Summerleaze Footbridge

The Summerleaze Footbridge is a footbridge across the River Thames in England linking Dorney, Buckinghamshire and Bray, Berkshire; it is about two miles downstream of Maidenhead Bridge, on the reach above Boveney Lock.

Summerleaze Footbridge
Summerleaze Footbridge looking upstream
Coordinates51.4998°N 0.6816°W / 51.4998; -0.6816
CarriesFootpath
CrossesRiver Thames
LocaleDorney, Buckinghamshire, England
Characteristics
Height24 feet 0 inches (7.32 metres)
History
Opened1996
Location

The footbridge was built as a gravel conveyor belt, taking gravel from the construction of Dorney Lake, a nearby purpose-built rowing lake, and takes its name "Summerleaze" from the firm who built it in 1996.

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