Wadebridge is a community as well as civil church in north Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The community straddles the River Camel 5 miles (8.0 kilometres) upstream from Padstow. The permanent population was 6,222 in the census of 2001, boosting to 7,900 in the 2011 census. There are two selecting wards in the town (East as well as West). Their total population is 8,272. Originally referred to as Wade, it was a harmful fording factor across the river up until a bridge was built here in the 15th century, after which the name changed to its present kind. The bridge was tactically crucial throughout the English Civil War, and Oliver Cromwell went there to take it. Since then, it has actually been broadened twice as well as reconditioned in 1991. Wadebridge was offered by a railway station in between 1834 as well as 1967; part of the line currently develops the Camel Trail, a leisure route for walkers, cyclists and also equine cyclists. The town used to be a road web traffic bottleneck on the A39 roadway up until it was bypassed in 1991, as well as the major buying street, Molesworth Street, is now pedestrianised. The community has a senior high school where a number of noteworthy sports-people were informed. The Royal Cornwall Show is a three-day agricultural show held at the neighboring Royal Cornwall Showground every June, as well as the 5-day Cornwall Folk Festival occurs around the August Bank Holiday.