Footbridge, Balgay Park, Dundee is a Grade B listed building in the Dundee City local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 30 June 1989. Footbridge.
Footbridge, Balgay Park, Dundee
- WRENN ID
- tenth-panel-holly
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Dundee City
- Constituency
- Dundee Central MP: Chris Law (SNP)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 30 June 1989
- Type
- Footbridge
- OS grid reference
- NO 375 307
- Coordinates
- 56.46466, -3.01446
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The footbridge in Balgay Park, Dundee, dates back to 1877 and is an elegant cast-iron structure dramatically positioned across a gorge with an 80-foot span. It features two segmental-arched ribs made from three castings, supported by latticed cast-iron struts in the spandrels and five transverse tie rods. The level walkway is supported by straight girders, with the original wooden surface replaced by pre-cast concrete and tarmac.
The bridge is anchored by two stone piers, with rock-faced rubble below the walkway and ashlar dies above. Cast-iron brackets with gothic spandrels support the approaches, which consist of short lengths of cast-iron girders extending from rock-faced abutments.
The footbridge is adorned with cast-iron inter-laced railings that include central cast-iron inscription plaques. Above the railings, there is a partly original wire trellis screen that connects wrought-iron uprights, which are decorated with realistic beaten metal flowers.
Local climate
Footbridge, Balgay Park, Dundee receives an average of 910 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 69% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 82% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 53 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 94% 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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