Hampton Loade

Hampton Loade

Hampton Loade is a village in Shropshire, England along the Severn Valley. It is situated on the east bank of the River Severn at gbmapping|SO747864, 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 of Wolverhampton 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. [ [http://www.trekearth.com/gallery/Europe/United_Kingdom/England/Shropshire/Hampton_Lode/ photographs of the railway station] ]

There is an unusual bridge close to Hampton Loade: a small private roadway is suspended below two large waterpipe arches. [ [http://www.brantacan.co.uk/modern_severn_bridges.htm Hampton Bridge] ( [http://www.brantacan.co.uk/Hampton.jpgPhotograph] )]

The village is also home to a satellite navigation error where a bridge appears on certain sat-nav systems that does not exist. A number of motorists using sat-nav units were misled by the error although there are now road signs in place warning of the error on approaching the village.

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 [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/hereford/worcs/6769829.stm BBC NEWS | England | Hereford/Worcs | Flash floods hit homes and roads ] ] ( [http://www.bbc.co.uk/shropshire/content/image_galleries/hampton_loade_floods_gallery.shtml?2 BBC photo] ), and large sections of nearby Severn Valley Railway track subsided.

External links

* [http://www.hloade.free-online.co.uk/village.html Hampton Loade: Village and Ferry]
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/shropshire/content/panoramas/hampton_loade_ferry_360.shtml Panoramas Views: Ferry across the Severn] BBC

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