Tenfoot Bridge is a wooden footbridge across the River Thames

River Thames

The River Thames flows through southern England. It is the longest river entirely in England and the second longest in the United Kingdom. While it is best known because its lower reaches flow through central London, the river flows alongside several other towns and cities, including Oxford,...

 in Oxfordshire

Oxfordshire

Oxfordshire is a county in the South East region of England, bordering on Warwickshire and Northamptonshire , Buckinghamshire , Berkshire , Wiltshire and Gloucestershire ....

, England. It is situated on the reach above Shifford Lock

Shifford Lock

Shifford Lock is a lock on the River Thames in England. It is in the centre of a triangle formed by the small villages of Shifford, Duxford and Chimney in Oxfordshire. It is at the start of a navigation cut built with the lock by the Thames Conservancy in 1898...

 and was built in 1869. It connects Buckland

Buckland, Oxfordshire

Buckland is a village and civil parish about northeast of Faringdon in the Vale of White Horse District. Buckland was part of Berkshire until the 1974 boundary changes transferred it to Oxfordshire.-Character and geography:...

 on the south bank to Chimney

Chimney, Oxfordshire

Chimney is a hamlet on the River Thames near Shifford Lock, south of Witney in Oxfordshire. It is part of the civil parish of Aston, Cote, Shifford and Chimney....

 on the north.

The name derives from a pre-existing weir which had a 10 feet (3 m) in it. In 1867 there were complaints about the state of the weir bridge and after a dispute, the Thames Conservancy

Thames Conservancy

The Thames Conservancy was a historical body responsible for the management of the River Thames in England. It was founded in 1857, initially replacing the jurisdiction of the City of London up to Staines and later taking responsibility for the whole river from Cricklade in Wiltshire to the sea at...

 removed the weir and built the bridge two years later.

The Thames Path

Thames Path

The Thames Path is a National Trail, opened in 1996, following the length of the River Thames from its source near Kemble in Gloucestershire to the Thames Barrier at Charlton. It is about long....

 passes the bridge on the north bank, but does not cross it. The path formerly crossed the bridge to Duxford

Duxford, Oxfordshire

Duxford is a hamlet in the civil parish of Hinton Waldrist northeast of Faringdon. It was part of Berkshire until the 1974 boundary changes transferred it to Oxfordshire...

south of the old course of the Thames.