Calder Bridge, Wishaw is a Grade C listed building in the North Lanarkshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 30 March 2001. Bridge.

Calder Bridge, Wishaw

WRENN ID
first-groin-ivy
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
North Lanarkshire
Constituency
Airdrie and Shotts MP: Kenneth Stevenson (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
30 March 2001
Type
Bridge
OS grid reference
NS 792 563
Coordinates
55.78562, -3.92769
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Calder Bridge in Wishaw is a cart bridge built in the mid-19th century. It features a high and broad single span with a segmental arch. The bridge is mainly constructed from yellow ashlar sandstone, with rusticated chamfered wing walls and abutments. It has an arch ring and low parapets, topped with modern steel railings.

Local climate

Calder Bridge, Wishaw sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,150 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 89% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 77% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 56 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 96% 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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