Dolwen Bridge is a Grade II listed building in the Conwy local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 2 July 1998. Bridge.

Dolwen Bridge

WRENN ID
stranded-keystone-yarrow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Conwy
Constituency
Bangor Aberconwy MP: Claire Hughes (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
2 July 1998
Type
Bridge
Address
Dolwen Bridge, Betws Yn Rhos, LL22 8PA
OS grid reference
SH 888 744
Coordinates
53.25551, -3.66753
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

Dolwen Bridge is a single-span road bridge made of rubble. It features a segmental arch with recessed, rough-dressed voussoirs. The low parapets are made of sandstone and are slightly raised in the center, creating a gentle hump in the carriageway. The parapets are splayed at the approaches and end on the upstream side with simple square piers. Some sections of the capping have been replaced with cement. The western downstream parapet extends along the river for a short distance as a sloped revettment wall, which is located beyond a flat buttress that marks the end of the bridge. This wall then connects to a rubble boundary wall.

Local climate

Dolwen Bridge sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,050 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 70% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 63% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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