Ashton
Ashton is a town in the Adelaide Hills in South Australia. It was named by George Hunt in 1858 after his home Ashton in England. Ashton is from the old English word aesctun, which means "ash tree town".| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Village with 481 residents
- Description: town in South Australia
- Also known as: “Ashton, South Australia” and “Ashton, South Australia, Australia”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Horsnell Gully Conservation Park and Mount Bonython.
Horsnell Gully Conservation Park
Nature reserve
Photo: Foraminifera, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Horsnell Gully Conservation Park is a protected area in the Australian state of South Australia in the locality of Horsnell Gully located about 9 kilometres east of the state capital of Adelaide and about 2.3 kilometres southwest of Norton Summit. Horsnell Gully Conservation Park is situated 3 km west of Ashton.
Mount Bonython
Peak
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Mount Bonython is one of two major peaks in the Adelaide Hills visible from Adelaide. The other, about a kilometre to the south and some 50 m higher, is Mount Lofty. Mount Bonython is situated 3½ km southwest of Ashton.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Uraidla and Norton Summit.
Uraidla
Village
Photo: Gracee, Public domain.
Uraidla is a small town in the Adelaide Hills of South Australia, Australia. At the 2016 census, Uraidla had a population of 575. However it also sits at the centre of a larger population catchment of rural townships which include Summertown, Piccadilly, Ashton, Basket Range, Carey Gully, Norton Summit and Cherryville.
Norton Summit
Village
Norton Summit is a town in the Adelaide Hills, South Australia, located approximately 12 km east of the city of Adelaide. The town is named after Robert Norton, who arrived in South Australia shortly after its proclamation, and made the first recorded climb in the area in 1836.
Summertown
Suburb
Photo: Yeti Hunter, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Summertown is a town in the Adelaide Hills region of South Australia. It adjoins Uraidla. At the 2016 census, Summertown had a population of 676. Although technically ending along Greenhill Road directly at the Police House, further on is Summertown's Elderly Home, giving further confusion to the actual placement of the town's borders.
Ashton
- Categories: town and locality
- Location: Adelaide Hills Council, South Australia, Australia, Oceania
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Latitude
-34.93965° or 34° 56′ 23″ southLongitude
138.73776° or 138° 44′ 16″ eastPopulation
481Elevation
546 metres (1,791 feet)United Nations Location Code
AU ASHOpen location code
4QQW3P6Q+44OpenStreetMap ID
node 1905432802OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Swedish—“Ashton” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Ashton”
- Cebuano: “Ashton”
- Chinese: “亞殊頓”
- Chinese: “阿什顿”
- Dutch: “Ashton, South Australia”
- French: “Ashton”
- Italian: “Ashton”
- Japanese: “アシュトン”
- Persian: “اشتون، استرالیای جنوبی”
- Swedish: “Ashton”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Marble Hill and Basket Range.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Ashton Community Centre and Ashton Oval.
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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 “Ashton”. Photo: Roumpf, CC BY-SA 4.0.