Hampton Loade is a hamlet in

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, England along the

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. It is situated on the east bank of the

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at , some five miles south of

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, and is notable for the unusual current-operated

Hampton Loade Ferry Hampton Loade Ferry was a pedestrian cable ferry linking the villages of Hampton Loade and Hampton across the River Severn in the English county of Shropshire and providing a link to Hampton Loade village from Hampton Loade station on the her ...

, a

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to the

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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. Hampton Loade station, on the preserved

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, is actually located on the Hampton side of the river although the whole area is often known locally Hampton Loade due to the presence of the station. There is an unusual bridge close to Hampton Loade: a small private roadway is suspended below two large waterpipe arches, used to pump water from the river to

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, by the

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works. The hamlet is also home to a satellite navigation error where the ferry is listed as a car ferry or a bridge on certain sat-nav systems; there are now road signs in place warning of the error on the approach to the hamlet. The ferry has not been run recently (as of 2017) prompting speculation that it is permanently closed. This has not been confirmed by any reliable news sources but according to the Severn Valley Railway it has ceased operation.

Landslide of June 2007

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, and large sections of nearby Severn Valley Railway track subsided.

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Hampton Loade: Village and FerryPanoramas Views: Ferry across the Severn

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