Upminster Bridge

infobox UK place
country = England
map_type = Greater London
region= London
population=
official_name= Upminster Bridge
london_borough= Havering
constituency_westminster1= Upminster
constituency_westminster= Hornchurch
post_town= HORNCHURCH
post_town1= UPMINSTER
postcode_area=RM
postcode_area1=RM
postcode_district=RM12
postcode_district1=RM14
dial_code= 01708
os_grid_reference= TQ552867
latitude= 51.5577
longitude= 0.2397

Upminster Bridge is a crossing of the River Ingrebourne between Upminster and Hornchurch in the suburbs of East London, United Kingdom.

The name has also been unofficially applied to the local area mostly since the 1934 opening of Upminster Bridge tube station and the subsequent housing development in the area. It would otherwise be split between Hornchurch and Upminster. A nearby pub bears the name "The Bridge" and a Brigge House is known in mediaeval records.

The original Upminster Bridge was a small crossing over the River Ingrebourne used by carters from the outlying farms in Upminster carrying goods to Hornchurch in the Royal Liberty of Havering, of which the river and bridge marked the eastern boundary.

Until its replacement with anonymous railings during the 1980s by Havering London Borough Council, the bridge used to sport two cast-iron plated bridge sides that were cast by the Whitechapel Bell Foundry - makers of Big Ben and other bells in the Houses of Parliament.

Upminster Bridge is served by the following Transport for London contracted London Bus routes: 193, 248, 370, 373. The area is on the route of the London Outer Orbital Path.

External links

* [http://www.hidden-london.com/upminsterbridge.html Hidden London - Upminster Bridge]