Halfpenny Bridge, Lechlade

Name: Halfpenny Bridge
Address: Lechlade, United Kingdom

#2 among attractions in Lechlade

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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. It marks the start of the navigable Thames, although if the waters are high, the Thames can continue to be travelled by small and unpowered craft as far as Cricklade, over 10 miles South-west. ()

Opened: 1792 (232 years ago)Height: 15 ftCoordinates: 51°41'33"N, 1°41'33"W

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Lechlade United Kingdom

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Halfpenny Bridge – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Cotswold Wildlife Park, Trout Inn, Buscot House, Westmill Woodland Burial Ground.

5.8 miN
Landscaped parkland filled with animals
Cotswold Wildlife Park, Burford
147 min walk • Nestled in the heart of the Oxfordshire countryside, Cotswold Wildlife Park is a tranquil escape into the animal kingdom, situated near the picturesque town of Burford, United Kingdom. This expansive wildlife park, set within the beautiful gardens of Bradwell Grove...
0.6 miE
Nightlife
Trout Inn, Lechlade
16 min walk • The Trout Inn is a pub next to the River Thames at Lechlade in the English county of Gloucestershire. The Grade II listed stone building consists of two two-storey structures, one late medieval and the other added in the 18th century.
2.4 miSE
Historical place, Park, History museum
Buscot House, Faringdon
62 min walk • Buscot Park is a country house at Buscot near the town of Faringdon in Oxfordshire within the historic boundaries of Berkshire. It was built in an austere neoclassical style between 1780 and 1783 for Edward Loveden Loveden. It remained in the family until sold in 1859 to Robert Tertius Campbell, an Australian.
5.4 miS
Cemetery
Westmill Woodland Burial Ground
139 min walk • Westmill Woodland Burial Ground is a green burial ground in the Vale of White Horse on the border of Oxfordshire with Wiltshire in southern England.
3.7 miN
Church
St Michael and St Martin's Church, Cotswold Water Park
95 min walk • St Michael and St Martin's Church is a historic Anglican church in Eastleach Martin, Gloucestershire, England under the care of The Churches Conservation Trust.
4.1 miSE
Forts and castles
Badbury Hill
106 min walk • Badbury Hill is a hill in the civil parish of Great Coxwell near Faringdon in the English county of Oxfordshire. In 1974 it was transferred from Berkshire. The summit of the hill is the site of an Iron Age hill fort known as Badbury Camp. It is roughly circular in shape, most of which was levelled early in the 19th century.
5.7 miSE
51°39'32"N • 1°34'17"W
Faringdon Folly Tower, Faringdon
145 min walk • Historical place, View point, Forts and castles
4.5 miE
Bridge
Radcot Bridge
114 min walk • Radcot Bridge is a crossing of the Thames in England, south of Radcot, Oxfordshire, and north of Faringdon, Oxfordshire which is in the district of that county that was in Berkshire. It carries the A4095 road across the reach above Radcot Lock.
5.3 miE
Bridge
Old Man's Bridge
137 min walk • Old Man's Bridge is a wooden footbridge across the River Thames in Oxfordshire, England. It is situated on the reach above Rushey Lock, a short way downstream of Radcot Lock. There was formerly a weir known as Old Man's Weir, or alternatively Harper's Weir, which had a footpath across it.
1.3 miSE
Park
Buscot Lock
33 min walk • Buscot Lock is a lock on the River Thames in England, near the village of Buscot, Oxfordshire. The lock was built of stone by the Thames Navigation Commission in 1790 and is the smallest on the River Thames.
3.1 miNE
Church
St Matthew's Church
81 min walk • The Parish Church of Saint Matthew, Langford is the Church of England parish church of Langford, a village in West Oxfordshire about 3 miles northeast of Lechlade in neighbouring Gloucestershire.