Avon Viaduct, River Avon, Linlithgow is a Grade A listed building in the Falkirk local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 22 February 1971. Viaduct. 7 related planning applications.

Avon Viaduct, River Avon, Linlithgow

WRENN ID
high-brass-harvest
Grade
A
Local Planning Authority
Falkirk
Constituency
Falkirk MP: Euan Stainbank (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
22 February 1971
Type
Viaduct
OS grid reference
NS 981 769
Coordinates
55.9747, -3.63343
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Avon Viaduct, built in 1842 by engineers Grainger and Miller, features a 26 arch span that includes 20 segmental arches and 3 semi-circular arches at each end. It is constructed from cream squared and coursed sandstone ashlar, with rusticated piers. The design includes impost banding for each arch and a band course at the parapet.

Local climate

Avon Viaduct, River Avon, Linlithgow sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 980 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 79% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 58% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 46 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 87% of listed buildings. Of these, 25 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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