Bridge over Tennant Canal to S of entrance to Neath Abbey is a Grade II listed building in the Neath Port Talbot local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 29 January 1980. Bridge.

Bridge over Tennant Canal to S of entrance to Neath Abbey

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Neath Port Talbot
Constituency
Neath and Swansea East MP: Carolyn Harris (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
29 January 1980
Type
Bridge
Address
Bridge over Tennant Canal to S of entrance to Neath Abbey, Dyffryn Clydach
OS grid reference
SS 737 972
Coordinates
51.66014, -3.82691
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

This is a hump-backed canal bridge located over the Tennant Canal to the south of the entrance to Neath Abbey. It is constructed of rubblestone and features a single segmental arch made of dressed sandstone voussoirs. The bridge has low parapets with coping made from rectangular cast blocks of copper slag, some of which have Roman numerals cast into them. The abutments of the bridge splay outwards slightly on each side and are extended as a wall on the southwest side. A former tow path crosses from the south to the north side of the canal over the bridge.

Local climate

Bridge over Tennant Canal to S of entrance to Neath Abbey 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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