West Hermiston Bridge, Union Canal is a Grade B listed building in the City of Edinburgh local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 31 January 1981. Bridge.

West Hermiston Bridge, Union Canal

WRENN ID
silent-attic-weasel
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
City of Edinburgh
Constituency
Edinburgh South West MP: Dr Scott Arthur (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
31 January 1981
Type
Bridge
OS grid reference
NT 173 703
Coordinates
55.9187, -3.32415
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

West Hermiston Bridge, located on the Union Canal, was designed by engineer Hugh Baird around 1820. It is a single span bridge constructed from coursed sandstone with ashlar dressings. The bridge features a segmental arch made of dressed voussoirs and a soffit. An advanced keystone is inscribed with the number '12'. There is a string course, and plain railings are situated between the parapet walls, which are topped with ashlar slab coping.

Local climate

West Hermiston 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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