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.
Hampton Road | |
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| Hampton Road at the southern end, looking north from the Rockingham Road and Cockburn Road intersection. | |
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| General information | |
| Type | Road |
| Length | 2.9 km (1.8 mi) |
| Route number(s) |  State Route 12 |
| Major junctions | |
| North end | Ord Street (State Route 12), Fremantle |
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| South end | Cockburn Road (State Route 12), South Fremantle |
| Location(s) | |
| Major suburbs | South Fremantle, Beaconsfield |
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
editAll intersections below are controlled by traffic signals unless otherwise indicated.
| LGA | Location | km | mi | Destinations | Notes |
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| Fremantle | Fremantle | 0 | 0.0 | Stirling Street northwest / Knutsford Street west – Fremantle, North Fremantle | Un-signalised intersection, Knutsford Street is left-in only. Continues as Ord Street (State Route 12) north |
| 1 | 0.62 |  Wray Avenue – Fremantle | Access to Fremantle Hospital emergency entrance and the CBD from the south | ||
| Fremantle–Beaconsfield–South Fremantle tripoint | 1.1 | 0.68 |  South Street (State Route 13) – O'Connor, Kardinya, Murdoch, Canning Vale | Access to Murdoch University | |
| Beaconsfield–South Fremantle boundary | 1.6 | 0.99 | Lefroy Road – Hilton | ||
| 2.3 | 1.4 | Douro Road – Fremantle | Connects to southern end of Marine Terrace | ||
| 2.6 | 1.6 | Clontarf Road – Hamilton Hill | |||
| Fremantle–Cockburn boundary | Beaconsfield–Hamilton Hill–South Fremantle tripoint | 2.8 | 1.7 | Rockingham Road – Hamilton Hill, Spearwood, Kwinana Beach | Continues south as Cockburn Road (State Route 12) to Coogee and Henderson Industrial Estate |
References
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ "View archived webpage". Archived from the original on 18 September 2002.
- ^ 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
- ^ 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
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- "Hampton Road" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 16 November 2012.