The Town Bridge

The Town Bridge is a memorial in Thetford, Breckland District, England. The Town Bridge is situated nearby to the movie theater The Light, as well as near the building Losinga.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Town Bridge and Charles Burrell Museum.

The Charles Burrell Museum is a museum in Thetford in Norfolk, England, dedicated to steam power and steam transport. The museum opened in 1991 in the former Paint Shop of Charles Burrell & Sons, which is grade II listed, on Minstergate in Thetford. Charles Burrell Museum is situated 440 feet north of The Town Bridge.

King’s House

Town hall

Photo: Stephen McKay, CC BY-SA 2.0.

King’s House is a town hall, which is situated 480 feet northeast of The Town Bridge.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Barnham and Euston.

Barnham

Village

Photo: Keith Evans, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Barnham is a village and civil parish in the West Suffolk district of the English county of Suffolk about 3 miles south of Thetford and 9 miles north of Bury St Edmunds on the A134. Barnham is situated 2½ miles south of The Town Bridge.

Euston

Village

Photo: Ron Strutt, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Euston is a village and civil parish in the West Suffolk district of Suffolk in eastern England, on the A1088 two miles south of Thetford. Euston is situated 3 miles southeast of The Town Bridge.

Elveden

Hamlet

Photo: Geoff Pick, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Elveden is a village and civil parish in the West Suffolk district of Suffolk in eastern England. In 2005 it had a population of 270. The village is bypassed by the A11 between Cambridge and Norwich, which ran through the centre of the village prior to 2014. Elveden is situated 3½ miles southwest of The Town Bridge.

The Town Bridge

Type: Memorial
Inscription: “In 1829 this cast iron structure replaced an earlier wooded toll bridge. Note the iron rings where a chain was placed across the road to stop traffic. The Haling Path along side the river was used by horses to draw barges, known as ‘lighters’...”
Category: historic site
Location: Thetford, Breckland District, Norfolk, East of England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

52.41375° or 52° 24′ 50″ north

Longitude

0.74583° or 0° 44′ 45″ east

Open location code

9F42CP7W+G8

OpenStreetMap ID

node 6489539581

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=memorial

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