Iron Footbridge over the Swansea Canal is a Grade II listed building in the Swansea local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 15 December 2003. Footbridge.
Iron Footbridge over the Swansea Canal
- WRENN ID
- north-bronze-thunder
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Swansea
- Constituency
- Neath and Swansea East MP: Carolyn Harris (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 15 December 2003
- Type
- Footbridge
- Address
- Iron Footbridge over the Swansea Canal, Clydach
- OS grid reference
- SN 689 012
- Coordinates
- 51.69435, -3.89715
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The Iron Footbridge over the Swansea Canal is a footbridge constructed with two large I-beams made of riveted plates, connected by T-section pieces. It features a flat bottom piece and a top handrail composed of two hollow rails bolted back-to-back. The decking and linking struts beneath the bridge were replaced in the late 20th century. The bridge is supported on rubble stone piers, with rubble stone ramps on each side leading up from the towpaths. These ramps are made of coursed rock-faced squared rubble stone and have sloping parapets.
Local climate
Iron Footbridge over the Swansea Canal sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,400 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 97% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 21 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 78% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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