Hampton Road

Western Australia
Hampton Road at the southern end, looking north from the Rockingham Road and Cockburn Road intersection.
General information
TypeRoad
Length2.9 km (1.8 mi)
Route number(s) State Route 12
Major junctions
North end Ord Street (State Route 12), Fremantle
 
South end Cockburn Road (State Route 12), South Fremantle
Location(s)
Major suburbsSouth 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
FremantleFremantle00.0Stirling Street northwest / Knutsford Street west – Fremantle, North FremantleUn-signalised intersection, Knutsford Street is left-in only. Continues as Ord Street (State Route 12) north
10.62 Wray Avenue – FremantleAccess to Fremantle Hospital emergency entrance and the CBD from the south
Fremantle–Beaconsfield–South Fremantle tripoint1.10.68 South Street (State Route 13) – O'Connor, Kardinya, Murdoch, Canning ValeAccess to Murdoch University
Beaconsfield–South Fremantle boundary1.60.99Lefroy Road – Hilton
2.31.4Douro Road – FremantleConnects to southern end of Marine Terrace
2.61.6Clontarf Road – Hamilton Hill
Fremantle–Cockburn boundaryBeaconsfield–Hamilton Hill–South Fremantle tripoint2.81.7Rockingham Road – Hamilton Hill, Spearwood, Kwinana BeachContinues south as Cockburn Road (State Route 12) to Coogee and Henderson Industrial Estate

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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