Wadebridge
Wadebridge is a town as well as civil church in north Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The community straddles the River Camel 5 miles (8.0 km) upstream from Padstow. The irreversible population was 6,222 in the census of 2001, raising to 7,900 in the 2011 census. There are 2 electoral wards in the town (East as well as West). Their total population is 8,272. Initially known as Wade, it was an unsafe fording point throughout the river till a bridge was developed below in the 15th century, after which the name changed to its existing form. The bridge was purposefully essential throughout the English Civil War, and also Oliver Cromwell went there to take it. Ever since, it has actually been widened two times and also refurbished in 1991. Wadebridge was served by a railway station in between 1834 as well as 1967; part of the line currently forms the Camel Trail, a recreational route for pedestrians, bikers and also steed bikers. The town used to be a road web traffic bottleneck on the A39 road up until it was bypassed in 1991, and also the major buying road, Molesworth Street, is now pedestrianised. The community has a senior high school where several significant sports-people were enlightened. The Royal Cornwall Program is a three-day agricultural program held at the neighboring Royal Cornwall Showground every June, and also the 5-day Cornwall Folk Festival takes place around the August Bank Holiday.