Haughhead Railway Viaduct, Walkerburn is a Grade B listed building in the Scottish Borders local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 21 February 1971. Bridge.
Haughhead Railway Viaduct, Walkerburn
- WRENN ID
- silver-grate-larch
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Scottish Borders
- Constituency
- Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale MP: David Mundell (Con)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 21 February 1971
- Type
- Bridge
- OS grid reference
- NT 340 366
- Coordinates
- 55.61873, -3.04866
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The Haughhead Railway Viaduct in Walkerburn was opened in 1864 and is a five-span, iron plate-girder bridge that crosses the River Tweed. It features riveted construction with brick in-fill beneath the spans and has coursed rusticated sandstone ashlar cutwater piers.
On the north and south elevations, there are five segmental-headed iron spans, with girders supporting beneath. The overhanging edge copes are riveted and rest on tall rectangular cutwater piers, four in total. The bridge is supported on the riverbank by altered ashlar supports, each accompanied by a later path and embankment. The original track and ballast have been removed, and a modern footpath has been laid. There is also evidence of service pipes being carried across the river to the south.
Local climate
Haughhead Railway Viaduct, Walkerburn sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,030 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 82% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 64% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 62 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 40 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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