Pont Llanfair - Llanfair Talhairarn Conwy North Wales - 24.6.2020
Pont Llanfair is an 18th Century 'Grade 2 Listed' stone arched bridge that spans the River Elwy in the village of Llanfair Talhairarn Conwy - itself within an area of outstanding natural beauty.
The River Elwy is a tributary of the much larger River Clwyd which it joins one mile north of the City of St. Asaph before entering the Irish Sea via its tidal estuary at Rhyl on the North Wales Coast.
Calm and idyllic today, but every Winter the River regularly floods. Most recently, aside of again damaging nearby properties, the sheer power of the water also ripped up trees and destroyed roads.
The scale of destruction was immense! Including the River Clwyd tens of square miles were flooded.
In recent years, especially around St. Asaph, high flood defence walls have now been built. Upstream, further flood preventive schemes have been completed and are still ongoing.
Pont Llanfair - Llanfair Talhairarn Conwy North Wales - 24.6.2020
Pont Llanfair is an 18th Century 'Grade 2 Listed' stone arched bridge that spans the River Elwy in the village of Llanfair Talhairarn Conwy - itself within an area of outstanding natural beauty.
The River Elwy is a tributary of the much larger River Clwyd which it joins one mile north of the City of St. Asaph before entering the Irish Sea via its tidal estuary at Rhyl on the North Wales Coast.
Calm and idyllic today, but every Winter the River regularly floods. Most recently, aside of again damaging nearby properties, the sheer power of the water also ripped up trees and destroyed roads.
The scale of destruction was immense! Including the River Clwyd tens of square miles were flooded.
In recent years, especially around St. Asaph, high flood defence walls have now been built. Upstream, further flood preventive schemes have been completed and are still ongoing.