Aberbeeg 'Packhorse' Bridge is a Grade II listed building in the Blaenau Gwent local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 11 July 2005. Bridge.
Aberbeeg 'Packhorse' Bridge
- WRENN ID
- still-bracket-kestrel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Blaenau Gwent
- Constituency
- Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney MP: Nick Smith (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 11 July 2005
- Type
- Bridge
- Address
- Aberbeeg 'Packhorse' Bridge, Abertillery, Llanhilleth
- OS grid reference
- SO 209 019
- Coordinates
- 51.71057, -3.14544
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
Aberbeeg 'Packhorse' Bridge is a single-span, stone-built bridge that measures approximately 10.5 meters long and 2.2 meters wide. The arch features dressed voussoirs, some horizontal pinnings, and a low blocking course made of yellow brick. The bridge has a modern concrete surface and two steps on the western approach. Additionally, modern metal handrails and fencing have been installed, and a large metal pipe has been added through the base of this ancient structure.
Local climate
Aberbeeg 'Packhorse' Bridge sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,020 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 75% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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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