Fochabers Bridge is a Grade A listed building in the Moray local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 26 January 1971. Bridge. 2 related planning applications.

Fochabers Bridge

WRENN ID
rusted-loft-pine
Grade
A
Local Planning Authority
Moray
Constituency
Moray West, Nairn and Strathspey MP: Graham Leadbitter (SNP)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
26 January 1971
Type
Bridge
OS grid reference
NJ 339 594
Coordinates
57.62022, -3.10659
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Fochabers Bridge is a three-span bridge designed by Thomas Telford between 1801 and 1806, with repairs made after flood damage in 1831-1832 by George Burn as the contractor, and a reconstruction of the western arch in 1852 by Archibald Simpson. The bridge features two channelled ashlar arch rings, measuring 73 feet and 95 feet wide at the west. It has a widened deck and a modern metal balustrade. The bridge also includes tooled ashlar cutwaters and a blind oculus in the spandrel of the masonry sections.

Local climate

Fochabers Bridge 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 78% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 58% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 20 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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