Dock walls and gate between inner dock and outer basin at Briton Ferry Docks is a Grade II* listed building in the Neath Port Talbot local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 19 May 2000. Dock infrastructure.

Dock walls and gate between inner dock and outer basin at Briton Ferry Docks

WRENN ID
distant-lime-blackthorn
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Neath Port Talbot
Constituency
Aberafan Maesteg MP: Stephen Kinnock (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
19 May 2000
Type
Dock infrastructure
OS grid reference
SS 737 936
Coordinates
51.62738, -3.82577
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The dock walls and gate are located at the junction between the inner dock and outer basin at Briton Ferry Docks. They are constructed from snecked rock-faced sandstone and feature large dressed coping stones. On the west side of the basin, the walls create a large square quay that measures approximately 70 meters by 80 meters, walled on three sides with a rounded southeast corner and a rounded bastion at the northeast corner. The opposite quay is narrower, measuring about 50 meters by 15 meters. The dock walls are reinforced with additional concrete in the channel between the basins. The lock gate is reported to still exist in part, although it was not visible during the inspection.

Local climate

Dock walls and gate between inner dock and outer basin at Briton Ferry Docks sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,260 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 93% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 96% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 22 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 77% 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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