Bridge 56, Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal is a Grade II listed building in the Brecon Beacons National Park local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 7 August 1997. Bridge.

Bridge 56, Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal

WRENN ID
burning-attic-burdock
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Brecon Beacons National Park
Constituency
Torfaen MP: Nick Thomas-Symonds (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
7 August 1997
Type
Bridge
Address
Bridge 56, Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal, Pontypool, New Inn, Torfaen
OS grid reference
SO 298 011
Coordinates
51.70466, -3.01617
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

Bridge 56 is an accommodation and footpath bridge over the Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal. It features a semi-elliptical arch made of voussoirs and is constructed from squared, faced, and coursed stone. The bridge has a parapet with slab coping and curving abutments. The bridge number is located on the south face of the arch, and the towpath runs beneath the bridge arch on the east side.

Local climate

Bridge 56, Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal receives an average of 940 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 73% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 72% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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