Farndon Bridge – Gazetteer

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Farndon Bridge is a minor waterways place at the end of the River Dee; past River Dee Junction (14 miles to the north).

The nearest place in the direction of River Dee Junction is Iron Bridge; 6 miles and 7¼ furlongs away.

Mooring here is unrated.

There is a bridge here which takes a road over the canal.

	Grosvenor Bridge (River Dee)	13 miles, ½ furlongs
	Old Dee Bridge	12 miles, 5½ furlongs
	Chester Weir	12 miles, 5 furlongs
	Queens Bridge	12 miles, 3½ furlongs
	North Wales Expressway Bridge	9 miles, 5½ furlongs
	Iron Bridge	6 miles, 7¼ furlongs
	Farndon Bridge

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Nearest water point

In the direction of River Dee Junction

Taylor's Boatyard Drydock — 14 miles, 1 furlong and 4 locks away

Travel to River Dee Junction, then on the Shropshire Union Canal (Dee Branch) to River Dee Branch Junction, then on the Shropshire Union Canal (Chester Canal - Bunbury to Chester) to Taylor's Boatyard Drydock

C&RT Water Point (Chester) — 15 miles, 2¾ furlongs and 8 locks away

Travel to River Dee Junction, then on the Shropshire Union Canal (Dee Branch) to River Dee Branch Junction, then on the Shropshire Union Canal (Chester Canal - Bunbury to Chester) to C&RT Water Point (Chester)

Water Point (Christleton) — 16 miles, 5½ furlongs and 12 locks away

Travel to River Dee Junction, then on the Shropshire Union Canal (Dee Branch) to River Dee Branch Junction, then on the Shropshire Union Canal (Chester Canal - Bunbury to Chester) to Water Point (Christleton)

Nearest rubbish disposal

In the direction of River Dee Junction

St Martin's Way Bridge No 123J — 14 miles, 2¾ furlongs and 7 locks away

Travel to River Dee Junction, then on the Shropshire Union Canal (Dee Branch) to River Dee Branch Junction, then on the Shropshire Union Canal (Chester Canal - Bunbury to Chester) to St Martin's Way Bridge No 123J

Nearest chemical toilet disposal

In the direction of River Dee Junction

Dee Branch Top Lock Footbridge — 14 miles, ¾ furlongs and 3 locks away

Travel to River Dee Junction, then on the Shropshire Union Canal (Dee Branch) to Dee Branch Top Lock Footbridge

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In the direction of River Dee Junction

River Dee Junction — 14 miles away

On this waterway in the direction of River Dee Junction

River Dee Branch Junction — 14 miles, ¾ furlongs and 4 locks away

Travel to River Dee Junction, then on the Shropshire Union Canal (Dee Branch) to River Dee Branch Junction

Tower Wharf Visitor Moorings — 14 miles, 1¼ furlongs and 4 locks away

Travel to River Dee Junction, then on the Shropshire Union Canal (Dee Branch) to River Dee Branch Junction, then on the Shropshire Union Canal (Chester Canal - Bunbury to Chester) to Tower Wharf Visitor Moorings

Backford Bridge Winding Hole — 17 miles, 1 furlong and 4 locks away

Travel to River Dee Junction, then on the Shropshire Union Canal (Dee Branch) to River Dee Branch Junction, then on the Shropshire Union Canal (Wirral Line - Main Line) to Backford Bridge Winding Hole

Cow Lane Bridge Winding Hole — 14 miles, 5¾ furlongs and 7 locks away

Travel to River Dee Junction, then on the Shropshire Union Canal (Dee Branch) to River Dee Branch Junction, then on the Shropshire Union Canal (Chester Canal - Bunbury to Chester) to Cow Lane Bridge Winding Hole

Quarry Bridge Winding Hole — 16 miles, 7¼ furlongs and 12 locks away

Travel to River Dee Junction, then on the Shropshire Union Canal (Dee Branch) to River Dee Branch Junction, then on the Shropshire Union Canal (Chester Canal - Bunbury to Chester) to Quarry Bridge Winding Hole

