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'Hampton Loade' is a village in Shropshire, England along the Severn Valley. It is situated on the east bank of the River Severn at , and is notable for the unusual current-operated Hampton Loade Ferry, a chain ferry to the hamlet of 'Hampton' on the west bank. The ferry is responsible for Hampton Loade's name, as ''Loade'' is derived from ''lode'', an old English word for ferry.
The village is in the post town and local government district of Bridgnorth, 4 miles to the north. It is in the Ludlow parliamentary constituency and the West Midlands European parliament constituency.
Hampton Loade station, on the preserved Severn Valley Railway, is actually located on the Hampton side of the river. [1]
There is an unusual bridge close to Hampton Loade: a small private roadway is suspended below two large waterpipe arches.[2]
On the night of 19 June 2007, the village of Hampton on the west bank suffered major damage as a result of a severe rainstorm. The one and only road into the village was washed away [3] (BBC photo), and large sections of nearby Severn Valley Railway track subsided.
★ Hampton Loade: Village and Ferry
★ Panoramas Views: Ferry across the Severn BBC
1. photographs of the railway station
2. Hampton Bridge (Photograph)
3. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/hereford/worcs/6769829.stm
Hampton Loade chain ferry, 24 July 2004
'Hampton Loade' is a village in Shropshire, England along the Severn Valley. It is situated on the east bank of the River Severn at , and is notable for the unusual current-operated Hampton Loade Ferry, a chain ferry to the hamlet of 'Hampton' on the west bank. The ferry is responsible for Hampton Loade's name, as ''Loade'' is derived from ''lode'', an old English word for ferry.
The village is in the post town and local government district of Bridgnorth, 4 miles to the north. It is in the Ludlow parliamentary constituency and the West Midlands European parliament constituency.
Hampton Loade station, on the preserved Severn Valley Railway, is actually located on the Hampton side of the river. [1]
There is an unusual bridge close to Hampton Loade: a small private roadway is suspended below two large waterpipe arches.[2]
| Contents |
| Landslide of June 2007 |
| External links |
| Footnotes |
Landslide of June 2007
On the night of 19 June 2007, the village of Hampton on the west bank suffered major damage as a result of a severe rainstorm. The one and only road into the village was washed away [3] (BBC photo), and large sections of nearby Severn Valley Railway track subsided.
External links
★ Hampton Loade: Village and Ferry
★ Panoramas Views: Ferry across the Severn BBC
Footnotes
1. photographs of the railway station
2. Hampton Bridge (Photograph)
3. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/hereford/worcs/6769829.stm
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