Canal Bridge over Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal, Groes Road is a Grade II listed building in the Newport local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 23 July 2003. Bridge.

Canal Bridge over Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal, Groes Road

WRENN ID
sombre-lime-hemlock
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Newport
Constituency
Newport West and Islwyn MP: Ruth Jones (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
23 July 2003
Type
Bridge
Address
Canal Bridge over Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal, Groes Road, Rogerstone
OS grid reference
ST 270 889
Coordinates
51.59438, -3.05393
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

This is a hump-backed canal bridge located over the Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal on Groes Road. It is constructed from rubblestone and features a single elliptical arch made of dressed sandstone voussoirs. The bridge has parapets with flat coping, and the abutments splay outwards on each side. A former tow path used to pass under the bridge on the south side.

Local climate

Canal Bridge over Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal, Groes 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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