Canal Bridge over Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal at Darren Road is a Grade II listed building in the Caerphilly local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 23 December 1998. Bridge.

Canal Bridge over Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal at Darren Road

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Caerphilly
Constituency
Newport West and Islwyn MP: Ruth Jones (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
23 December 1998
Type
Bridge
Address
Canal Bridge over Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal at Darren Road, Crosskeys, Risca
OS grid reference
ST 234 915
Coordinates
51.61777, -3.10738
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The Canal Bridge over the Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal at Darren Road is a bridge constructed from rubble, designed to accommodate the steep slope of the area. It features a segmental arch made of thin voussoirs and has a low parapet with flat coping. The abutments curve outward and terminate in square piers. There are two lozenge-shaped cast iron weight restriction notices attached to the bridge. A former towpath used to pass under the bridge on the south side, where a stone kerb is present. The canal is now blocked immediately to the east of the bridge.

Local climate

Canal Bridge over Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal at Darren Road sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,000 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 80% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 77% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 56% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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