Wadebridge is a community and also civil parish 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, raising to 7,900 in the 2011 census. There are 2 electoral wards in the community (East as well as West). Their total population is 8,272. Initially referred to as Wade, it was a hazardous fording point throughout the river till a bridge was built here in the 15th century, after which the name altered to its present type. The bridge was strategically essential during the English Civil War, as well as Oliver Cromwell went there to take it. Since then, it has actually been expanded two times and also reconditioned in 1991. Wadebridge was served by a railway station between 1834 as well as 1967; part of the line now creates the Camel Trail, a recreational route for walkers, cyclists as well as steed motorcyclists. The community made use of to be a road web traffic bottleneck on the A39 road up until it was bypassed in 1991, as well as the main purchasing street, Molesworth Street, is now pedestrianised. The community has a senior high school where several noteworthy sports-people were enlightened. The Royal Cornwall Program is a three-day agricultural show held at the close-by Royal Cornwall Showground every June, and the 5-day Cornwall Folk Festival takes place around the August Bank Holiday.