Bettisfield Bridge (Bridge No 48, Llangollen Canal) is a Grade II listed building in the Wrexham local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 18 November 2005. Bridge.

Bettisfield Bridge (Bridge No 48, Llangollen Canal)

WRENN ID
swift-postern-thistle
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Wrexham
Constituency
Wrexham MP: Andrew Ranger (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
18 November 2005
Type
Bridge
Address
Bettisfield Bridge (Bridge No 48, Llangollen Canal), Maelor South
OS grid reference
SJ 459 355
Coordinates
52.91452, -2.8052
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

Bettisfield Bridge, located on the Llangollen Canal, is a high, battered, humped-back bridge built with a single carriageway and a single span of brick. The round arch of the bridge has been rendered. The abutments curve out to square terminal piers. The parapet features freestone coping and is slightly corbelled out over the abutments and arch. On the eastern side of the parapet, there is an oval iron plaque displaying the number '48' in raised numerals.

Local climate

Bettisfield Bridge (Bridge No 48, Llangollen Canal) receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 92% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 85% of listed buildings. Of these, 23 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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