Kidwelly Bridge/Pont Cydweli is a Grade II listed building in the Carmarthenshire local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 28 July 1998. Bridge.

Kidwelly Bridge/Pont Cydweli

WRENN ID
carved-timber-frost
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Carmarthenshire
Constituency
Llanelli MP: Dame Nia Griffith (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
28 July 1998
Type
Bridge
OS grid reference
SN 406 068
Coordinates
51.7377, -4.30865
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

Kidwelly Bridge, also known as Pont Cydweli, is a two-arch bridge made of rubble stone, dating from the early 20th century. It features coursed rock-faced rubble facing on both sides, with stone voussoirs forming segmental arches, a string course, and a parapet. The parapet is topped with tooled limestone coping and has four raised piers, each capped with tooled limestone.

The bridge is supported by a large central pier that has substantial cutwaters on both sides, into which the arches of the various bridge widenings are integrated. The cutwater extends slightly beyond the face of the final widening and rises to just below the parapet coping. The underside of the bridge clearly shows the line of widening on both sides. The original southern arch is pointed, while the northern arch is rounded, both of which connect into the main part of the central pier. The widening features segmental arches from the cutwater, suggesting that the original bridge may have had cutwaters that served as pedestrian refuges.

Local climate

Kidwelly Bridge/Pont Cydweli 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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