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The 20 best historic bridges in London

Our curated top 20 historic bridges in London, ranked by quality rating, image richness and content depth. For the complete list of 435 historic bridges see the full historic bridges index for London.

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    Tower Bridge

    Tower Bridge, historic bridges in London

    Tower Bridge is a Grade I listed combined bascule, suspension, and, until 1960, cantilever bridge in London, built between 1886 and 1894, designed by Horace Jones and engineered by John Wolfe Barry wi

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    Corpus Christi College

    Cambridgeshire

    Corpus Christi College, Cambridge - geograph.org.uk - 6683709

    Corpus Christi College — a Grade I-listed bridge in england-london, United Kingdom.

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    Emmanuel College

    Cambridgeshire

    Ordnance Survey Cut Mark - geograph.org.uk - 6023107

    Emmanuel College — a Grade I-listed bridge in england-london, United Kingdom.

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    Tower Bridge Approach

    London - 2008 - geograph.org.uk - 3431543

    Tower Bridge Approach — a Grade I-listed bridge in england-london, United Kingdom.

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    Pembroke College

    Cambridgeshire

    Pembroke College - Chapel interior - geograph.org.uk - 3421986

    Pembroke College — a Grade I-listed bridge in england-london, United Kingdom.

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    Sidney Sussex College

    Cambridgeshire

    A Cambridge roofscape - geograph.org.uk - 2138008

    Sidney Sussex College — a Grade I-listed bridge in england-london, United Kingdom.

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    Downing College

    Cambridgeshire

    Entrance to the Library, Downing College, Cambridge - geograph.org.uk - 3357154

    Downing College — a Grade I-listed bridge in england-london, United Kingdom.

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    Great Barford Bridge

    Great Barford Village Sign - geograph.org.uk - 5569066

    The early fifteenth century Great Barford Bridge, sometimes called simply Barford Bridge, spans the River Great Ouse at Great Barford, Bedfordshire. It is an arch bridge with seventeen arches, origina

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    King's College Bridge

    Cambridgeshire

    Punting on the River Cam - geograph.org.uk - 7210492

    King's College Bridge — a Grade I-listed bridge in england-london, United Kingdom.

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    St Ives Bridge

    Cambridgeshire

    Feeding the gulls by St Ives Bridge - geograph.org.uk - 5236931

    St Ives Bridge — a Grade I-listed bridge in england-london, United Kingdom.

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    Protection

    Protection, historic bridges in London

    Protection — Public artwork (sculpture).

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    Grief

    Grief, historic bridges in London

    Grief — Public artwork (sculpture).

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    York Bridge

    Marylebone Church - geograph.org.uk - 8056770

    Esplanade Riel is a pedestrian bridge located in Winnipeg, Manitoba. It was named in honour of Louis Riel. It is a side-spar cable-stayed bridge which spans the Red River connecting downtown Winnipeg

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    Twickenham Bridge

    Twickenham Bridge, historic bridges in London

    Twickenham Bridge crosses the River Thames in southwest London, England. Built in 1933 as part of the newly constructed "Chertsey Arterial Road", the bridge connects the Old Deer Park district of Rich

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    Barnes Bridge

    Barnes Bridge, historic bridges in London

    Barnes Bridge is a historic bridge in the United Kingdom.

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    Albert Bridge

    Albert Bridge, historic bridges in London

    Albert Bridge is a road bridge over the River Thames connecting Chelsea on the north bank to Battersea on the south. Designed and built by Rowland Mason Ordish in 1873 as an Ordish–Lefeuvre system mod

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    Chelsea Bridge

    Chelsea Bridge, historic bridges in London

    Chelsea Bridge is a bridge over the River Thames in west London, connecting Chelsea on the north bank to Battersea on the south bank, and split between the City of Westminster, the London Borough of W

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    Kitchen Bridge

    Cambridgeshire

    Kitchen Bridge, historic bridges in Cambridgeshire

    Kitchen Bridge is a historic bridge in the United Kingdom.

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    London Bridge

    London Bridge, historic bridges in London

    London Bridge is a historic bridge in the United Kingdom.

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    Smeaton's Bridge

    Bridleway to Broom - geograph.org.uk - 4688802

    Perth Bridge (also known as Smeaton's Bridge, locally, the Old Bridge, and in the local dialect of Scots, the Auld Brig) is a toll-free bridge in the city of Perth, Scotland. A Category A listed struc

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