List of crossings of the River Trent

This is a list of crossings of the River Trent, a major river flowing through the Midlands of England.

The table lists crossings that have been identified downstream from the River Sow confluence, the first major tributary on the river. Starting at Essex Bridge it includes ferries; road, rail, foot and pipe bridges found along the river to Trent Falls. Fords are only indicated where they predate a known crossing point. In Downstream (2008), author Tom Fort notes that over eighty historic crossings have been identified, most of which were fords or ferries. In The River Trent (2005), author Richard Stone stated that "there are around seventy bridges across the Trent". Each crossing has been marked with its river mileage with mile zero at Essex Bridge, reaching at Trent Falls. Along the lower reaches, marker boards in kilometres show the distance from Nottingham.

Crossings River Miles (km) Name Image From /To CountyCoordinates Carries Date Ford Ferry Bridge Notes & refs Essex Bridge Great HaywoodShugborough Hall Staffordshire Bridleway Ford Packhorse Grade I Scheduled monument possibly 16th century Shugborough Viaduct ShugboroughColwich Staffordshire Trent Valley line Railway Weetman's Bridge Little HaywoodCannock Chase Staffordshire Meadow Lane 1888 Ford Road Replaced earlier wooden bridge built in 1830. Wolseley Bridge WolseleyColwich Staffordshire A51 1799 Road Grade II Rugeley Bypass bridge (north) RugeleyRugeley Staffordshire A51 2007 Road Rugeley bypass. Brindley Bank Aqueduct RugeleyRugeley Staffordshire Trent and Mersey Canal Canal Aqueduct Rugeley Bypass bridge (east) ColtonRugeley Staffordshire A51 2007 Road Rugeley bypass. Colton Mill Bridge ColtonRugeley Staffordshire Colton Rd 1800s Road Grade II bridge. Rugeley railway bridge ColtonRugeley Staffordshire Chase Line Railway Mavesyn Ridware railway bridge Mavesyn RidwareArmitage Staffordshire Trent Valley line Railway Mavesyn Ridware footbridge Mavesyn RidwareArmitage Staffordshire Footpath 1866 Pedestrian High Bridge (new) Mavesyn RidwareArmitage Staffordshire B5014 Road Modern span. High Bridge Mavesyn RidwareHandsacre Staffordshire Footpath 1830 Pedestrian Grade II*, modern span adjacent. Nethertown pipe bridge (north) NethertownKings Bromley Staffordshire Pipeline Pipe Nethertown footbridge NethertownKings Bromley Staffordshire Footpath Pedestrian Nethertown pipe bridge (south) NethertownKings Bromley Staffordshire Pipeline Pipe Kings Bromley footbridge Kings Bromley Staffordshire Footpath Pedestrian Yoxall Bridge YoxallKings Bromley Staffordshire Minor road Road Grade II, modern span adjacent. Yoxall Bridge (new) YoxallKings Bromley Staffordshire A515 1998 Road Modern span. Cotton Close mill bridge Alrewas Staffordshire Access road Road Alrewas Mill. Statfold Lane millstream bridge WychnorAlrewas Staffordshire Farm track Road Bailey bridge, built by Transco in 1969. Statfold Lane river bridge WychnorAlrewas Staffordshire Farm track Road Bailey bridge, also built by Transco in 1969. Alrewas footbridge WychnorAlrewas Staffordshire Towpath Pedestrian Trent and Mersey Canal towpath. Wychnor Bridges WychnorAlrewas Staffordshire A38 road Ford Road Dual carriageway bridges replaced earlier bridges. Catholme viaduct WychnorAlrewas Staffordshire South Staffordshire line Railway Wichnor Viaduct WychnorAlrewas Staffordshire Cross Country Route 1839 Railway Mythaholme Bridge WychnorAlrewas Staffordshire Footpath 2004 Pedestrian Near National Memorial Arboretum. Walton Bridge BartonWalton StaffordshireDerbyshire Station Lane 1974 Ford Ferry Road Bailey bridge. Drakelow Viaduct BranstonDrakelow StaffordshireDerbyshire Leicester line Railway Leicester Line bridge. Ferry Bridge Burton upon TrentStapenhill Staffordshire Footpath 1889 Ford Ferry Pedestrian Grade II. St Peter's Bridge Burton upon TrentStapenhill Staffordshire A5189 1985 Road Andresey Bridge