List of crossings of the River Trent explained

This is a list of crossings of the River Trent, a major river flowing through the Midlands of England.

The table lists crossings that have been identified downstream from the River Sow confluence, the first major tributary on the river. Starting at Essex Bridge it includes ferries; road, rail, foot and pipe bridges found along the river to Trent Falls. Fords are only indicated where they predate a known crossing point. In Downstream (2008), author Tom Fort notes that over eighty historic crossings have been identified, most of which were fords or ferries. In The River Trent (2005), author Richard Stone stated that "there are around seventy bridges across the Trent". Each crossing has been marked with its river mileage with mile zero at Essex Bridge, reaching at Trent Falls. Along the lower reaches, marker boards in kilometres show the distance from Nottingham.

Crossings

data-sort-type="number"	River Miles (km)	Name	Image	From /To	County Coordinates	Carries	Date	Ford	Ferry	Bridge	Notes & refs
0disp=brNaNdisp=br					Staffordshire			Ford			Grade I Scheduled monument possibly 16th century
1disp=brNaNdisp=br	Shugborough Viaduct				Staffordshire					Railway
1.3disp=brNaNdisp=br	Weetman's Bridge				Staffordshire	Meadow Lane	1888	Ford		Road	Replaced earlier wooden bridge built in 1830.
2.3disp=brNaNdisp=br	Wolseley Bridge				Staffordshire		1799			Road	Grade II
4.1disp=brNaNdisp=br	Rugeley Bypass bridge (north)				Staffordshire		2007			Road	Rugeley bypass.
4.3disp=brNaNdisp=br	Brindley Bank Aqueduct				Staffordshire
5.2disp=brNaNdisp=br	Rugeley Bypass bridge (east)				Staffordshire		2007			Road	Rugeley bypass.
5.3disp=brNaNdisp=br	Colton Mill Bridge				Staffordshire	Colton Rd	1800s			Road	Grade II bridge.
5.8disp=brNaNdisp=br	Rugeley railway bridge				Staffordshire					Railway
7.2disp=brNaNdisp=br	Mavesyn Ridware railway bridge				Staffordshire					Railway
7.7disp=brNaNdisp=br	Mavesyn Ridware footbridge				Staffordshire		1866			Pedestrian
8.5disp=brNaNdisp=br	High Bridge (new)				Staffordshire	B5014				Road	Modern span.
8.5disp=brNaNdisp=br					Staffordshire		1830			Pedestrian	Grade II*, modern span adjacent.
9.2disp=brNaNdisp=br	Nethertown pipe bridge (north)				Staffordshire	Pipeline				Pipe
9.7disp=brNaNdisp=br	Nethertown footbridge				Staffordshire					Pedestrian
9.8disp=brNaNdisp=br	Nethertown pipe bridge (south)				Staffordshire	Pipeline				Pipe
11.2disp=brNaNdisp=br	Kings Bromley footbridge				Staffordshire					Pedestrian
12.8disp=brNaNdisp=br	Yoxall Bridge				Staffordshire	Minor road				Road	Grade II, modern span adjacent.
12.8disp=brNaNdisp=br	Yoxall Bridge (new)				Staffordshire		1998			Road	Modern span.
16.8disp=brNaNdisp=br	Cotton Close mill bridge				Staffordshire	Access road				Road	Alrewas Mill.
16.9disp=brNaNdisp=br	Statfold Lane millstream bridge				Staffordshire	Farm track				Road	Bailey bridge, built by Transco in 1969.
16.9disp=brNaNdisp=br	Statfold Lane river bridge				Staffordshire	Farm track				Road	Bailey bridge, also built by Transco in 1969.
17disp=brNaNdisp=br	Alrewas footbridge				Staffordshire					Pedestrian	Trent and Mersey Canal towpath.
17.9disp=brNaNdisp=br	Wychnor Bridges				Staffordshire			Ford		Road	Dual carriageway bridges replaced earlier bridges.
