Creel Bridge, Drumlanrig Estate is a Grade B listed building in the Dumfries and Galloway local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 26 June 1986. Footbridge.

Creel Bridge, Drumlanrig Estate

WRENN ID
bitter-panel-clover
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Dumfries and Galloway
Constituency
Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale MP: David Mundell (Con)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
26 June 1986
Type
Footbridge
OS grid reference
NS 855 005
Coordinates
55.28565, -3.80334
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Creel Bridge, located on the Drumlanrig Estate, dates from the earlier to mid-19th century. This narrow lenticular footbridge is elevated high above the River Nith, supported by a pair of slender cast-iron columns on either bank. The columns are equipped with iron stays that have been renewed. The bridge features a timber walkway that is supported by braces and connects narrow plate girders. The approach to the walkway turns south on the west bank, and there is a gate at the east approach. Iron handrails with cross-braces are slightly splayed from their mountings.

Local climate

Creel Bridge, Drumlanrig Estate sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,360 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 96% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 85% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 61 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 37 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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