Suspension Footbridge, Church Lane, Inverness is a Grade B listed building in the local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 21 May 1971. Footbridge.

Suspension Footbridge, Church Lane, Inverness

WRENN ID
dim-postern-plover
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Constituency
Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire MP: Mr Angus MacDonald (LD)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
21 May 1971
Type
Footbridge
OS grid reference
NH 663 453
Coordinates
57.47905, -4.22988
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Suspension Footbridge on Church Lane in Inverness was designed by C R Manners and built between 1880 and 1881. This suspension bridge features steel wire-rope cables, lattice-girder spans, and pylons supported by cast-iron piers.

Local climate

Suspension Footbridge, Church Lane, Inverness sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 990 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 80% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 60% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 54 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 94% of listed buildings. Of these, 36 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.2°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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