Wadebridge is a town and civil church in north Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The community straddles the River Camel 5 miles (8.0 kilometres) upstream from Padstow. The long-term population was 6,222 in the census of 2001, raising to 7,900 in the 2011 census. There are two selecting wards in the community (East and also West). Their complete population is 8,272. Originally called Wade, it was a harmful fording point across the river until a bridge was constructed right here in the 15th century, after which the name changed to its present type. The bridge was tactically crucial throughout the English Civil War, and also Oliver Cromwell went there to take it. Since then, it has actually been broadened two times and reconditioned in 1991. Wadebridge was offered by a train station in between 1834 and also 1967; part of the line now creates the Camel Trail, an entertainment course for pedestrians, cyclists and also steed cyclists. The town used to be a road traffic bottleneck on the A39 road till it was bypassed in 1991, and the primary shopping road, Molesworth Street, is currently pedestrianised. The community has a high school where numerous notable sports-people were informed. The Royal Cornwall Program is a three-day farming program held at the nearby Royal Cornwall Showground every June, and the 5-day Cornwall Folk Festival takes place around the August Bank Holiday.