page_title: Bridge tower
section_title: United Kingdom
hierarchical_section_title: Bridge tower / Surviving bridge towers / United Kingdom
caption_attribution_description: English: Portal to old bridge, Warkworth
context_page_description: A bridge tower was a type of fortified tower built on a bridge. They were typically built in the period up to early modern times as part of a city or town wall or castle. There is usually a tower at both ends of the bridge. During the 19th century, a number of bridge towers were built in the Gothic Revival style – Tower Bridge in London is perhaps the best known example; however, many original medieval towers survive across Europe.
context_section_description: The Monnow Gate on the Monnow Bridge at Monmouth, Wales (late 13th or early 14th century)
  The bridge tower at Warkworth Bridge in Warkworth, Northumberland, England (late 14th century)
  Tower Bridge in London, England (built 1894). The actual function of these towers is to support a high-level walkway.
caption: The 14th century bridge tower at Warkworth, Northumberland.
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