Bridge over the Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal SE of Pentwyn (partly in Bettws community) is a Grade II listed building in the Newport local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 24 June 1999. Bridge.
Bridge over the Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal SE of Pentwyn (partly in Bettws community)
- WRENN ID
- sunken-lead-moth
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Newport
- Constituency
- Newport East MP: Jessica Morden (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 24 June 1999
- Type
- Bridge
- Address
- Bridge over the Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal SE of Pentwyn (partly in Bettws community), Malpas
- OS grid reference
- ST 296 913
- Coordinates
- 51.61612, -3.01798
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
This is a rubble-built hump-backed bridge located southeast of Pentwyn, partly within the Bettws community. The bridge features a semi-elliptical arch made of stone voussoirs. Its parapets have cement copings and are splayed to square piers on the west side. A towing path runs under the bridge along the west side.
Local climate
Bridge over the Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal SE of Pentwyn (partly in Bettws community) receives an average of 930 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 71% 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 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 55% 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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