Wadebridge is a community and civil church in north Cornwall, England, UK. The town straddles the River Camel 5 miles (8.0 km) upstream from Padstow. The irreversible population was 6,222 in the census of 2001, raising to 7,900 in the 2011 census. There are 2 selecting wards in the community (East and West). Their complete population is 8,272. Originally called Wade, it was a hazardous fording factor across the river till a bridge was developed right here in the 15th century, after which the name changed to its present kind. The bridge was strategically important throughout the English Civil War, and also Oliver Cromwell went there to take it. Since then, it has been widened two times as well as refurbished in 1991. Wadebridge was offered by a train station between 1834 as well as 1967; part of the line currently forms the Camel Trail, a leisure route for pedestrians, bicyclists and also steed riders. The community used to be a road traffic bottleneck on the A39 roadway up until it was bypassed in 1991, and the main purchasing road, Molesworth Street, is now pedestrianised. The community has a senior high school where numerous significant sports-people were enlightened. The Royal Cornwall Program is a three-day farming show held at the close-by Royal Cornwall Showground every June, and also the 5-day Cornwall Folk Festival happens around the August Bank Holiday.