Ynysmeudwy Ganol Overbridge on Swansea Canal is a Grade II listed building in the Neath Port Talbot local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 13 March 2003. Canal overbridge.

Ynysmeudwy Ganol Overbridge on Swansea Canal

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Neath Port Talbot
Constituency
Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe MP: David Chadwick (LD)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
13 March 2003
Type
Canal overbridge
Address
Ynysmeudwy Ganol Overbridge on Swansea Canal, Pontardawe
OS grid reference
SN 732 050
Coordinates
51.72943, -3.8366
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

Ynysmeudwy Ganol Overbridge is a canal overbridge built over the Swansea Canal. It features a single arch made of rubble stone, with a segmental arch constructed from tooled cut stone voussoirs. The abutments curve outward on each side, leading to square end piers. To the north, the parapet has been extended beyond the end piers, and both the parapets and piers have cement rounded copings.

Local climate

Ynysmeudwy Ganol Overbridge on Swansea Canal sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,380 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 96% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 69% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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