Tweed Bridge, River Tweed, Innerleithen is a Grade C listed building in the Scottish Borders local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 12 August 2003. Bridge.

Tweed Bridge, River Tweed, Innerleithen

WRENN ID
keen-portal-dew
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
Scottish Borders
Constituency
Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale MP: David Mundell (Con)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
12 August 2003
Type
Bridge
OS grid reference
NT 333 359
Coordinates
55.61282, -3.05942
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Tweed Bridge, located over the River Tweed in Innerleithen, was built in 1886 for The Peeblesshire Road Trustees, with engineering by RS Anderson and construction by Robertson & Co from Workington. This log-back girder road bridge features four spans supported by stone piers and cutwaters, ending in low wing walls. The structure is made of mild steel and wrought iron, with some decorative cast-iron components, including green sand cast-iron plaques.

On the northeast and southwest elevations, there are three large stone piers that transition into diamond-shaped cutwaters, topped with cushion caps. Similar piers at the ends support the four log-backed spans, which each have riveted cross trusses and railing parapets embossed with "STOCKTON MIC." There are two ornate rectangular plaques aligned with the central piers, stating "ERECTED BY THE PEEBLES SHIRE ROAD TRUSTEES 1886," surrounded by a coat of arms featuring a lion rampant shield with thistles on the sides. Small wing walls with segmental coping are positioned at the outer ends of the piers, serving as stone protectors next to the metalwork.

Local climate

Tweed Bridge, River Tweed, Innerleithen sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,070 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 71% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 65 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 43 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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