Egg Bridge Winding Hole — 18 miles, 2½ furlongs and 12 locks away

Travel to River Dee Junction, then on the Shropshire Union Canal (Dee Branch) to River Dee Branch Junction, then on the Shropshire Union Canal (Chester Canal - Bunbury to Chester) to Egg Bridge Winding Hole

Nearest self-operated pump-out

In the direction of River Dee Junction

Dee Branch Top Lock Footbridge — 14 miles, ¾ furlongs and 3 locks away

Travel to River Dee Junction, then on the Shropshire Union Canal (Dee Branch) to Dee Branch Top Lock Footbridge

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Wikipedia

Wikipedia has a page about Farndon Bridge

Farndon Bridge or Holt Bridge (also known as the Farndon/Holt or Holt–Farndon Bridge) (Welsh: Pont Rhedynfre or Pont Holt), crosses the River Dee and the England-Wales border between the villages of Farndon, Cheshire, England and Holt, Wrexham, Wales (grid reference SJ412544). The bridge, which was built in the mid-14th century, is recorded in the National Heritage List for England and by Cadw as a designated Grade I listed building and scheduled monument. It is built from locally quarried red sandstone and had eight arches, of which five are over the river. On the Farndon side there is one flood arch and two flood arches are on the Holt side.

Documentary evidence states the bridge was built in 1339 by St Werburgh's Abbey in Chester. Originally it had ten arches, with a large gate tower on the fifth arch from the English side. The tower was demolished to road level in 1770 and at some time two of the arches on the Welsh side were lost. The area is reputedly haunted by two sons of a Welsh prince who were drowned in the river at this point by their English guardians, John de Warenne, 6th Earl of Surrey and Roger Mortimer de Chirk.

During the English Civil war, a brief skirmish occurred near the bridge in 1643 when Parliamentarian forces advanced towards the Royalists holding Holt on the western side of the river.

John Warwick Smith (26 July 1749 – 22 March 1831), a British watercolour landscape painter and illustrator, produced a painting of the bridge and the landscape around, which has been reproduced since for use on postcards.

Access is controlled by traffic lights, permitting road traffic to cross using the single-lane carriageway. Two narrow footpaths on either side of the road are provided for pedestrians. However, due to the bridge's age, it is closed intermittently for surveys to be conducted on its structure. In the early 1990s the bridge was restored and renovated and at the same time an archaeological survey was carried out. In the summer of 2018 the bridge was closed for significant structural repairs.

Other Wikipedia pages that might relate to Farndon Bridge

[Farndon, Cheshire] and Ferneton. The name means "Fern Hill". As Farndon is adjacent to the England–Wales border (Farndon Bridge across the River Dee separates the village [River Dee, Wales] of Crewe by Farndon, before cutting between Holt in Wales and Farndon in England beneath the 14th-century, Grade I listed Farndon Bridge. One of the major [Listed buildings in Farndon, Cheshire] Holt-Farndon Medieval Bridge", Cheshire Past, Chester Archaeological Service, pp. 14–15, retrieved 29 March 2008 Historic England, "Farndon Bridge (that [Grade I listed buildings in Cheshire West and Chester] Holt-Farndon Medieval Bridge", Cheshire Past, Chester Archaeological Service, pp. 14–15, retrieved 29 March 2008 Historic England, "Farndon Bridge (that [List of bridges in Wales] uk. Retrieved 20 August 2011. "Farndon Bridge". britishlistedbuildings.co.uk. Retrieved 20 August 2011. "Felindre Bridge " britishlistedbuildings.co.uk [List of bridges in the United Kingdom] Bridges in the United Kingdom is a link page for any road bridges or footbridges in the United Kingdom. Railway bridges are listed under: List of railway [Holt, Wrexham] begun by Edward I shortly after the English invasion of Wales in 1277. Farndon lies just over the River Dee. The Old English word holt meant a "wood" [Back on the Chain Gang] This came two days after the Pretenders fired their longtime bassist Pete Farndon because of his drug problem. On July 20, 1982, the band began recording [List of scheduled monuments in Cheshire (1066–1539)] an ice house and a hunting lodge. Chester city walls, the Dee Bridge and Farndon Bridge are scheduled monuments which are largely intact and continue

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