Upminster Bridge

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Upminster Bridge

Coordinates: 51.5577° N 0.2397° E
OS grid reference	TQ552867
London borough	Havering
Ceremonial county	Greater London
Region	London
Constituent country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	HORNCHURCH
Postcode district	RM12
Post town	UPMINSTER
Postcode district	RM14
Dial code	01708
Police	Metropolitan
Fire	London
Ambulance	London
UK Parliament	Hornchurch
	Upminster
London Assembly	Havering and Redbridge
European Parliament	London
List of places: UK • England • London

Upminster Bridge is a crossing of the River Ingrebourne between Upminster and Hornchurch in the suburbs of London, United Kingdom.

The name has also been unofficially applied to the local area mostly since the 1934 opening of Upminster Bridge tube station and the subsequent housing development in the area. It would otherwise be split between Hornchurch and Upminster. A nearby pub bears the name The Bridge.

The original Upminster Bridge was a small crossing over the River Ingrebourne used by carters from the outlying farms in Upminster carrying goods to Hornchurch in the Royal Liberty of Havering, of which the river and bridge marked the eastern boundary.

Until its replacement with anonymous railings during the 1980s by Havering London Borough Council, the bridge used to sport two cast-iron plated bridge sides that were cast by the Whitechapel Bell Foundry - makers of Big Ben and other bells in the Houses of Parliament.

Upminster Bridge is served by the following Transport for London contracted London Bus routes: 193, 248, 370, 373. The area is on the route of the London Outer Orbital Path.