Bridge No. 42, Union Canal, Linlithgow is a Grade B listed building in the West Lothian local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 25 June 1980. Bridge.

Bridge No. 42, Union Canal, Linlithgow

WRENN ID
broken-gateway-curlew
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
West Lothian
Constituency
Bathgate and Linlithgow MP: Kirsteen Sullivan (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
25 June 1980
Type
Bridge
OS grid reference
NT 019 771
Coordinates
55.97722, -3.57251
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Bridge No. 42 on the Union Canal in Linlithgow was designed by engineer Hugh Baird around 1820. It features a segmental arch and is constructed from cream-colored squared, coursed, and stugged sandstone rubble, with ashlar coping. The keystone of the bridge has a number inscribed on it.

Local climate

Bridge No. 42, Union Canal, Linlithgow sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 980 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 79% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 58% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 46 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 87% 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 0.3°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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