Bridge Street, Warrington

In the 18th century, John Howard lodged at a silver smiths on Bridge Street whilst printing his works on prison reform, as commemorated in a plaque erected by the Warrington Society in 1906.

[1] One of the buildings to house the Warrington Academy was located at the street's southern end.

[2] The street was widened in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and formed part of the Warrington Corporation Tramways network.

[3] A public art installation, the River of Life, has been located in Bridge Street since 1996 as a memorial to those killed and injured.

[4] The faience-clad elevations of on the western frontage of upper Bridge Street are a particularly noteworthy examples of late Victorian and Edwardian architectural elegance.