Wadebridge and District Museum opened in 2007 and moved to their current location on Chapel Lane in 2013. Demographics The town has two primary schools which have academy status, Wadebridge Primary Academy which OfSTED graded as a ‘GOOD’ school in November 2012 and St. Breock Primary School. There is also a secondary school, Wadebridge School. There are two health care practices: the Wadebridge and Camel Estuary Practice and the Bridge Medical Centre. There has been a group practice in Wadebridge since the early 20th century; many of the early doctors had their surgeries operating from their homes. In the 1901 census the population of Wadebridge was 3470, while in 2001 the population was 6222. Sport Wadebridge is home to sporting clubs including Wadebridge Town Football Club who play at Bodieve park, Wadebridge Camels, who play at the Molesworth Field in Egloshayle, and Wadebridge Cricket Club, whose main ground has been in Egloshayle Park since the 1950s. The town has a leisure centre with a programme of sports and pursuits including Cornish wrestling. The Camel estuary offers a range of water sports, including sailing, water skiing, windsurfing, surfing and kite surfing. Golf courses close by include Trevose and Saint Enodoc and St Kew. Notable people The gentleman scientist and surgeon Sir Goldsworthy Gurney, who invented the Bude-Light, lived in Wadebridge from 1814 to 1820. A street (Goldsworthy Way) has been named after him. Francis Hurdon (1834–1914), a prominent figure in Canadian politics, was educated in the town. In media, Michael White, journalist, associate editor and former political editor of The Guardian was born here in 1945. Andrew Ridgeley, member of the pop music duo, Wham! and his partner Keren Woodward, from the group Bananarama, lived in a converted farmhouse near the town. Sergeant Steven Roberts, the first soldier to die in the 2003 invasion of Iraq, was born in Wadebridge. In sport, Olly Barkley, the England rugby union international player, was raised in the town, as was Michaela Breeze, the Commonwealth weightlifting champion. Both were educated at Wadebridge School, as was Annabel Vernon, the 2007 World Rowing Champion Women's Quad Sculls. References Bibliography Tuthill, Peter (2004) A Brief History of Wadebridge History of Wadebridge Town and Police; by Peter Tuthill External links Wadebridge Town Council Cornwall Record Office Online Catalogue for Wadebridge Wadebridge history; IntoCornwall.com Towns in Cornwall Civil parishes in Cornwall Market towns in Cornwall Cornish Killas