Upminster Bridge
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Template:Infobox London place Upminster Bridge is a crossing of the River Ingrebourne between Upminster and Hornchurch. The name has also been unofficially applied to the local area mostly since the opening of Upminster Bridge tube station. The area would otherwise be split between Hornchurch and Upminster.
The original Upminster Bridge was a small crossing over the River Ingrebourne used by carters from the outlying farms in Upminster carrying goods to Hornchurch in the Royal Liberty of Havering.
Until its replacement with anonymous railings during the 1980s by Havering London Borough Council, the bridge used to sport two cast-iron plated bridge sides that were cast by the Whitechapel Bell Foundry - makers of Big Ben and other bells in the Houses of Parliament.
Upminster Bridge tube station takes its name from the bridge.