Great Barford Bridge

Great Barford Bridge

Crosses	River Great Ouse
Locale	Great Barford, Bedfordshire
Heritage status	Grade I listed
History
Opened	Fifteenth century

The early fifteenth century Great Barford Bridge, sometimes called simply Barford Bridge, spans the River Great Ouse at Great Barford, Bedfordshire. It is an arch bridge with seventeen arches, originally built from limestone and sandstone. The bridge underwent significant changes in the 19th century, with a widening project in 1818 that used wood being superseded in 1874 with the use of brick. It is Grade I listed and a Scheduled Ancient Monument.

External links

Local school information on the bridge
Navigation of the Great Ouse
Information on the Ouse Valley Way around Bedford

River Great Ouse, England

Counties	Northamptonshire Buckinghamshire Bedfordshire Cambridgeshire Norfolk

Flows into	The Wash

Towns (upstream to downstream)	Brackley Buckingham Old Stratford Milton Keynes (Stony Stratford Wolverton New Bradwell) Newport Pagnell Olney Kempston Bedford St Neots Godmanchester Huntingdon St Ives Ely Littleport Downham Market King's Lynn

Major tributaries (upstream to downstream by confluence)	River Tove River Ouzel (or Lovat) River Ivel River Kym Old Bedford River New Bedford River River Cam River Lark River Little Ouse River Wissey

Major bridges (upstream to downstream)	Harrold bridge A428 Turvey bridge A428 Bromham bypass A6 Bedford Town Bridge A421 Bedford bypass Great Barford Bridge A428 Bridge St Neots St Neots Town Bridge Godmanchester Chinese Bridge A14 bridge, River Great Ouse Huntingdon Old Bridge St Ives Bridge

Longest UK rivers Severn Thames Trent Great Ouse Wye Ure/Ouse Tay Spey Clyde Tweed Avon Nene Eden Dee

Coordinates: 52°09′04″N 0°20′36″W / 52.1510°N 0.3432°W / 52.1510; -0.3432

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