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The Old Bridge - Photo:
Ron Strutt
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A market town on the Camel
Estuary, Wadebridge has a stunning 14-arch
medieval bridge believed to have been built on
sacks of wool.
It was erected in the late 15th
century to replace a ferry across the hazardous
Camel.
During the Civil War the bridge was of such
strategic significance that Oliver Cromwell
himself captured it with an army of 1,000 horsemen
and 500 dragoons.
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The town has more than a dozen beaches within easy
reach on Cornwall’s northern coast and each year,
since 1960, has staged the Royal Cornwall
Agricultural Show. Nearby stands the beautiful
18th century mansion of Pencarrow.
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Pencarrow House - Photo:
Bernard May
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