Railway Footbridge, Beach Lane, West Ferry, Dundee is a Grade B listed building in the Dundee City local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 29 October 1991. Footbridge.

Railway Footbridge, Beach Lane, West Ferry, Dundee

WRENN ID
over-grate-birch
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Dundee City
Constituency
Arbroath and Broughty Ferry MP: Lara Bird (SNP)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
29 October 1991
Type
Footbridge
OS grid reference
NO 451 310
Coordinates
56.46871, -2.89187
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The railway footbridge on Beach Lane in West Ferry, Dundee, was made by Dickson and Mann Ltd in the late 19th century. It is a Z-pan railway footbridge constructed from cast iron and steel, featuring concrete steps and timber platforms and deck. The bridge has four-column piers at both the north and south ends, which are adorned with Gothic-arched spandrels. It also includes lattice-work balustrades and curved oversailing braces.

Local climate

Railway Footbridge, Beach Lane, West Ferry, Dundee receives an average of 910 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 68% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 59% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 80% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 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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