Tramway Bridge -- properly Stratford and Moreton Tramway -- over the River Avon. This bridge was completed in 1826, part of the wagonway between the basin at Stratford and Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire, sixteen miles away. The bridge continued to be used for horse-drawn freight until 1918; it is now for pedestrian traffic. The island in the photograph hides the rest of the bridge.
Part of Clopton Bridge, over the Avon. It was built in 1486-1487 by Hugh Clopton, "citizen, mercer and alderman" as well as leading benefactor to the town of Stratford, whose house in Chapel Street, New Place, would a century or so later be purchased and lived in by Shakespeare.
This information-centre-in-a-narrowboat has a wealth of maps, tourist guides, and souvenirs about narrowboatin, as well as copies of the free monthly newspaper"Towpath Talk".
Note Harry New's boat, which we have seen before!
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