18.6disp=brNaNdisp=br	Catholme viaduct				Staffordshire					Railway
18.7disp=brNaNdisp=br				Staffordshire		1839			Railway
18.8disp=brNaNdisp=br	Mythaholme Bridge			Staffordshire		2004			Pedestrian	Near National Memorial Arboretum.
21.3disp=brNaNdisp=br					Staffordshire Derbyshire	Station Lane	1974	Ford	Ferry	Road	Bailey bridge.
24.7disp=brNaNdisp=br	Drakelow Viaduct				Staffordshire Derbyshire	Leicester line				Railway	Leicester Line bridge.
25.5disp=brNaNdisp=br					Staffordshire			Ford	Ferry	Pedestrian	Grade II.
25.6disp=brNaNdisp=br					Staffordshire	A5189	1985			Road
26.1disp=brNaNdisp=br	Andresey Bridge			Burton upon Trent Andressey Island	Staffordshire					Pedestrian	Grade II bridge across Peel's Cut.
26.2disp=brNaNdisp=br	Cattle Bridge			Burton upon Trent Andressey Island	Staffordshire					Pedestrian	Spans Peel's Cut.
26.5disp=brNaNdisp=br	Burton Bridge				Staffordshire					Road	Left Channel.
27disp=brNaNdisp=br	Wetmore footbridge (south)			Staffordshire					Pedestrian	Left Channel.
27.3disp=brNaNdisp=br	Wetmore pipe bridge				Staffordshire	Pipeline				Pipe	Left Channel.
27.6disp=brNaNdisp=br	Wetmore footbridge (north)				Staffordshire					Pedestrian	Left Channel. Accessible via Electric Street or Wetmore Lane.
27.4disp=brNaNdisp=br	Burton Flour Mills bridge				Staffordshire	Access road				Road	Millstream.
27.5disp=brNaNdisp=br	Winshill pipe bridge				Staffordshire	Pipeline				Pipe	Right Channel.
30.4disp=brNaNdisp=br	Newton Solney pipe bridge				Derbyshire	Pipeline				Pipe	Water pipeline.
31.9disp=brNaNdisp=br	Willington Bridge				Derbyshire	B5008	1839	Ford	Ferry	Road	Previously ferry and ford.
34disp=brNaNdisp=br					Derbyshire			Ford	Ferry
38.5disp=brNaNdisp=br					Derbyshire					Road	Grade I, Scheduled Monument, first mentioned in 1204.
40.2disp=brNaNdisp=br	Weston-on-Trent viaduct				Derbyshire	Cloud Trail	1867			Pedestrian	Previously a rail bridge.
40.5disp=brNaNdisp=br	Weston Cliff Ferry				Derbyshire				Ferry
42.7disp=brNaNdisp=br				Derbys Leics			Ford	Ferry
43.6disp=brNaNdisp=br	Castle Donington railway viaduct			Derbys Leics					Railway
45disp=brNaNdisp=br	A50 Trent Bridge				Derbys Leics		1997			Road
46.1disp=brNaNdisp=br					Derbys Leics	B5010	1956	Ford	Ferry	Road	Wilden Ferry.
47.3disp=brNaNdisp=br					Derbys Leics		2011			Pedestrian
47.5disp=brNaNdisp=br	Sawley Aqueduct				Derbys Leics	Derwent Valley Aqueduct	1909			Pipe
47.7disp=brNaNdisp=br	M1 Trent viaduct				Derbys Leics		1967			Road
48.2disp=brNaNdisp=br					Derbys Leics	B6540	1790	Ford	Ferry	Road	Grade II bridge, replaced Sawley Ferry.
48.6disp=brNaNdisp=br	Sawley railway viaduct				Derbys Leics					Railway
49.4disp=brNaNdisp=br	Trent Lock Scout Ferry				Derbys Leics		1975		Ferry		Scout Activity Centre ferry.
