Footbridge, Methil Brae, River Leven, Wemyss is a Grade C listed building in the Fife local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 17 March 1999. Footbridge.

Footbridge, Methil Brae, River Leven, Wemyss

WRENN ID
far-wattle-ridge
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
Fife
Constituency
North East Fife MP: Wendy Chamberlain (LD)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
17 March 1999
Type
Footbridge
OS grid reference
NO 366 006
Coordinates
56.19393, -3.02235
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

This is a late 19th century single arch cast-iron footbridge located at Methil Brae over the River Leven in Wemyss. It features a simple scissor-braced bowed parapet and a moulded handrail. At each end, the bridge is flanked by coped ashlar piers.

Local climate

Footbridge, Methil Brae, River Leven, Wemyss receives an average of 900 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 67% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 54% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 24 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 74% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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