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City Bridge Foundation is the working name of the historic Bridge House Estates, which originated in the late eleventh century and was formally established by royal charter in 1282 by the City of London Corporation in London, England.
City Bridge Foundation (historically known as Bridge House Estates) is exactly that. It is the body responsible for the construction of both London Bridge and Tower Bridge, as well as various other structures and buildings around London, such as Southwark Bridge.
City Bridge Foundation is the working name of the historic Bridge House Estates. From 1995 to September 2023 our charity funding team was known as City Bridge Trust. In September 2023, our bridges and charity funding teams were brought together under a new name – City Bridge Foundation.
Opened on 30 June 1894, Tower Bridge was built by and is owned and managed by the charity City Bridge Foundation - historically known as Bridge House Estates. City Bridge Foundation Today, it owns and maintains Tower Bridge and London, Southwark, Millennium and Blackfriars bridges - at no cost to the taxpayer.
- Spanning London's History
- The Trust Today
- Bridging The Social Divide
London Bridge is falling down... at least it was in the winter of 1281, when five of its arches collapsed after ice damage. The incident may have speeded the formation of the Bridge House the following year, an organisation backed by Royal Charter, and tasked with overseeing maintenance. Fixing bridges costs lots of money. Fortunately, London Bridg...
Now known as Bridge House Estates, the organisation continues to look after London's spans, under the stewardship of the City of London Corporation. Its most recent 'biggy' was the acquisition of the Millennium Bridge around the turn of the century (this one was funded by multiple partners, including the Millennium Commission, but is now wholly own...
The City Bridge Trust was borne from a surplus of cash. Bridge House Estates had more money than it could sensibly spend on its bridges, and plenty of reserves for the future. So, in the 1990s, the organisation decided to loosen the belt and spread its munificence across the city via the City Bridge Trust. The Trust focuses on projects that will be...
Bridge House Estates was established more than nine centuries ago to ensure the upkeep of London’s first river crossing, London Bridge, and now looks after five of London’s iconic bridges.
For more than 900 years, Bridge House Estates’ role and value in supporting London’s physical and community infrastructure has remained integral to London – even as the City of London and Greater London have been transformed.
