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 29 January 1999. Bridge.

Pont Cwellyn No 1 and Pont Cwellyn No 2 (also known together as Pont Glan-yr-afon)

WRENN ID
gentle-tower-spindle
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Snowdonia National Park
Constituency
Dwyfor Meirionnydd MP: Liz Saville Roberts (PC)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
29 January 1999
Type
Bridge
Address
Pont Cwellyn No 1 and Pont Cwellyn No 2 (also known together as Pont Glan-yr-afon), Caernarfon, Betws Garmon, Gwynedd
OS grid reference
SH 568 540
Coordinates
53.06435, -4.13808
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

Pont Cwellyn No 1 and Pont Cwellyn No 2, also known as Pont Glan-yr-afon, is a bridge constructed from roughly coursed rubblestone with stone-on-edge coping. It features three arches: the southern arch, which spans the Afon Gwyrfai, is round-arched, while the center arch, serving as a flood relief arch, and the northern arch, which crosses the Afon Treweunydd, are both segmental. All arches are built with voussoirs and arch-rings. Additionally, there is a walled refuge on the west side of the bridge, located opposite the driveway to Glanrafon.

Local climate

Pont Cwellyn No 1 and Pont Cwellyn No 2 (also known together as Pont Glan-yr-afon) 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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