Auchendinny Viaduct is a Grade B listed building in the Midlothian local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 22 January 1971.
Auchendinny Viaduct
- WRENN ID
- ghost-thatch-honey
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Midlothian
- Constituency
- Midlothian MP: Kirsty McNeill (Lab)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 22 January 1971
- OS grid reference
- NT 258 616
- Coordinates
- 55.84201, -3.18599
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
This is a viaduct built around 1900. It is a curved structure featuring ten segmental arches. The arch rings and piers are constructed from brick, while the abutments are built from rock-faced masonry. A low stone parapet runs along the top, now surmounted by modern metal safety railing, though sections of the original iron railings remain.
The viaduct is located near Auchendinny on the former Edinburgh and Penicuik Railway, which was opened in 1872 and later became part of the North British Railway in 1876. The railway ceased commercial operation in 1967, but the viaduct now forms part of a public walk and cycle path. The statutory address is Old Woodhouselee Railway Viaduct over River North Esk.
Local climate
Auchendinny Viaduct sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,000 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 52% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 55 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 35 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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