Edinburgh, Calder Road Bridge, Union Canal is a Grade B listed building in the City of Edinburgh local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 29 April 1977. Bridge. 1 related planning application.

Edinburgh, Calder Road Bridge, Union Canal

WRENN ID
white-doorway-ivy
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
City of Edinburgh
Constituency
Edinburgh South West MP: Dr Scott Arthur (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
29 April 1977
Type
Bridge
OS grid reference
NT 187 704
Coordinates
55.92062, -3.30202
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Calder Road Bridge, located on the Union Canal in Edinburgh, was designed by Hugh Baird and constructed between 1818 and 1822. This bridge features a single segmental skew arch, which is distinguished by its numbered keyblocks. The structure is made of coursed rubble and is wider than other bridges, measuring 30 feet across the parapets. It is also referred to as No. 8 bridge.

Local climate

Edinburgh, Calder Road Bridge, Union Canal sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 970 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 78% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 53% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 47 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 89% of listed buildings. Of these, 28 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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