Aldwark Bridge

The ferryman in 1768 was John Thomson, and that year, he rode to London to seek permission to construct a bridge, in exchange for collecting tolls.

[1] In 1848, it was described as "a substantial wooden structure, which crosses the river and its banks by twenty-seven arches and culverts".

[1] In January 2025, Bell announced his intention to raise the toll from 40p to £1, with a future hike to £1.40 scheduled for 2035.

[3] The bridge has an iron frame and a timber deck, with one brick arch surviving, supported by a sandstone cutwater.

There are also surviving brick and sandstone arches over floodlands at the side of the river.