Suspension Bridge, Abergeldie Castle is a Grade B listed building in the Cairngorms National Park local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 2 November 1976. Bridge. 1 related planning application.

Suspension Bridge, Abergeldie Castle

WRENN ID
waiting-loggia-scarlet
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Cairngorms National Park
Constituency
West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine MP: Andrew Bowie (Con)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
2 November 1976
Type
Bridge
Address
Suspension Bridge, Abergeldie Castle, AB35 5SY
OS grid reference
NO 287 953
Coordinates
57.04374, -3.17612
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Suspension Bridge at Abergeldie Castle was built in 1885 by the Blaikie Brothers, engineers from Aberdeen. It is a slender iron foot suspension bridge featuring a light wooden deck. The deck is supported by wire rope cables that hang from lattice girder pylons. The bridge also has wire mesh parapets.

Local climate

Suspension Bridge, Abergeldie Castle sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,140 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 89% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 63% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 88 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 68 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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