Wellingtonbridge

Not to be confused with Wellington Suspension Bridge

Wellingtonbridge Irish: Droichead Eoin
County Wexford
Aerial view of Wellingtonbridge
Location
Grid reference:	S854135
Location:	52°16’0"N, 6°45’0"W
Data
Dialling code:	051
Local Government

Wellingtonbridge, also written Wellington Bridge, is a village in the south of County Wexford, fifteen miles west of Wexford Town and seventeen miles east of Waterford, at the intersection of the R733 and R736 regional roads. It was historically called Ballyowen (Baile Eoin) after the townland it occupies.

The village has a wide array of facilities and amenities including a department store, pharmacy, supermarket, garden centre, café, beauty salon, pub/restaurant, opticians, vet, hair salon, furniture shop, barbers, filling station, car dealer, and playground.

Railway

The village was on the Limerick-Rosslare railway line: Wellingtonbridge railway station, which was formerly an important point for the loading of sugar beet, opened on 1 August 1906 and closed on 18 September 2010.

Outside links

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