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Langport Footbridge

 
Bow Street, South Somerset TA10 9RB, United Kingdom (A378)
 
Information about the place
Langport Footbridge is a minor waterways place on the River Parrett between Parrett - Yeo Junction (Junction of River Parrett with River Yeo) (5¾ furlongs to the east) and Parrett - Tone Junction (Junction of River Parrett and River Tone) (5 miles and 3¼ furlongs and 2 locks to the west).
 
 
The nearest place in the direction of Parrett - Yeo Junction is Parrett - Huish Level Rhyne (drain) Junction (Junction of the River Parrett and the Huish Level Rhyne (drain) - no access); ¼ furlongs away.
 
The nearest place in the direction of Parrett - Tone Junction is Great Bow Bridge; ¼ furlongs away.

There may be access to the towpath here.

Mooring here is unrated.

There is a bridge here which takes pedestrian traffic over the canal.

 
 
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Amenities nearby at Great Bow Bridge

 Boots Chemist
 Cashpoint
 NatWest
 
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[River Parrett] is tidal for 19 miles (31 km) up to Oath. The fall of the river between Langport and Bridgwater is only 1 foot per mile (0.2 m/km), so it is prone to frequent [Westport Canal] Westport and Langport in Somerset, England. It was part of a larger scheme involving improvements to the River Parrett above Burrow Bridge. Langport is the [List of railway bridges and viaducts in the United Kingdom] Swansea c.1850 Crosses the Swansea Valley and the River Tawe Langport viaduct Langport, Somerset Stone arch Carries London-Penzance line over the River [Stert and Westbury Railway] carrying trains from Paddington to Penzance due to the opening of the Langport and Castle Cary Railway which shortened this journey by 20.25 miles (32 [History of Bristol] Royalist forces were defeated by the New Model Army at the Battle of Langport, in Somerset. Following further victories at Bridgwater and Sherborne, [South West Coast Path] (163 km) (Boston to Barnstaple is 346 miles (557 km) the Macmillan Abbotsbury Langport Link, which creates a 24 miles (39 km) short-cut for walkers from Abbotsbury [Exeter–Plymouth line] Rail system. The line only became a through route on 2 July 1906 when the Langport and Castle Cary Railway was completed. Before this, from 5 May 1848, through [Port of Bridgwater] to the east and west of the river were built in 1424; another quay, the Langport slip, was built in 1488 upstream of the Town Bridge. A Customs House was [Grade I listed buildings in South Somerset] Trust since 1946. Since the Reformation the 13th century Hanging Chapel in Langport has been a town hall, courthouse, grammar school, museum, and armoury before [List of Statutory Instruments of the United Kingdom, 1994] Order 1994 (S.I. 1994/1) Oxfordshire County Council (Shifford Island Footbridge) Scheme 1993 Confirmation Instrument 1994 (S.I. 1994/12) Road Vehicles
 
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