Tintagel Castle Footbridge / Ney & Partners + William Matthews Associates
Spanning a 190-foot gorge and with a gasp-inducing gap in the middle, the bridge follows the line of the original route – a narrow strip of land, long lost to erosion – between the 13th-century gatehouse on the mainland and the courtyard on the jagged headland or island jutting into the sea. So significant was this historic crossing that it gave rise to the place’s name, the Cornish Din Tagell meaning “the Fortress of the Narrow Entrance”.
© Hufton & Crow
- architects: Ney & Partners
- architects: William Matthews Associates
- Location: Castle Rd, Tintagel PL34 0HE, United Kingdom
- Project Year: 2019
- Photographs: Hufton & Crow
- Photographs: David Levene
- Photographs: Jim Holden
- Photographs: Courtesy of English Heritage Trust
