Discover Dunham

When looking for hotels in Dunham, you can shape your travel plans around the place’s specifically named features: the A57 over the River Trent, Roman cropmarks and the building history of St Oswald’s in Dunham-on-Trent. These range from practical payment information to archaeological features and historical building phases. These different points of interest can help you choose the focus of your stay.

Bridge and River Trent

Dunham Bridge carries the A57 over the River Trent. This clearly establishes the road’s connection to the river. You can pay by cash or card on Dunham Bridge. Check the current payment options before travelling if your choice of payment method is important to you. Dunham Toll Bridge was built in 1832 by engineer George Leather. The year of construction provides a specific date for the bridge’s history.

Roman traces

The Roman fort is visible as a series of cropmarks and covers just under 12 hectares. The area describes its extent, while the cropmarks identify its visible form; these are two different pieces of information about the same site. Two Roman marching camps lie 200 metres south of the fort. The northern camp is identifiable by a 280-metre-long cropmark with an entrance in the middle. This helps put the details in context: the distance describes the camps’ position in relation to the fort, while the length refers to the feature of the northern camp. This distinction is useful for understanding the history, because area, position and visible form describe different aspects of the Roman sites.

Church and remembrance

The medieval tower of St Oswald’s stands on the eastern edge of the village of Dunham-on-Trent and shapes the landscape. T C Hine rebuilt the nave in 1862–63; the medieval tower was retained. Distinguishing between the parts of the building is essential to understanding its history: the date 1862–63 refers to the rebuilding of the nave, not the medieval tower. The preserved tower and the newly built nave thus represent two clearly distinct building phases in one church. Chronologically, the rebuilding took place around three decades after Dunham Toll Bridge was built in 1832. The war memorial for Dunham-on-Trent, Ragnall and Darlton was unveiled in 1921. The church tells the story of different building phases, while the unveiling of the war memorial marks a clearly dated point in local remembrance history.

Fishing on the River Trent

At Dunham Bridge, a fishing stretch extends for just over a mile along the west bank of the River Trent. If you plan to fish, check the fishing club’s current access rules before your visit, as these can change. The length describes the stretch of water along the west bank; the 200 metres associated with the Roman sites, by contrast, describes their position in relation to the fort. This keeps the fishing stretch distinct as a separate travel interest from the historical distance measurements.

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