Bridge House Estates

As Bridge House Estates outstanding since 1282 Foundation is called, whose task was initially to get the old London Bridge, to manage and rebuild if necessary. But in course of time grew into her, other administrative and charitable tasks. So built the body Blackfriars Bridge and Tower Bridge and Southwark Bridge acquired. The new pedestrian bridge Millennium Bridge is one of the managed bridge objects.

The name of the institution comes from the Bridge House, the administrative and maintenance center on the south bank of the Thames. She is a trustee out of the city administration. Originally, the Foundation has been funded by bridge tolls and legacies, but acquired in the course of time extensive and profitable real estate property, which made ​​them independent. Your current fortune is estimated at about 200 million pounds.

Today, various subsidies are distributed through the City Bridge Trust was founded in 1995.