Victoria Swing Bridge, Leith Docks, Edinburgh is a Grade A listed building in the City of Edinburgh local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 12 December 1974. Bridge. 1 related planning application.
Victoria Swing Bridge, Leith Docks, Edinburgh
- WRENN ID
- seventh-step-sunrise
- Grade
- A
- Local Planning Authority
- City of Edinburgh
- Constituency
- Edinburgh North and Leith MP: Tracy Gilbert (Lab)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 12 December 1974
- Type
- Bridge
- OS grid reference
- NT 271 768
- Coordinates
- 55.97882, -3.16974
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The Victoria Swing Bridge, located in Leith Docks, Edinburgh, was designed by Alexander M Rendel and constructed between 1871 and 1874 by Skerne Iron Works, with alterations made by Peter Whyte in 1896. This large, single span bridge features a bowed truss hydraulic design made of riveted wrought iron, timber, and steel. Its asymmetrical arch profile characterizes the cantilever span, which has a clear span of 120 feet and an overall length of 212 feet. The roadway measures 24 feet in width and includes a timber deck with pedestrian walkways on either side. Metal railings line the outer edges of these walkways. Additionally, there is a timber resting platform along the quayside to the northwest and a flight of concrete steps on the southeast side of the turning platform, leading from the bridge deck level to the bottom of the platform.
Local climate
Victoria Swing Bridge, Leith Docks, Edinburgh 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 76% 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 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 25 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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- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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