Burton upon TrentAndressey Island Staffordshire Footpath Pedestrian Grade II bridge across Peel's Cut. Cattle Bridge Burton upon TrentAndressey Island Staffordshire Footpath Pedestrian Spans Peel's Cut. Burton Bridge Burton upon TrentWinshill Staffordshire A511 Road Left Channel. Wetmore footbridge (south) Burton upon Trent Staffordshire Footpath Pedestrian Left Channel. Wetmore pipe bridge Burton upon Trent Staffordshire Pipeline Pipe Left Channel. Wetmore footbridge (north) Burton upon Trent Staffordshire Footpath Pedestrian Left Channel. Accessible via Electric Street or Wetmore Lane. Burton Flour Mills bridge Winshill Staffordshire Access road Road Millstream. Winshill pipe bridge Winshill Staffordshire Pipeline Pipe Right Channel. Newton Solney pipe bridge EggintonNewton Solney Derbyshire Pipeline Pipe Water pipeline. Willington Bridge WillingtonRepton Derbyshire B5008 1839 Ford Ferry Road Previously ferry and ford. Twyford Ferry TwyfordMilton Derbyshire Ford Ferry Swarkestone Bridge SwarkestoneStanton by Bridge Derbyshire A514 Road Grade I, Scheduled Monument, first mentioned in 1204. Weston-on-Trent viaduct Weston-on-TrentKings Newton Derbyshire Cloud Trail 1867 Pedestrian Previously a rail bridge. Weston Cliff Ferry Weston-on-TrentKings Newton Derbyshire Ferry King's Mill Ferry Weston-on-TrentKing's Mill DerbysLeics Ford Ferry Castle Donington railway viaduct Weston-on-TrentCastle Donington DerbysLeics Castle Donington line Railway A50 Trent Bridge ShardlowCavendish Bridge DerbysLeics A50 1997 Road Cavendish Bridge ShardlowCavendish Bridge DerbysLeics B5010 1956 Ford Ferry Road Wilden Ferry. Long Horse Bridge ShardlowHemington DerbysLeics Towpath 2011 Pedestrian Sawley Aqueduct SawleyHemington DerbysLeics Derwent Valley Aqueduct 1909 Pipe M1 Trent viaduct SawleyHemington DerbysLeics M1 1967 Road Harrington Bridge SawleyHemington DerbysLeics B6540 1790 Ford Ferry Road Grade II bridge, replaced Sawley Ferry. Sawley railway viaduct Long EatonHemington DerbysLeics Castle Donington line Railway Trent Lock Scout Ferry Trent LockScout Activity Centre DerbysLeics 1975 Ferry Scout Activity Centre ferry. Trent Lock Ferry Trent LockRatcliffe-on-Soar DerbysNotts Ferry Horse and passenger ferry. Redhill Viaducts Long EatonThrumpton DerbysNotts Midland Main Line 1893 Railway Trent Viaducts. Thrumpton Ferry Long EatonThrumpton DerbysNotts Ferry Barton Ferry AttenboroughBarton in Fabis Nottinghamshire Ferry Operated until 1960s. Clifton Bridge NottinghamClifton Nottinghamshire A52 1958 Road Wilford Toll Bridge The MeadowsWilford Nottinghamshire Nottingham Express Transit 1870 Ferry Railway Wilford Ferry. Great Central Railway Bridge The MeadowsWilford Nottinghamshire 1895 Railway Demolished in 1985. Wilford Suspension Bridge The MeadowsWest Bridgford Nottinghamshire Footpath 1906 Pedestrian Footpath and pipelines Trent Bridge, Nottingham NottinghamWest Bridgford Nottinghamshire A60 1871 Road The current bridge is the last in a series of bridges at this important crossing point. A bridge was first mentioned in 924. Trent Navigation Company Bridge NottinghamWest Bridgford Nottinghamshire Continuation of Nottingham Canal towpath across river Pedestrian Former horse bridge - damaged by the 1875 flood and subsequently demolished. Lady Bay Bridge NottinghamWest Bridgford Nottinghamshire A6011 1878 Road Previously a rail bridge. Waterside Bridge NottinghamWest Bridgford Nottinghamshire Cycle bridge 2026 Cycleway Opened 2nd June 2026. Holme Sluices ColwickHolme Pierrepont Nottinghamshire Access 1952 Sluices Private bridge. Rectory Junction Viaduct NetherfieldRadcliffe-on-Trent Nottinghamshire Nottingham–Grantham line 1850 Railway Radcliffe Viaduct. Radcliffe Ferry Stoke BardolphRadcliffe-on-Trent Nottinghamshire Ferry Stoke Bardolph Ferry Stoke BardolphShelford Nottinghamshire Ferry Gunthorpe Bridge GunthorpeEast Bridgford Nottinghamshire A6097 1925 Ford