Bridge Name: | Tadpole Bridge |
Carries: | Thames Path, Road |
Crosses: | River Thames |
Locale: | Bampton, Oxfordshire |
Maint: | Oxfordshire County Council |
Design: | arch |
Material: | stone |
Spans: | 1 |
Height: | 14inchesft10inchesin (ftin) |
Load: | 18tonne |
Open: | late 18th century |
Coordinates: | 51.7022°N -1.5166°W |
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. It is a Grade II listed building.[1] 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.[2] 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".[2] The Trout is now a hotel and gastropub.[3] The Thames Path crosses Tadpole Bridge.