Halfpenny Bridge
Halfpenny Bridge is a bridge across the River Thames, at Lechlade, Gloucestershire, England. The bridge and its toll house are a Grade II listed building.Photo: Martin Clark, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Bridge
- Description: bridge across the River Thames, England
- Also known as: “Ha’penny Bridge” and “Lechlade Halfpenny Bridge”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include St Lawrence Church, Lechlade and St John’s Lock.
St Lawrence Church, Lechlade
Church
Photo: Hugh Llewelyn, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Anglican St Lawrence Church, dedicated to St. Lawrence of Rome, is the Church of England parish church of Lechlade in Gloucestershire, England. The church building is Grade I listed and is described with admiration in Simon Jenkins's England's Thousand Best Churches. St Lawrence Church, Lechlade is situated 760 feet northeast of Halfpenny Bridge.
St John’s Lock
Lock
Photo: Bencherlite, CC BY-SA 3.0.
St John's Lock, below the town of Lechlade, Gloucestershire, is the furthest upstream lock on the River Thames in England. The name of the lock derives from a priory that was established nearby in 1250, but which no longer exists. St John’s Lock is situated 3,000 feet east of Halfpenny Bridge.
St John the Baptist Church, Inglesham
Church
Photo: Jonathan Billinger, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St John the Baptist Church in Inglesham, near Swindon, Wiltshire, England, has Anglo-Saxon origins but most of the current structure was built around 1205. St John the Baptist Church, Inglesham is situated 4,000 feet southwest of Halfpenny Bridge.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lechlade and Little Faringdon.
Lechlade
Town
Photo: Philip Pankhurst, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Lechlade is a town at the edge of the Cotswolds in Gloucestershire, England, 55 miles south of Birmingham and 68 miles west of London. It is the highest point at which the River Thames is navigable, although there is a right of navigation that continues south-west into Cricklade, in the neighbouring county of Wiltshire.
Little Faringdon
Village
Photo: Motacilla, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Little Faringdon is a village and civil parish in West Oxfordshire, about 1 mile north of Lechlade in neighbouring Gloucestershire. The 2001 Census recorded its population as 63.
Buscot
Village
Photo: Geoff Pick, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Buscot is an English village and civil parish on the River Thames, about 1.5 miles south-east of Lechlade. Buscot was part of Berkshire until the 1974 boundary changes transferred it to Oxfordshire. Two houses there contain notable collections of paintings. Buscot is situated 1½ miles southeast of Halfpenny Bridge.
Halfpenny Bridge
- Categories: road bridge and transportation
- Location: Lechlade, Cotswold District, Gloucestershire, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.69239° or 51° 41′ 33″ northLongitude
-1.69274° or 1° 41′ 34″ westOpen location code
9C3WM8R4+XWOpenStreetMap ID
way 1220674665OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=bridgeWikidata ID
Q5641899
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In Other Languages
“Halfpenny Bridge” goes by many names.
- Japanese: “ハーフペニー橋”
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Highlights include Lechlade Halfpenny Bridge Tollhouse and Maplesale.
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