| Official Name: | Friday Bridge |
| Country: | England |
| Region: | East of England |
| Os Grid Reference: | TF4604 |
| Coordinates: | 52.6209°N 0.1632°W |
| Post Town: | Wisbech |
| Postcode Area: | PE |
| Postcode District: | PE14 |
| Dial Code: | 01945 |
| Shire County: | Cambridgeshire |
| Shire District: | Fenland |
| Civil Parish: | Elm |
| Population: | 1,412 |
| Population Ref: | (2021 census) |
| Area Total Km2: | 0.6608 |
| Static Image: | Fridaybridge clocktower.jpg |
| Static Image Width: | 240px |
| Static Image Caption: | Clocktower |
Friday Bridge is a village in the civil parish of Elm, in the Fenland district of Cambridgeshire, England. It is 3 miles south of the town of Wisbech. In 2021 it had a population of 1412.[1]
In 1838 a Wesleyan Methodist congregation was established and a chapel in 1843.
The ecclesiastical parish was formed in 1860 from the civil parish of Elm. St Mark's Church of England parish church, designed by J. B. Owen opened in 1865.[2] The church is now Grade II listed. A church day school was opened in 1871. The Wisbech Water Works Co Ltd Water Tower was completed in 1894.[3] The Friday Bridge county secondary modern school was opened in 1928.[4]
The clock tower in the village is the war memorial.[5] Friday Bridge was the site of a World War II prisoner of war camp which was converted to a hostel for migrant workers in the late 1940s.[6]
The village was struck by a weak F0/T0 tornado on 23 November 1981, as part of the record-breaking nationwide tornado outbreak on that day.[7]