49.5disp=brNaNdisp=br	Trent Lock Ferry				Derbys Notts				Ferry		Horse and passenger ferry.
49.8disp=brNaNdisp=br					Derbys Notts		1893			Railway	Trent Viaducts.
49.9disp=brNaNdisp=br	Thrumpton Ferry				Derbys Notts				Ferry
52disp=brNaNdisp=br	Barton Ferry				Nottinghamshire				Ferry		Operated until 1960s.
56.5disp=brNaNdisp=br					Nottinghamshire	A52	1958			Road
57.5disp=brNaNdisp=br					Nottinghamshire		1870		Ferry	Railway	Wilford Ferry.
57.6disp=brNaNdisp=br	Great Central Railway Bridge			Nottinghamshire		1895			Railway	Demolished in 1985.
58.3disp=brNaNdisp=br					Nottinghamshire		1906			Pedestrian	Footpath and pipelines
58.6disp=brNaNdisp=br					Nottinghamshire	A60	1871			Road	The current bridge is the last in a series of bridges at this important crossing point. A bridge was first mentioned in 924.
58.8disp=brNaNdisp=br	Navigation Bridge				Nottinghamshire					Pedestrian	Former horse bridge - damaged by the 1875 flood and subsequently demolished.
58.9disp=brNaNdisp=br					Nottinghamshire	A6011	1878			Road	Previously a rail bridge.
60.5disp=brNaNdisp=br	Holme Sluices				Nottinghamshire	Access	1952			Sluices	Private bridge.
62.7disp=brNaNdisp=br					Nottinghamshire		1850			Railway	Radcliffe Viaduct.
63.5disp=brNaNdisp=br	Radcliffe Ferry				Nottinghamshire				Ferry
64.2disp=brNaNdisp=br	Stoke Bardolph Ferry				Nottinghamshire				Ferry
67.5disp=brNaNdisp=br					Nottinghamshire	A6097	1925	Ford	Ferry	Road	Earlier ford and ferry.
71disp=brNaNdisp=br	Hoveringham Ferry				Nottinghamshire				Ferry
73.2disp=brNaNdisp=br	Hazelford Ferry				Nottinghamshire				Ferry
75.5disp=brNaNdisp=br	Fiskerton Ferry				Nottinghamshire				Ferry
78.5disp=brNaNdisp=br	Farndon Ferry				Nottinghamshire				Ferry
79.5disp=brNaNdisp=br	Averham Viaduct				Nottinghamshire					Railway	Kelham Arm
80.9disp=brNaNdisp=br	Kelham Bridge				Nottinghamshire		1857			Road	Kelham Arm
82disp=brNaNdisp=br	Muskham Bridge				Nottinghamshire		1922			Road	Kelham Arm
82disp=brNaNdisp=br	Smeaton's Arches				Nottinghamshire		1772			Road	Causeway links Muskham Bridge and Trent Bridge, Newark.
82.7disp=brNaNdisp=br	Muskham Viaduct				Nottinghamshire					Railway	Kelham Arm
80.4disp=brNaNdisp=br	A46 Newark bypass, Farndon				Nottinghamshire	A46 road	1992			Road
81.2disp=brNaNdisp=br	Longstone Bridge				Nottinghamshire		1819			Pedestrian
81.3disp=brNaNdisp=br	Mill Bridge				Nottinghamshire	Mill Lane	1952			Road
81.4disp=brNaNdisp=br	Backwater Bridge, Newark-on-Trent				Nottinghamshire		1952			Pedestrian
81.6disp=brNaNdisp=br	Trent Bridge, Newark				Nottinghamshire		1775			Road
81.8disp=brNaNdisp=br	Jubilee Bridge				Nottinghamshire		2002			Pedestrian
82.2disp=brNaNdisp=br	Fiddler's Elbow Bridge			Newark-on-Trent	Nottinghamshire		1915			Pedestrian
82.3disp=brNaNdisp=br	A46 Nether Lock Viaduct				Nottinghamshire	A46 road	1992			Road
82.4disp=brNaNdisp=br	Midland Railway Viaduct				Nottinghamshire		1846			Railway
82.6disp=brNaNdisp=br	Newark Dyke Bridge				Nottinghamshire		2000			Railway
83.1disp=brNaNdisp=br					Nottinghamshire		1964			Road	Grade II listed.
