Commercial Road Footbridge
Commercial Road, Spalding PE11 2HA, United Kingdom
(B1173)
Commercial Road Footbridge carries the road from Ipswich to Longley over the River Welland (Main Line) just past the junction with The River Cam.
The Act of Parliament for the River Welland (Main Line) was passed on 17 September 1816 the same day as that of The River Foss. In his autobiography William Yates writes of his experiences as a navvy in the 1960s

Commercial Road Footbridge
is a minor waterways place
on the River Welland (Main Line) between
Welland - Folly River Junction (Junction of the River Welland and the Folly River (limit of navigation)) (12 miles and 5¾ furlongs
to the southwest) and
Welland - Glen Junction (Junction of the River Welland and the River Glen) (4 miles and 4½ furlongs
and 1 lock
to the northeast).
The nearest place in the direction of Welland - Folly River Junction is High Street Footbridge (Spalding);
2 furlongs
away.
The nearest place in the direction of Welland - Glen Junction is West Elloe Bridge (south);
2¾ furlongs
away.
There may be access to the towpath here.
Mooring here is unrated.
There is a bridge here which takes pedestrian traffic over the canal.
| Church Gate Footbridge | 5 furlongs | |
| Church Gate Pipe Bridge | 4¾ furlongs | |
| Bridge Street Footbridge (Spalding) | 3½ furlongs | |
| High Bridge (Spalding) | 3¼ furlongs | |
| High Street Footbridge (Spalding) | 2 furlongs | |
| Commercial Road Footbridge | ||
| West Elloe Bridge (south) | 2¾ furlongs | |
| West Elloe Bridge (north) | 3 furlongs | |
| Fulney Lock | 6 furlongs | |
| Welland - Coronation Channel Junction Entrance No 1 | 7¼ furlongs | |
| A16 Bridge (Wykeham) | 1 mile, 4¾ furlongs | |
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In the direction of Welland - Folly River Junction
Welland Bank Arm — 10 miles, 2 furlongs away
On this waterway in the direction of Welland - Folly River Junction
In the direction of River Witham - The Wash Junction
Tongue End Junction — 16 miles, ½ furlongs and 2 locks away
Travel to Welland - Glen Junction, then on the River Glen (Main Line) to Tongue End JunctionNo information
CanalPlan has no information on any of the following facilities within range:water point
rubbish disposal
chemical toilet disposal
self-operated pump-out
boatyard pump-out
Direction of TV transmitter (From Wolfbane Cybernetic)
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![Albion Street Bridge. Looking across from Albion Street. The notice on the left is seen in [[7373532]]. by Bob Harvey – 02 January 2023](https://s2.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/07/37/70/7377046_f4e90488_120x120.jpg)
![Footbridge to Commercial Road. Albion Street footbridge crossing the River Welland (see [[7373336]]). by Bob Harvey – 02 January 2023](https://s1.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/07/37/35/7373521_0ce1ff77_120x120.jpg)
![Footbridge and Welland. The Albion Street footbridge ([[7373336]]) over the River Welland seen from Albion Street. by Bob Harvey – 02 January 2023](https://s3.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/07/37/35/7373519_a23951b8_120x120.jpg)

![Albion Street Bridge. Footbridge over the Welland, between Commercial Road and Albion Street (see also [[7373336]]). At the far end is the grade II Langtoft House. by Bob Harvey – 02 January 2023](https://s2.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/07/37/33/7373346_e284a983_120x120.jpg)
![Albion Street Bridge from Commercial Road. See also [[7373336]]. by Bob Harvey – 02 January 2023](https://s2.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/07/37/33/7373350_4fa8ef94_120x120.jpg)
![The River Welland. Looking downstream from the Albion Street footbridge ([[7373336]]). The Welland here is calm, flow stilled by the great sluice at Fulney Lock. Most of the trees are Lime trees. by Bob Harvey – 02 January 2023](https://s3.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/07/37/33/7373359_83b72e26_120x120.jpg)
![Row of Specimen Trees. The row of London Plane and lime trees along the riverbank on Commercial Road. The nearest is the tree seen in [[7373536]]. by Bob Harvey – 02 January 2023](https://s3.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/07/37/35/7373539_2456b6a3_120x120.jpg)
![The River Welland. Looking upstream from the Albion Street footbridge ([[7373336]]). The Welland here is calm, flow stilled by the great sluice at Fulney Lock. The trees are a mixture of Willow and Lime trees. The distant tower is the hose tower of the former fire station in Double Street. by Bob Harvey – 02 January 2023](https://s2.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/07/37/35/7373514_55f7c962_120x120.jpg)