Ferry Road Earlier ford and ferry. Hoveringham Ferry HoveringhamKneeton Nottinghamshire Ferry Hazelford Ferry Hazelford FerryElston Nottinghamshire Ferry Fiskerton Ferry FiskertonEast Stoke Nottinghamshire Ferry Farndon Ferry FarndonFarndon Nottinghamshire Ferry Averham Viaduct StaythorpeNewark-on-Trent Nottinghamshire Nottingham–Lincoln line Railway Kelham Arm Kelham Bridge KelhamNewark-on-Trent Nottinghamshire A617 1857 Road Kelham Arm Muskham Bridge South MuskhamNewark-on-Trent Nottinghamshire A616/Great North Road 1922 Road Kelham Arm Smeaton's Arches South MuskhamNewark-on-Trent Nottinghamshire A616/Great North Road 1772 Road Causeway links Muskham Bridge and Trent Bridge, Newark. Muskham Viaduct South MuskhamNewark-on-Trent Nottinghamshire East Coast Main Line Railway Kelham Arm A46 Newark bypass, Farndon Newark-on-TrentFarndon Nottinghamshire A46 road 1992 Road Longstone Bridge Newark-on-Trent Nottinghamshire Towpath 1819 Pedestrian Mill Bridge Newark-on-Trent Nottinghamshire Mill Lane 1952 Road Backwater Bridge, Newark-on-Trent Newark-on-Trent Nottinghamshire Towpath 1952 Pedestrian Trent Bridge, Newark Newark-on-Trent Nottinghamshire Great North Road 1775 Road Jubilee Bridge Newark-on-Trent Nottinghamshire Footpath 2002 Pedestrian Fiddler's Elbow Bridge Newark-on-Trent Nottinghamshire Towpath 1915 Pedestrian A46 Nether Lock Viaduct Newark-on-Trent Nottinghamshire A46 road 1992 Road Midland Railway Viaduct Newark-on-Trent Nottinghamshire Nottingham–Lincoln line 1846 Railway Newark Dyke Bridge North MuskhamNewark-on-Trent Nottinghamshire East Coast Main Line 2000 Railway Winthorpe Bridge North MuskhamWinthorpe Nottinghamshire A1 1964 Road Grade II listed. Muskham Ferry North MuskhamHolme Nottinghamshire Ford Ferry Operated until the 1940s. Cromwell Lock Cromwell Nottinghamshire Tidal limit. Carlton on Trent Ferry Carlton-on-TrentCollingham Nottinghamshire Ferry Meering Ferry Sutton-on-TrentMeering Nottinghamshire Ferry Marnham Ferry High MarnhamSouth Clifton Nottinghamshire Ferry Fledborough Viaduct FledboroughNorth Clifton Nottinghamshire Footpath 1897 Pedestrian Former rail bridge. Fledborough Ferry FledboroughNorth Clifton Nottinghamshire Ferry Dunham Bridge DunhamNewton on Trent NottinghamshireLincolnshire A57 1832 Ferry Road Previously a ferry. Dunham pipe bridge DunhamNewton on Trent NottinghamshireLincolnshire Pipeline 1912 Pipe Laneham Ferry LanehamLaughterton NottinghamshireLincolnshire Ferry Closed in 1922. Torksey Ferry RamptonTorksey NottinghamshireLincolnshire Ferry Torksey Viaduct CottamTorksey NottinghamshireLincolnshire Footpath 1849 Railway Grade II*, disused railway bridge. Littleborough Ferry LittleboroughMarton NottinghamshireLincolnshire Ford Ferry Probable Roman ford at Segelocum. Bole Ferry BoleLea NottinghamshireLincolnshire Ferry Gainsborough Trent Junction railway bridge BoleGainsborough NottinghamshireLincolnshire Railway 1849 Railway Rebuilt with new spans in 1992. Trent Bridge, Gainsborough BeckinghamGainsborough NottinghamshireLincolnshire A631 1791 Ferry Road Grade II, earlier ferry and ford. Walkerith Ferry WalkeringhamWalkerith NottinghamshireLincolnshire Ferry Stockwith Ferry West StockwithEast Stockwith NottinghamshireLincolnshire Ferry Ceased around 1953. Owston Ferry Owston FerryEast Ferry Lincolnshire Ferry Ceased around 1951. Butterwick Ferry West ButterwickEast Butterwick Lincolnshire Ferry M180 Trent Bridge West ButterwickBurringham Lincolnshire M180 1979 Road Althorpe Ferry AlthorpeBurringham Lincolnshire Ferry Keadby Bridge KeadbyGunness Lincolnshire A18 South Humberside Main Line1916 RoadRailway Grade II Bascule bridge King George V Bridge. Amcotts Ferry AmcottsFlixborough Lincolnshire Ferry Garthorpe Ferry GarthorpeBurton upon Stather Lincolnshire Ferry Also known as Burton Stather Ferry. Trent Falls OusefleetAlkborough Mouth of the Trent.

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