The bridge is just upstream of Godstow Lock on the reach to King's Lock and carries a minor road between Wolvercote and Wytham.

The older part, sometimes called Little Godstow Bridge,[1] crosses the original course of the river and weir stream near The Trout Inn, a well-known public house.

This stone bridge was in existence in 1692 and was probably the one held by the Royalists against Parliamentarians in 1645, during the English Civil War.

The newer part was built across the new lock cut in 1792,[3] and has two brick-lined round arches.

Both parts of the bridge are listed at Grade II,[1][2] as is a footbridge from the Trout Inn.