Wadebridge
Wadebridge is a community and also civil church in north Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The community straddles the River Camel 5 miles (8.0 kilometres) upstream from Padstow. The permanent population was 6,222 in the census of 2001, enhancing to 7,900 in the 2011 census. There are 2 electoral wards in the community (East and also West). Their overall population is 8,272. Originally called Wade, it was an unsafe fording point throughout the river until a bridge was developed below in the 15th century, after which the name transformed to its present type. The bridge was tactically crucial during the English Civil War, and Oliver Cromwell went there to take it. Since then, it has actually been widened twice and also refurbished in 1991. Wadebridge was served by a railway station between 1834 as well as 1967; part of the line currently develops the Camel Trail, an entertainment course for pedestrians, bikers as well as horse motorcyclists. The town made use of to be a road traffic bottleneck on the A39 road up until it was bypassed in 1991, and the main buying street, Molesworth Street, is now pedestrianised. The community has a secondary school where numerous significant sports-people were educated. The Royal Cornwall Program is a three-day farming show held at the nearby Royal Cornwall Showground every June, and also the 5-day Cornwall Folk Festival happens around the August Bank Holiday.