Clapper Bridge is a Grade II listed building in the Vale of Glamorgan local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 3 March 1999. Bridge. 1 related planning application.

Clapper Bridge

WRENN ID
watchful-mantel-laurel
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Vale of Glamorgan
Constituency
Vale of Glamorgan MP: Kanishka Narayan (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
3 March 1999
Type
Bridge
Address
Clapper Bridge, Castle-Upon-Alun, St. Bride's Major
OS grid reference
SS 909 750
Coordinates
51.46423, -3.57059
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

Clapper Bridge is a low structure made of rubble stone, featuring a slightly ramped deck that is approximately 1 meter wide. The bridge has five small openings for the passage of water, each with flat heads.

Local climate

Clapper Bridge sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,190 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 95% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 18 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 83% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 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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