Avon Viaduct, River Avon, Westfield is a Grade B listed building in the Falkirk local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 26 November 1974. Railway viaduct.

Avon Viaduct, River Avon, Westfield

WRENN ID
final-keep-harvest
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Falkirk
Constituency
Falkirk MP: Euan Stainbank (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
26 November 1974
Type
Railway viaduct
OS grid reference
NS 933 726
Coordinates
55.93536, -3.70878
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Avon Viaduct, built around 1850, features twelve wide segmental arches along with two narrower arches at each end. The structure is made of rock-faced coursers, and the soffits are constructed from brick. It is topped with iron parapet railings.

Local climate

Avon Viaduct, River Avon, Westfield sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,060 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 69% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 53 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 94% of listed buildings. Of these, 31 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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