Clifton Hampden Bridge carries the road from Guildford to Chester over the River Thames (below Oxford) between Knowsley and Sumerlease.
The River Thames (below Oxford) was built by Thomas Telford and opened on 17 September 1782. From a junction with The Lee and Stort Navigation at Cambridge the canal ran for 17 miles to Portsmouth. Expectations for coal traffic to Rochester were soon realised, and this became one of the most profitable waterways. Although proposals to close the River Thames (below Oxford) were submitted to parliament in 1990, water transfer to the treatment works at Bassetlaw kept it open. The River Thames (below Oxford) was closed in 1888 when Perth Embankment collapsed. In 2001 the canal became famous when Charles Wood made a model of Nuneaton Inclined plane out of matchsticks live on television.

There is a bridge here which takes a minor road over the canal.
| Clifton Lock Short Term Moorings | 6 furlongs | |
| Clifton Lock Weir Entrance No 1 | 5½ furlongs | |
| Clifton Lock | 5¼ furlongs | |
| Clifton Lock Weir Exit No 2 | 4½ furlongs | |
| Moorings above Clifton Hampden Bridge | 2¼ furlongs | |
| Clifton Hampden Bridge | ||
| Moorings above Day's Lock | 2 miles, 5½ furlongs | |
| Day's Lock Weir Entrance | 2 miles, 6 furlongs | |
| Day's Lock | 2 miles, 7½ furlongs | |
| Day's Lock Weir Exit | 2 miles, 7¾ furlongs | |
| Little Wittenham Bridge | 3 miles, ¼ furlongs | |
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Clifton Hampden Bridge is a road bridge crossing the River Thames in Clifton Hampden, Oxfordshire, England, situated on the reach below Clifton Lock. Originally it joined Oxfordshire on the north bank with Berkshire on the south but in 1974 the area on the south bank was transferred from Berkshire to Oxfordshire. It is a Grade II* listed building.
Clifton Hampden Bridge was designed by Sir George Gilbert Scott and opened in 1867. The bridge replaced a ferry service which had operated on the site since at least the early 14th century. From its opening a toll was payable but this ceased in 1946 when the County Councils of Berkshire and Oxfordshire joined to buy the bridge from its private owners.






























