Ferry Bridge
Ferry Bridge is a historic bridge, connecting Ferrybridge in West Yorkshire with Brotherton in North Yorkshire, in England. There may have been a bridge over the River Aire at this location in the Anglo-Saxon period, which has been supposed to have been destroyed in 1070.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Bridge
- Description: Grade I listed bridge in Ferrybridge, West Yorkshire, England
- Also known as: “Ferry Bridge, Brotherton” and “Ferrybridge near Knottingley”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Ferrybridge A Power Station and St Andrew’s Church, Ferrybridge.
Ferrybridge A Power Station
Building
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Ferrybridge A Power Station is a building, which is situated 700 feet northwest of Ferry Bridge.
St Andrew’s Church, Ferrybridge
Church
Photo: Bill Henderson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Andrew’s Church, Ferrybridge is situated 1,800 feet southwest of Ferry Bridge.
Ferrybridge Henge
Archaeological site
Ferrybridge Henge is a Neolithic henge near Ferrybridge, West Yorkshire. It is close to the A1 and M62 and Ferrybridge power station. Ferrybridge Henge is the furthest south of Yorkshire's henges, and is the only one in West Yorkshire. Ferrybridge Henge is situated 3,000 feet southwest of Ferry Bridge.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ferrybridge and Byram.
Ferrybridge
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Ferrybridge is a village in West Yorkshire, England. Ferrybridge lies at a historically important crossing of the River Aire which borders the North Yorkshire village of Brotherton.
Byram
Village
Photo: Christine Johnstone, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Byram is a village in the county of North Yorkshire, England. It lies 3 miles east of Castleford, across the River Aire in West Yorkshire. Byram is the principal settlement in the civil parish of Byram cum Sutton.
Sutton
Hamlet
Photo: Gordon Kneale Brooke, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Sutton is a small village in the civil parish of Byram cum Sutton, in North Yorkshire, England. It lies 1 mile north of Knottingley, across the River Aire in West Yorkshire.
Ferry Bridge
- Categories: road bridge, historic site, and transportation
- Location: Wakefield, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.71588° or 53° 42′ 57″ northLongitude
-1.26949° or 1° 16′ 10″ westOpen location code
9C5WPP8J+96OpenStreetMap ID
way 1110693483OpenStreetMap feature
historic=bridgeOpenStreetMap feature
man_made=bridgeWikidata ID
Q17526305
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In Other Languages
“Ferry Bridge” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Ferry Bridge”
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