Towpath Bridge of Glamorganshire Canal about 50m north of junction with Forest Farm Road is a Grade II listed building in the Cardiff local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 30 September 1981. Bridge.
Towpath Bridge of Glamorganshire Canal about 50m north of junction with Forest Farm Road
- WRENN ID
- young-rubble-fern
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cardiff
- Constituency
- Cardiff North MP: Anna McMorrin (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 30 September 1981
- Type
- Bridge
- Address
- Towpath Bridge of Glamorganshire Canal about 50m north of junction with Forest Farm Road, Whitchurch
- OS grid reference
- ST 143 804
- Coordinates
- 51.51632, -3.23608
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The Towpath Bridge of the Glamorganshire Canal, located about 50 meters north of its junction with Forest Farm Road, is a cast-iron bridge featuring stone abutments. It spans an overflow from the Glamorganshire Canal into the Melingriffith Feeder. The bridge has a cast iron road and trellis iron parapets. On the Feeder side, there is a flat parapet with coping, while the Canal side displays a bow-shaped parapet without coping. This design likely facilitates the passage of tow ropes, as this section includes a widened area for a winding hole. It is similar to another bridge located about 500 meters south next to the Melingriffith Pump.
Local climate
Towpath Bridge of Glamorganshire Canal about 50m north of junction with Forest Farm Road sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,080 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 87% 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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