Wadebridge is a town and civil church in north Cornwall, England, UK. The town straddles the River Camel 5 miles (8.0 km) upstream from Padstow. The long-term population was 6,222 in the census of 2001, boosting to 7,900 in the 2011 census. There are two selecting wards in the community (East and West). Their total population is 8,272. Initially referred to as Wade, it was a dangerous fording factor across the river up until a bridge was constructed below in the 15th century, after which the name transformed to its present form. The bridge was tactically crucial throughout the English Civil War, as well as Oliver Cromwell went there to take it. Since then, it has been broadened twice and also reconditioned in 1991. Wadebridge was served by a railway station between 1834 and 1967; part of the line currently develops the Camel Trail, an entertainment path for walkers, cyclists and also steed cyclists. The community made use of to be a road web traffic bottleneck on the A39 road up until it was bypassed in 1991, and the primary buying street, Molesworth Street, is now pedestrianised. The town has a high school where numerous remarkable sports-people were enlightened. The Royal Cornwall Show is a three-day agricultural show held at the neighboring Royal Cornwall Showground every June, and the 5-day Cornwall Folk Festival occurs around the August Bank Holiday.