![Always Look UP. The upper part of the tree seen in [[7373536]] and [[7373543]]. by Bob Harvey – 02 January 2023](https://s1.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/07/37/35/7373549_36e01bf4_120x120.jpg)
![Look up and see a different plant. Growing in the fork of two trunks of the tree in [[7373536]] and [[7373543]] is this holly - see also [[7373564]]. by Bob Harvey – 02 January 2023](https://s1.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/07/37/35/7373577_89f06bcf_120x120.jpg)
![Keep looking up. Another of the upper parts of the tree in [[7373536]] and [[7373543]]. by Bob Harvey – 02 January 2023](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/07/37/35/7373552_f736264f_120x120.jpg)

![Plane tree fruit. The lingering fruit of the tree seen in [[7373536]] and [[7373543]]. These balls are each hundreds of small seeds which will scatter through the winter. by Bob Harvey – 02 January 2023](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/07/37/38/7373832_33f2a7ca_120x120.jpg)
![Bark of the London Plane. The bark of the tree seen in [[7373536]] and [[7373543]]. by Bob Harvey – 02 January 2023](https://s3.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/07/37/35/7373547_24cd4c2b_120x120.jpg)
![Not a normal tree. There is something very odd about the tree seen in [[7373536]] and [[7373543]].One of the lower crucks is playing host to a Holly. Holly is not, so far as I know, a parasite. It looks to me as though this is growing in blown and settled debris trapped in the crevices between the main trunks of the Lime tree. by Bob Harvey – 02 January 2023](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/07/37/35/7373564_e9c831b9_120x120.jpg)
![Lower tree trunk. The trunk of the great Tree seen in [[7373536]]. by Bob Harvey – 02 January 2023](https://s3.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/07/37/35/7373543_bc56830c_120x120.jpg)



![Langtoft House. A grade II listed building, see https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1359528?section=official-list-entry .Yes, the brick stringing course between the ground floor and the first floor is as bent as a dog's hind leg, while the roofline is straight. That, of course, is because the third floor windows have been added at some later date, with 19th century brick, and a radical change to the slope of the roof at the front compared to the back. The front elevation can be seen in [[7373346]]. by Bob Harvey – 02 January 2023](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/07/37/70/7377040_22c643e4_120x120.jpg)



![Tree 0517. Marker disk on the Broad-leaved lime seen in [[7377074]]. by Bob Harvey – 02 January 2023](https://s3.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/07/37/71/7377107_f49a9002_120x120.jpg)
![Tree with marker. The bright spot is a marker on the trunk of the tree in [[7377130]], [[7377074]]. by Bob Harvey – 02 January 2023](https://s3.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/07/37/71/7377103_5b6edc2d_120x120.jpg)
![Bark of a Lime tree. The tree in [[7377074]], with lumps and bumps and twiggy outgrowth. by Bob Harvey – 02 January 2023](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/07/37/71/7377100_f8e6a115_120x120.jpg)
![Tilia platyphyllos. To the left of the large tree in [[7373536]] is this Broad-leaved Lime tree. It's also visible as the second one along in [[7373543]]. It's a much more recent planting than the larger one, and a native tree. You can see it in [[7377130]]. by Bob Harvey – 02 January 2023](https://s2.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/07/37/70/7377074_e693459f_120x120.jpg)