Footbridge over Roath Brook in Roath Park Pleasure Gardens is a Grade II listed building in the Cardiff local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 27 July 1994. Footbridge. 2 related planning applications.

Footbridge over Roath Brook in Roath Park Pleasure Gardens

WRENN ID
frozen-gateway-cedar
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cardiff
Constituency
Cardiff East MP: Jo Stevens (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
27 July 1994
Type
Footbridge
Address
Footbridge over Roath Brook in Roath Park Pleasure Gardens, CF23 5PH
OS grid reference
ST 186 786
Coordinates
51.50074, -3.1728
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The footbridge over Roath Brook in Roath Park Pleasure Gardens is a single-span structure made of reinforced concrete. It features a shallow segmental arch adorned with rope-moulded decoration and short spandrel columns. The parapet includes rounded balusters and intermediate piers that display Celtic interlace in low relief, along with a roll-moulded handrail. At each end of the bridge, there are pergolas supported by two pairs of uprights, which also feature vine trails in low relief. The deck has been re-laid in coarse concrete and is ramped towards a flat center.

Local climate

Footbridge over Roath Brook in Roath Park Pleasure Gardens 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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