Wadebridge
Wadebridge is a community as well as civil church in north Cornwall, England, UK. The town straddles the River Camel 5 miles (8.0 kilometres) upstream from Padstow. The long-term 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 as well as West). Their overall population is 8,272. Originally called Wade, it was an unsafe fording point across the river until a bridge was built here in the 15th century, after which the name transformed to its present type. The bridge was tactically important throughout the English Civil War, and also Oliver Cromwell went there to take it. Ever since, it has been expanded two times as well as refurbished in 1991. Wadebridge was offered by a railway station in between 1834 as well as 1967; part of the line now develops the Camel Trail, a leisure path for pedestrians, cyclists and steed cyclists. The town made use of to be a road traffic bottleneck on the A39 roadway till it was bypassed in 1991, and also the major shopping street, Molesworth Street, is now pedestrianised. The community has a secondary school where several notable sports-people were educated. The Royal Cornwall Show is a three-day farming show held at the neighboring Royal Cornwall Showground every June, and also the 5-day Cornwall Folk Festival happens around the August Bank Holiday.
