Avon Viaduct, River Avon, Westfield is a Grade B listed building in the Falkirk local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 10 December 1974. Viaduct. 1 related planning application.
Avon Viaduct, River Avon, Westfield
- WRENN ID
- sheer-chancel-bistre
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Falkirk
- Constituency
- Falkirk MP: Euan Stainbank (Lab)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 10 December 1974
- Type
- Viaduct
- OS grid reference
- NS 933 726
- Coordinates
- 55.93536, -3.70878
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The Avon Viaduct, located over the River Avon in Westfield, is a disused structure featuring 12 arches made of rough hewn masonry. At either end, the viaduct is flanked by a pair of tall, narrower arches. It spans the Avon Valley, where the river serves as the county boundary with West Lothian.
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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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