Footbridge Over The Eachaig River, Benmore Botanic Garden is a Grade C listed building in the Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 4 May 2006. Footbridge.

Footbridge Over The Eachaig River, Benmore Botanic Garden

WRENN ID
north-pilaster-root
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park
Constituency
Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber MP: Brendan O'Hara (SNP)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
4 May 2006
Type
Footbridge
OS grid reference
NS 140 846
Coordinates
56.01892, -4.9848
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The footbridge over the Eachaig River at Benmore Botanic Garden was built in the late 19th century as part of the estate's improvements. This bridge features a parallel lattice truss wrought iron construction with large ashlar dies. It is approached from both sides by sloping parapets that have square copes.

Although it appears to date from the late 19th century, the bridge is locally known as the 'Pipe Bridge' because it carried the water main from Glen Massan to Kilmun starting around 1920. It is likely that an existing bridge was repurposed to facilitate the water supply across the river.

Local climate

Footbridge Over The Eachaig River, Benmore Botanic Garden sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,810 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 97% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 44 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 85% of listed buildings. Of these, 25 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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