Bridge 53 at Pontymoile Basin, Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal is a Grade II listed building in the Torfaen local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 12 March 1980. Bridge.

Bridge 53 at Pontymoile Basin, Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal

WRENN ID
haunted-merlon-autumn
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Torfaen
Constituency
Torfaen MP: Nick Thomas-Symonds (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
12 March 1980
Type
Bridge
Address
Bridge 53 at Pontymoile Basin, Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal, Pontypool
OS grid reference
SO 291 001
Coordinates
51.69572, -3.02578
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

Bridge 53 at Pontymoile Basin is a junction bridge located at the meeting point of the Brecknock and Abergavenny Canal and the now closed Monmouthshire Canal. It features a semi-elliptical arch constructed with voussoirs and is faced with coursed stone. The bridge has a parapet with slab coping and curving abutments that include plain pilasters. On the south-east side, the towpath for the Brecknock and Abergavenny Canal runs beneath the bridge arch. Additionally, a diamond-shaped 6-ton weight limit sign from the Great Western Railway period of ownership is still present.

Local climate

Bridge 53 at Pontymoile Basin, Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal receives an average of 940 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 73% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 72% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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