![What is a ford? A ford is a place, usually away from river bends, where a river is wide and shallow enough for people and animals to cross. What is a ford? A ford is a place, usually away from river bends, where a river is wide and shallow enough for people and animals to cross.](https://www.curriculumvisions.com/search/F/ford/fordWear.jpg)
What is a ford? A ford is a place, usually away from river bends, where a river is wide and shallow enough for people and animals to cross.
Lucky escape for driver in Somerset as vehicle washed away while crossing ford | Somerset County Gazette
![File:Cart crossing ford on River Irfon south of Beulah - geograph.org.uk - 157280.jpg - Wikimedia Commons File:Cart crossing ford on River Irfon south of Beulah - geograph.org.uk - 157280.jpg - Wikimedia Commons](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/55/Cart_crossing_ford_on_River_Irfon_south_of_Beulah_-_geograph.org.uk_-_157280.jpg)
File:Cart crossing ford on River Irfon south of Beulah - geograph.org.uk - 157280.jpg - Wikimedia Commons
![Raised roadway ford crossing with culverts. At low flows water passes... | Download Scientific Diagram Raised roadway ford crossing with culverts. At low flows water passes... | Download Scientific Diagram](https://www.researchgate.net/publication/324706703/figure/fig20/AS:618737023582209@1524529810290/17-Raised-roadway-ford-crossing-with-culverts-At-low-flows-water-passes-through-the.png)
Raised roadway ford crossing with culverts. At low flows water passes... | Download Scientific Diagram
![A car crossing the ford on the River Rea © P L Chadwick cc-by-sa/2.0 :: Geograph Britain and Ireland A car crossing the ford on the River Rea © P L Chadwick cc-by-sa/2.0 :: Geograph Britain and Ireland](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/01/66/54/1665480_7451f0a4.jpg)