Birkenhead
Birkenhead is a north-western suburb of Adelaide 14 km from the CBD, on the Lefevre Peninsula, in South Australia, and lies within the City of Port Adelaide Enfield.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Suburb with 1,650 residents
- Description: suburb of Adelaide, South Australia
- Also known as: “Birkenhead, South Australia” and “Birkenhead, South Australia, Australia”
Places of Interest
Highlights include HMAS Encounter and South Australian Maritime Museum.
HMAS Encounter
Military installation
HMAS Encounter is a Royal Australian Navy naval base located in Birkenhead, South Australia. Initially in operation between 1965 and 1994, the base was recommissioned by Chief of the Navy, Vice Admiral Michael Noonan, on 28 May 2022.
South Australian Maritime Museum
Museum
Photo: Shkuru Afshar, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The South Australian Maritime Museum is a state government museum, part of the History Trust of South Australia. The museum opened in 1986 in a collection of historic buildings in the heart of Port Adelaide, South Australia's first heritage precinct.
Hart’s Mill
Historic building
Hart's Mill is a former flour mill complex located on a bend in the Port River, in the north-western corner of Port Adelaide, South Australia. Now partially restored, it has become the suburb's cultural hub.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Port Adelaide, Enfield, Prospect and Outer Harbor and Gillman.
Port Adelaide, Enfield, Prospect and Outer Harbor
Photo: Luke Anderson, CC BY 2.0.
Port Adelaide, Enfield, Prospect and Outer Harbor is the area northwest of Adelaide City, home to Adelaide's port. Similar to Victor Harbor, many travellers end up wondering why the spelling of Outer Harbor is spelled Outer Harbor and not Outer Harbour unlike the rest of the Commonwealth.
Gillman
Suburb
Gillman is a predominantly industrial north-western suburb of Adelaide, in the City of Port Adelaide Enfield. It is located within the federal Division of Hindmarsh and the state electoral district of Port Adelaide.
Rosewater
Suburb
Rosewater is one of the western suburbs of Adelaide and is located 10 km north-west of Adelaide's central business district. Although mainly residential, there are many shops along Grand Junction Road and the closed Rosewater Loop railway line runs through the suburb. Rosewater is situated 2½ km southeast of Birkenhead.
Birkenhead
- Category: locality
- Location: City of Port Adelaide Enfield, South Australia, Australia, Oceania
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Latitude
-34.83676° or 34° 50′ 12″ southLongitude
138.50023° or 138° 30′ 1″ eastPopulation
1,650Elevation
7 metres (23 feet)United Nations Location Code
AU BIROpen location code
4QQW5G72+73OpenStreetMap ID
node 99045617OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Vietnamese—“Birkenhead” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Birkenhead”
- Chinese: “百根克”
- French: “Birkenhead”
- Irish: “Birkenhead”
- Persian: “بیرکنهد، استرالیای جنوبی”
- Swedish: “Birkenhead, South Australia”
- Swedish: “Birkenhead”
- Vietnamese: “Birkenhead, Nam Úc”
- Vietnamese: “Birkenhead”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Birkenhead Reserve and Hargrave Reserve.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Birkenhead”. Photo: Roumpf, CC BY-SA 4.0.