Taff Vale Railway Bridge at Abercynon is a Grade II listed building in the Rhondda Cynon Taf local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 12 December 2002. Bridge.
Taff Vale Railway Bridge at Abercynon
- WRENN ID
- deep-cobble-summer
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Rhondda Cynon Taf
- Constituency
- Pontypridd MP: Alex Davies-Jones (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 12 December 2002
- Type
- Bridge
- Address
- Taff Vale Railway Bridge at Abercynon, Rhondda Cynon Taff
- OS grid reference
- ST 083 949
- Coordinates
- 51.64551, -3.32595
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The Taff Vale Railway Bridge at Abercynon is a skewed railway bridge featuring two unequal arches. It is constructed from coursed rock-faced stone, which includes conglomerate Radyr stone in the rounded coping of the parapet. The voussoirs extend around the entire arch down to the base of the river pier and abutments, with a projecting course at track level. The northern arch is taller and wider than the other. The bridge also has three tiers of horizontal railings.
Local climate
Taff Vale Railway Bridge at Abercynon sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,120 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 85% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 53% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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