86.2disp=brNaNdisp=br	Muskham Ferry				Nottinghamshire			Ford	Ferry		Operated until the 1940s.
87disp=brNaNdisp=br					Nottinghamshire						Tidal limit.
90.6disp=brNaNdisp=br	Carlton on Trent Ferry				Nottinghamshire				Ferry
92.6disp=brNaNdisp=br	Meering Ferry				Nottinghamshire				Ferry
96.6disp=brNaNdisp=br	Marnham Ferry				Nottinghamshire				Ferry
96.9disp=brNaNdisp=br					Nottinghamshire		1897			Pedestrian	Former rail bridge.
97disp=brNaNdisp=br	Fledborough Ferry			Fledborough North Clifton	Nottinghamshire				Ferry
99disp=brNaNdisp=br					Nottinghamshire Lincolnshire		1832		Ferry	Road	Previously a ferry.
99disp=brNaNdisp=br	Dunham pipe bridge				Nottinghamshire Lincolnshire	Pipeline	1912			Pipe
101.4disp=brNaNdisp=br	Laneham Ferry				Nottinghamshire Lincolnshire				Ferry		Closed in 1922.
103.6disp=brNaNdisp=br	Torksey Ferry				Nottinghamshire Lincolnshire				Ferry
103.7disp=brNaNdisp=br					Nottinghamshire Lincolnshire		1849			Railway	Grade II*, disused railway bridge.
107.3disp=brNaNdisp=br	Littleborough Ferry				Nottinghamshire Lincolnshire			Ford	Ferry		Probable Roman ford at Segelocum.
110.7disp=brNaNdisp=br	Bole Ferry				Nottinghamshire Lincolnshire				Ferry
112.2disp=brNaNdisp=br	Gainsborough Trent Junction railway bridge				Nottinghamshire Lincolnshire	Railway	1849			Railway	Rebuilt with new spans in 1992.
113.5disp=brNaNdisp=br					Nottinghamshire Lincolnshire		1791		Ferry	Road	Grade II, earlier ferry and ford.
116.7disp=brNaNdisp=br	Walkerith Ferry				Nottinghamshire Lincolnshire				Ferry
117.5disp=brNaNdisp=br	Stockwith Ferry				Nottinghamshire Lincolnshire				Ferry		Ceased around 1953.
121.7disp=brNaNdisp=br	Owston Ferry				Lincolnshire				Ferry		Ceased around 1951.
126.6disp=brNaNdisp=br	Butterwick Ferry				Lincolnshire				Ferry
127.1disp=brNaNdisp=br	M180 Trent Bridge				Lincolnshire		1979			Road
129disp=brNaNdisp=br	Althorpe Ferry				Lincolnshire				Ferry
130disp=brNaNdisp=br					Lincolnshire	A18 South Humberside Main Line	1916			Road Railway	Grade II Bascule bridge King George V Bridge.
134.5disp=brNaNdisp=br	Amcotts Ferry				Lincolnshire				Ferry
136.6disp=brNaNdisp=br	Garthorpe Ferry				Lincolnshire				Ferry		Also known as Burton Stather Ferry.
140disp=brNaNdisp=br											Mouth of the Trent.

Bibliography

• Book: Fort , Tom . 2008 . Downstream . Century . 978-1-84605-169-2 .
• Book: Stone , Richard . The River Trent. 2005. Phillimore. 978-1-86077-356-3.
• Book: Taylor , Mike . The River Trent Navigation. 2000. Tempus Publishing. 0-7524-1743-6.