Hampton Loade Ferry (original) (raw)

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 heritage Severn Valley Railway, in Hampton village. The crossing had been in use for around 400 years, and may have provided a route across the Severn during the Middle Ages. The ferry permanently closed in 2016. The ferry now lies in a state of disrepair half submerged in the river Severn.