South East England
Oxfordshire
Oxford

Bridge of Sighs

Hertford Bridge, often called the Bridge of Sighs, is a skyway joining two parts of over New College Lane in , . Its distinctive design makes it a city landmark.
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: skyway in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, UK
  • Also known as: “Bridge of Sighs, Oxford”, “Hertford College, Bridge Over New College Lane”, and “The Bridge of Sighs”
  • Address: New College Lane
  • Wheelchair access: yes

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Hertford College and All Souls College.

University
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, previously known as Magdalen Hall, is a constituent college of the University of Oxford in England. It is located on Catte Street in the centre of Oxford, directly opposite the main gate to the Bodleian Library.

University
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is a constituent college of the University of Oxford in England. Unique to All Souls, all of its members automatically become fellows. is situated 470 feet southeast of Bridge of Sighs.

University
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is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England, and the fourth-oldest college of the university. The college was founded in 1314 by two brothers from , Bishop Walter Stapledon and Sir Richard Stapledon, as an institution to educate clergy, and has been located on Turl Street since 1315. is situated 450 feet southwest of Bridge of Sighs.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Oxford and Grandpont.

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is the oldest university city in the , some 50 miles to the west of the capital in its own county of , on the rivers Thames and Cherwell.

Quarter
is a mainly residential area in south Oxford, England. It is west of Abingdon Road, and consists mainly of narrow streets that run at right angles to the main road, with terraced late-Victorian and Edwardian houses.

Suburb
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is a historic suburb of the English city of . It consists of the streets bounded by the , , Walton Street and Walton Well Road.

Bridge of Sighs

Latitude
51.75449° or 51° 45′ 16″ north
Longitude
-1.25378° or 1° 15′ 14″ west
Levels
2
Operator
Hertford College
Open location code
9C3WQP3W+QF
Open­Street­Map ID
way 62333303
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­university
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­yes
Wiki­data ID
Q3407626
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In Other Languages

From Central Kurdish to Swedish—“Bridge of Sighs” goes by many names.
  • Central Kurdish: “پردی ھێرتفۆرد”
  • Chinese: “叹息桥”
  • Chinese: “嘆息橋”
  • French: “pont des Soupirs”
  • French: “Pont des Soupirs”
  • Japanese: “ため息橋”
  • Japanese: “溜め息の橋”
  • Macedonian: “Мост на воздишките”
  • Malay: “Bridge of Sighs”
  • Serbian: “Мост уздаха”
  • Slovak: “Bridge of Sighs (Oxford)”
  • Slovak: “Bridge of Sighs”
  • Swedish: “Suckarnas bro, Oxford”
  • Swedish: “Suckarnas bro”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Bridge of Sighs”. Photo: Mdbeckwith, CC0.