Newbridge, Bath

Coordinates: 51°23′13″N 2°23′38″W / 51.387°N 2.394°W / 51.387; -2.394

Newbridge
Chelsea Road shopping area
Newbridge  Newbridge shown within Somerset
OS grid reference	ST726655
Unitary authority	Bath and North East Somerset
Ceremonial county	Somerset
Region	South West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	BATH
Postcode district	BA1
Dialling code	01225
Police	Avon and Somerset
Fire	Avon
Ambulance	Great Western
EU Parliament	South West England
UK Parliament	Bath
List of places: UK • England • Somerset

Newbridge is a largely residential electoral ward within Bath, England. Informally, Newbridge refers to the area of Bath that roughly corresponds to the ward boundaries.

Geographically, the Newbridge area centres on Newbridge Road and Newbridge Hill and is bordered (approximately) by the River Avon to the south and the southern edge of Weston Village to the north and from Chelsea Road to the east to out past Oldfield School and the Boathouse pub to the west.

It is the site of Partis College which was built as large block of almshouses between 1825 and 1827. It has been designated as a Grade I listed building.^[1]

The main shopping area in Newbridge is Chelsea Road, a small area of shops, restaurants and hairdressers. There is a Lloyds TSB bank, a bakery, 2 florists, a cycle shop and nearby on the Newbridge Road there is a Post Office.

Bath's major hospital, the Royal United Hospital, is in the north of the ward in an area called Combe Park, bordering Weston Village. Lansdown Cricket Club's ground is close to the hospital.

The National Cycle Network Bristol & Bath Railway Path runs westward from Newbridge to Bristol, and a continuation riverside cycle path runs into central Bath.

The New Bridge

The New Bridge in 1806

         

The area is named after the New Bridge over the River Avon outside Bath, built in 1734. This was built to replace a ford that was one of the last impediments to navigation between Bristol and Bath. The bridge had voids and arches on either side to allow flood water to pass easily. The bridge was widened and improved in the 1830s to the version that now carries the A4 road from Bath to Bristol out of Newbridge.^[2]

Schools

Educationally, Newbridge is part of the North West Bath area of Bath and North East Somerset. This area has 3 primary schools:

• Newbridge Primary School
• St Mary's Catholic Primary School
• Weston All Saints CE VC Primary School

and one secondary school:

• Oldfield School

though at secondary school level many of the girls from the Newbridge area attend Hayesfield Girls' School and many of the boys attend Beechen Cliff School.

See also

Runners in the 2006 Bath Half Marathon, on Newbridge Road

         

• Fairfield House
• Weston Lock

References

1. ^ "Partis College, including lodge and wrought iron gates". Images of England. English Heritage. http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/Details/Default.aspx?id=443111. Retrieved 19 July 2009. 
2. ^ "The Avon Navigation". River Avon Trail Interpretation Project Bulletin (River Avon Trail) (5). September 2004. http://www.riveravontrail.org.uk/archive/Bulletin_5.pdf. Retrieved 3 November 2011. 

External links

• UpMyStreet general information about the Newbridge area.