8 Cursed Bridges In England — Why Locals Refuse To Cross Them After Dark

England’s bridges have carried merchants, armies, prisoners, pilgrims — and thousands of people who never made it safely to the other side. In this video, we explore 8 of England’s darkest and strangest crossings, from a stone bridge that may be 3,000 years old to the remains of Old London Bridge, where fire, violent river currents, executions and centuries of death left behind some of the most disturbing stories in British history. We visit Tarr Steps in Exmoor, the three-armed Trinity Bridge at Crowland, Devil’s Bridge at Kirkby Lonsdale, Bideford Long Bridge, Old London Bridge, the Stocksbridge Bypass, the Cock Beck crossing at Towton, and Stamford Bridge — the crossing where one Norse warrior allegedly held back an English army in 1066. Some of these places come with legends of devils, ghosts and curses. Others need no supernatural explanation at all. Their real histories involve drownings, witch trials, medieval battles, mass graves, public executions and disasters that changed England forever. From the Battle of Towton, where fleeing soldiers were said to cross a stream over the bodies of the dead, to the catastrophic 1212 fire on Old London Bridge, these are places where folklore and documented history collide. Eight crossings. Centuries of history. And not one of them needs a ghost to be unsettling. Which bridge would you refuse to cross after dark? Subscribe for more forgotten, disturbing and extraordinary stories from Britain’s past.