Alexandra Dry Dock, Leith Docks, Edinburgh is a Grade B listed building in the City of Edinburgh local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 12 December 1974. Dry dock.

Alexandra Dry Dock, Leith Docks, Edinburgh

WRENN ID
other-steel-blackthorn
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
City of Edinburgh
Constituency
Edinburgh North and Leith MP: Tracy Gilbert (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
12 December 1974
Type
Dry dock
OS grid reference
NT 271 768
Coordinates
55.97919, -3.16905
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Alexandra Dry Dock, located at Leith Docks in Edinburgh, was designed by Peter Whyte, a consultant engineer, and constructed between 1891 and 1896. This graving dock is built from ashlar stone and measures approximately 284 feet by 70 feet. It features a curved eastern end and a narrow western end, which has steps on either side. There is also a timber flood gate with a bridge spanning over it.

Local climate

Alexandra Dry Dock, 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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