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Tadpole Bridge

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Carries
  
unnumbered road

Locale
  
Bampton, Oxfordshire

Material
  
stone

Location
  
Bampton

Crosses
  
River Thames

Design
  
arch

Body of water
  
River Thames

Number of spans
  
1

Tadpole Bridge wwwthamespathorgukimagesIMG0136jpg

Maintained by
  
Oxfordshire County Council

Similar
  
River Thames, Rushey Lock, Radcot Bridge, Tenfoot Bridge, Newbridge - River Thames

The trout inn at tadpole bridge good hotel guide


Tadpole Bridge is a road bridge across the River Thames in Oxfordshire, England, carrying a road between Bampton to the north and Buckland to the south. It crosses the Thames on the reach above Shifford Lock.

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The bridge dates from the late 18th century, the earliest reference to it being in 1784. It is built of stone, and consists of one large arch.

There is a public house near Tadpole Bridge called The Trout. Thacker noted that at one time the legend over the door read "The Trout, kept by A. Herring". The Trout is now a hotel and gastropub.

The Thames Path crosses Tadpole Bridge.

Timelapse thames bablock hythe to tadpole bridge


References

Tadpole Bridge Wikipedia