Hampton Road

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Hampton Road

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Hampton Road at the southern end, looking north from the Rockingham Road and Cockburn Road intersection.
Hampton Road
General information
TypeRoad
Length2.9 km (1.8 mi)
Route number(s) Australian state route 12.svg State Route 12
Major junctions
North endAustralian state route 12.svg Ord Street (State Route 12), Fremantle
 
South endAustralian state route 12.svg Cockburn Road (State Route 12), South Fremantle
Location(s)
Major suburbs South Fremantle, Beaconsfield

Hampton Road is the main road entering the City of Fremantle from the south. It is named after John Stephen Hampton, the Governor of Western Australia from 1862 to 1868. [1] It continues into Ord Street at the north east corner of Fremantle Prison at Knutsford Street.

Heritage buildings and operations in historical properties occur along the length of the road; they include the Fremantle Children's Literature Centre, [2] Hampton Road reserve, [3] Bundi Kudja, [4] and St Pauls Anglican Church in Beaconsfield. [5] [6]

At the Cockburn Road and Rockingham Road intersection, which forms the southern terminus of the road, traffic bound for Fremantle arrives from Spearwood and Kwinana further south, and is brought through a high-density residential area, and past Fremantle Hospital and Fremantle Prison, two of Fremantle's landmarks.

Major intersections

All intersections below are controlled by traffic signals unless otherwise indicated.

LGALocationkmmiDestinationsNotes
Fremantle Fremantle 00.0Stirling Street northwest / Knutsford Street west  Fremantle, North Fremantle Un-signalised intersection, Knutsford Street is left-in only. Continues as Australian state route 12.svg Ord Street (State Route 12) north
10.62Western Australia MR-SM-1.svg Wray Avenue  Fremantle Access to Fremantle Hospital emergency entrance and the CBD from the south
FremantleBeaconsfieldSouth Fremantle tripoint 1.10.68Australian state route 13.svg South Street (State Route 13)  O'Connor, Kardinya, Murdoch, Canning Vale Access to Murdoch University
BeaconsfieldSouth Fremantle boundary1.60.99Lefroy Road  Hilton
2.31.4Douro Road  Fremantle Connects to southern end of Marine Terrace
2.61.6Clontarf Road  Hamilton Hill
FremantleCockburn boundary BeaconsfieldHamilton HillSouth Fremantle tripoint 2.81.7 Rockingham Road   Hamilton Hill, Spearwood, Kwinana Beach Continues south as Australian state route 12.svg Cockburn Road (State Route 12) to Coogee and Henderson Industrial Estate

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References

  1. Ewers, John K. (1971). The Western Gateway: A History of Fremantle (2nd ed.). Nedlands, Western Australia: University of Western Australia Press for the Fremantle City Council. p. 223. ISBN   085564-050-2.
  2. "View archived webpage". Archived from the original on 18 September 2002.
  3. McIlroy, Jack; Building Management Authority of Western Australia (1990), Fremantle Prison : conservation and future use : historical and archaeological assessment of Hampton Road reserve and Henderson Street cottages, Building Management Authority of Western Australia, ISBN   978-0-7244-9672-3
  4. Heritage Council of Western Australia (1991), Report for Heritage Council of W.A. : Warick, 79 Solomon Street Fremantle; Atwell, 77 Solomon Street Fremantle; Bundi Kudja, 96 Hampton Road Fremantle, Heritage Council of Western Australia], retrieved 16 December 2016
  5. "CONCERT AT ST. PAULS HALL," BEACONSFIELD". The Daily News . Vol. XXVIII, no. 10, 758. Western Australia. 27 November 1909. p. 11. Retrieved 16 December 2016 via National Library of Australia.
  6. "ST. PAUL'S CHURCH, BEACONSFIELD". The West Australian . Vol. XX, no. 5, 667. Western Australia. 13 May 1904. p. 2. Retrieved 16 December 2016 via National Library of Australia.
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