Tunnel Bridge is a Grade II listed building in the Denbighshire local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 30 December 2005. Bridge.
Tunnel Bridge
- WRENN ID
- moated-corbel-crag
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Denbighshire
- Constituency
- Clwyd East MP: Becky Gittins (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 30 December 2005
- Type
- Bridge
- Address
- Tunnel Bridge, Castle Park, Ruthin
- OS grid reference
- SJ 122 576
- Coordinates
- 53.10858, -3.31299
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
Tunnel Bridge is a large single-span bridge made of coursed stone, featuring a wide segmental arch constructed from stone voussoirs with a dripmould, which springs from ground level. The bridge has a string course along the parapets, which are topped with flat stone copings, although some sections have been replaced with concrete. The deck is wide, very slightly humped, and is now covered in grass. The ends of the bridge are splayed, with quadrant walls and end piers, and the parapets run continuously along the sides.
To the east of the bridge, there is an older wall made of large blocks of random stone, which has been truncated at the current deck level. At the base of this wall, there is a low segmental arch of stone voussoirs that is slightly inset, which carries a mill-race in the form of an earthwork, originating from a small weir on the southeast side of the bridge and extending northward for some distance. Further to the east and slightly set back on the north face, there is a short section of masonry that contains the entrance to a narrow tunnel, which allows a footpath to pass under the bridge. This tunnel features an elliptical-arched brick vault supported by stone side walls. To the south, there is a projection with stone side walls that curves slightly towards the southwest.
Local climate
Tunnel Bridge sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 960 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 60% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 72% of listed buildings. Of these, 21 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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