Godstow Bridge

Godstow Bridge
Coordinates	51°46′45″N 1°18′04″W / 51.7793°N 1.3012°W / 51.7793; -1.3012
Carries	minor road
Crosses	River Thames
Locale	Godstow, Oxfordshire
Maintained by	Oxfordshire County Council
Heritage status	Grade II listed building
Characteristics
Design	arch
Material	Stone
Height	8 feet 5 inches (2.57 m)
No. of spans	2
Listed Building – Grade II
Official name	Little Godstow Bridge
Designated	28 June 1972
Reference no.	1116442[1]
Listed Building – Grade II
Official name	Godstow Bridge
Designated	12 January 1954
Reference no.	1369373[2]
Location

Godstow Bridge is a road bridge across the River Thames in England at Godstow near Oxford. The bridge is just upstream of Godstow Lock on the reach to King's Lock and carries a minor road between Wolvercote and Wytham.

The bridge is in two parts. The older part, sometimes called Little Godstow Bridge,^[1] crosses the original course of the river and weir stream near The Trout Inn, a well-known public house. This stone bridge was in existence in 1692 and was probably the one held by the Royalists against Parliamentarians in 1645, during the English Civil War. It has two arches, one pointed and the other round, and was rebuilt in 1892. The newer part was built across the new lock cut in 1792,^[3] and has two brick-lined round arches. The north arch may be of medieval origin and the south arch was also rebuilt in 1892. Both parts of the bridge are listed at Grade II,^[1][2] as is a footbridge from the Trout Inn.^[4]

The importance of the bridge was reduced by the construction of the Oxford by-pass and the A34 bridge a short distance upstream.