Wadebridge is a town and also civil parish in north Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The community straddles the River Camel 5 miles (8.0 km) upstream from Padstow. The permanent population was 6,222 in the census of 2001, enhancing to 7,900 in the 2011 census. There are two selecting wards in the town (East and West). Their total population is 8,272. Originally known as Wade, it was a dangerous fording factor across the river until a bridge was built below in the 15th century, after which the name altered to its existing kind. The bridge was purposefully essential during the English Civil War, and also Oliver Cromwell went there to take it. Since then, it has been expanded twice and also reconditioned in 1991. Wadebridge was served by a railway station in between 1834 and also 1967; part of the line now creates the Camel Trail, a recreational route for walkers, bicyclists and also equine cyclists. The town used to be a road traffic bottleneck on the A39 roadway until it was bypassed in 1991, and the primary purchasing street, Molesworth Street, is now pedestrianised. The town has a secondary school where numerous noteworthy sports-people were educated. The Royal Cornwall Show is a three-day agricultural show held at the nearby Royal Cornwall Showground every June, and the 5-day Cornwall Folk Festival happens around the August Bank Holiday.