Footbridge, Botanic Gardens, 703 Great Western Road, Glasgow is a Grade B listed building in the Glasgow City local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 28 July 1987. Footbridge. 1 related planning application.

Footbridge, Botanic Gardens, 703 Great Western Road, Glasgow

WRENN ID
fallen-cellar-nightshade
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Glasgow City
Constituency
Glasgow North MP: Martin Rhodes (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
28 July 1987
Type
Footbridge
OS grid reference
NS 569 675
Coordinates
55.87982, -4.28797
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

This late 19th century footbridge is located in the Botanic Gardens on Great Western Road in Glasgow. It features three spans with shallow arches and is constructed from cast iron, supported by two iron supports mounted in the river. The bridge has a decorative cast-iron handrail and an asphalt footway. Additionally, there are cast-iron gatepiers and gates partway across the bridge, allowing for the closure of both the bridge and the gardens.

Local climate

Footbridge, Botanic Gardens, 703 Great Western Road, Glasgow sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,290 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 94% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 83% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 56 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 32 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.2°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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