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Hampton Ferry. The Hampton Ferry is a pedestrian cable ferry linking Evesham and the village of Hampton across the River Avon in the English county of Worcestershire.The route dates back to the 13th century, when it was established by the monks of Evesham Abbey as a short-cut to their newly planted vineyard on Clark's Hill.
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Hampton Ferry may refer to: England. Hampton Ferry (River Avon), a ferry across the River Avon in Worcestershire; Hampton Ferry (River Thames), a ferry across the River Thames to the west of London; Hampton Loade Ferry, a ferry across the River Severn in Shropshire; Hampton Ferry, a sister ship of SS Twickenham Ferry, also referred to at Night ...
The reaction ferry uses the power of the river to tack across the current; the powered cable ferry uses engines or electric motors (e.g., the Canby Ferry in the U.S. State of Oregon) to wind itself across; or is hand-operated, such as the Stratford-upon-Avon chain ferry in the UK and the Saugatuck Chain Ferry in Saugatuck, Michigan, United States.
Hampton Ferry terminates, for the south bank, at the white gate on the right, the north bank gate can be seen in the background on the left, which otherwise shows the church, Garrick House and smaller Temple to Shakespeare. Hampton Ferry is a seasonal foot (and cycle) ferry across the Thames in England.
VDOT provides free car ferry services in Southern Virginia, including the Jamestown Ferry; Washington State Ferries (northwest US) White's Ferry, a cable ferry between Maryland and Virginia; Woodland Ferry, cable ferry located in western Sussex County, Delaware, spanning the Nanticoke River at Woodland, Delaware, west of the city of Seaford
The HSC Virgen de Coromoto is an 86 m (282 ft) fast catamaran ferry operated by Consolidada de Ferrys C.A. in Venezuela.It was built in Australia in 2004 for a fast ferry service on Lake Ontario between Toronto, Ontario, Canada and Rochester, New York, United States.
Hampton is an area of Evesham in Worcestershire, England having formerly been a separate village. It is linked to the nearby town of Evesham by the ancient Hampton Ferry . It was a string of small hamlets on the same side of the Avon: Great Hampton, Bengeworth station, Eastwick, and Little Hampton.