Itchen Bridge, Southampton

Name: Itchen Bridge
Address: Southampton, United Kingdom

#11 among attractions in Southampton

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Facts and practical information

The Itchen Bridge is a bridge over the River Itchen in Southampton, Hampshire. It is a high-level hollow box girder bridge. It is located about a mile from the river mouth. The bridge spans 870 yards, is 92 feet at its highest point and weighs 62,000 tons. The bridge connects the A3025 Portsmouth Road to Southampton. It was built to replace the former chain ferry, known as the Floating Bridge, that crossed the river at that point. The bridge's set of blue energy-saving lights can be seen from up to 5 miles down Southampton Water from the bridge. ()

Opened: 13 July 1977 (46 years ago)Length: 2625 ftHeight: 92 ftCoordinates: 50°53'56"N, 1°23'6"W

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Southampton Itchen (Bargate)Southampton United Kingdom

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Day trips

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

Nearby attractions include: Westquay, Ocean Village, The Marlands, St Mary's Stadium.

1 miW
Shopping, Shopping centre
Westquay, Southampton
26 min walk • Westquay is a shopping centre in Southampton, United Kingdom. It has an area of 95,600 m² of retail and leisure space and contains around 130 shops, including major retailers such as, John Lewis and Partners, Marks and Spencer, Zara, Schuh, Waterstone's, Hollister Co. Apple, and others.
~1790 ftSW
Sailing, Marina, Park
Ocean Village, Southampton
9 min walk • Ocean Village is a mixed-use marina, residential, business and leisure development on the mouth of the River Itchen in Southampton, on the south coast of England.
1 miNW
Shopping, Shopping centre
The Marlands, Southampton
27 min walk • The Marlands Shopping Centre was opened on 5 September 1991. At the time, the Marlands Shopping Mall was the largest shopping centre in Southampton and the first significant shopping centre in the city, however it is now dwarfed by Westquay, which opened in 2000.
0.5 miNW
Arenas and stadiums, Football, Sport venue
St Mary's Stadium, Southampton
14 min walk • St Mary's Stadium is an all-seater football stadium in Southampton, England, has been the home stadium of Premier League club Southampton F.C. since 2001.
0.8 miW
Nightlife
Red Lion Inn, Southampton
21 min walk • The Red Lion Inn is a Grade II* listed pub, built in the late 15th/early 16th century, at 55 High Street, Southampton, Hampshire SO14 2NS. It is on the Campaign for Real Ale's National Inventory of Historic Pub Interiors.
0.9 miW
Museum, Reportedly haunted, History museum
Tudor House and Garden, Southampton
24 min walk • Tudor House and Garden is a historic building, museum, tourist attraction, and Grade I listed building in Southampton, England.
0.6 miNW
Music venue
The Joiners, Southampton
17 min walk • The Joiners is a small music venue in a former pub on St Mary Street, St Mary's, Southampton, England. It has played host to many up-and-coming bands. The pub started having live acts in the back room in 1968. The maximum capacity is 200 people.
0.9 miW
City wall
Old Walls, Southampton
23 min walk • Southampton's town walls are a sequence of defensive structures built around the town in southern England. Although earlier Roman and Anglo-Saxon settlements around Southampton had been fortified with walls or ditches, the later walls originate with the move of the town to the current site in the 10th century.
~1870 ftW
Museum, Specialty museum, Military museum
Solent Sky, Southampton
10 min walk • Solent Sky is an aviation museum in Southampton, Hampshire, previously known as Southampton Hall of Aviation. It depicts the history of aviation in Southampton, the Solent area and Hampshire.
0.9 miW
Forts and castles
Southampton Castle, Southampton
24 min walk • Southampton Castle was located in the town of Southampton in Hampshire, England. Constructed after the Norman conquest of England, it was located in the north-west corner of the town overlooking the River Test, initially as a wooden motte and bailey design.
0.9 miW
Museum, History museum, Historical place
Medieval Merchant's House, Southampton
23 min walk • The Medieval Merchant's House is a restored late-13th-century building in Southampton, Hampshire, England. Built in about 1290 by John Fortin, a prosperous merchant, the house survived many centuries of domestic and commercial use largely intact.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Which popular attractions are close to Itchen Bridge?

Nearby attractions include Centenary Quay, Southampton (9 min walk), Ocean Village, Southampton (9 min walk), Solent Sky, Southampton (10 min walk), Peartree Green, Southampton (13 min walk).

How to get to Itchen Bridge by public transport?

The nearest stations to Itchen Bridge:

Train

Woolston (10 min walk)
Sholing (24 min walk)

Bus

Holyrood Church • Lines: Qc (21 min walk)
Telephone House • Lines: Qc (22 min walk)

Ferry

Red Jet (24 min walk)