Wadebridge
Wadebridge is a town and civil church in north Cornwall, England, UK. The town straddles the River Camel 5 miles (8.0 kilometres) upstream from Padstow. The permanent population was 6,222 in the census of 2001, increasing to 7,900 in the 2011 census. There are two selecting wards in the town (East and also West). Their overall population is 8,272. Initially called Wade, it was a hazardous fording factor throughout the river until a bridge was constructed here in the 15th century, after which the name changed to its existing type. The bridge was strategically crucial during the English Civil War, and also Oliver Cromwell went there to take it. Since then, it has actually been expanded two times and also reconditioned in 1991. Wadebridge was offered by a railway station in between 1834 and also 1967; part of the line now forms the Camel Trail, a leisure path for pedestrians, bicyclists as well as equine motorcyclists. The town used to be a road website traffic bottleneck on the A39 roadway up until it was bypassed in 1991, and also the main purchasing street, Molesworth Street, is currently pedestrianised. The town has a senior high school where several noteworthy sports-people were educated. The Royal Cornwall Program is a three-day farming program held at the nearby Royal Cornwall Showground every June, as well as the 5-day Cornwall Folk Festival occurs around the August Bank Holiday.
