Kidwelly Quay is a Grade II listed building in the Carmarthenshire local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 28 July 1998. Quay.
Kidwelly Quay
- WRENN ID
- silver-wicket-twilight
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Carmarthenshire
- Constituency
- Llanelli MP: Dame Nia Griffith (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 28 July 1998
- Type
- Quay
- OS grid reference
- SN 397 063
- Coordinates
- 51.73333, -4.32232
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
Kidwelly Quay consists of a pair of coursed rubble quays that are connected around a small tidal dock, which branches off the eastern side of the Gwendraeth Fach estuary. The larger, rectangular eastern quay is situated at the end of Quay Road, adjacent to a reconstructed canal basin that extends inland. The walls, approximately 5 meters high, have a battered profile that rises from the estuary mud and curves into the dock before returning at nearly straight angles to meet the western quay. This western quay is narrower and has a rounded outer end, with masonry walls extending a short distance into the natural foreshore. The upper 2 meters of both quays have been recently rebuilt with proud pointing and serve as uncapped parapets for the wharfage space on top. The larger quay was previously accessible by railway sidings. There is a set of steps integrated into the upper eastern side of the dock, and a modern ramp provides access down to the river on the western side of the quay.
Local climate
Kidwelly Quay sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,410 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 99% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 9 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 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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