Wallsend
Wallsend is a western suburb of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, 11 kilometres from Newcastle's central business district. It is split between the local government areas of City of Newcastle and City of Lake Macquarie.Photo: Adamdaley, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Suburb with 12,300 residents
- Description: suburb of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
- Also known as: “Wallsend, New South Wales” and “Wallsend, New South Wales, Australia”
Places of Interest
Highlights include John Hunter Hospital and Macquarie College.
John Hunter Hospital
Hospital
The John Hunter Hospital and John Hunter Children's Hospital, is a teaching hospital and children's hospital in Newcastle, and northern New South Wales, Australia. John Hunter Hospital is situated 3½ km southeast of Wallsend.
Macquarie College
School
Macquarie College is an independent Seventh-day Adventist co-educational early learning, primary and secondary day school, located in the Newcastle suburb of Wallsend, New South Wales, Australia.
Glendale Technical College
School
Glendale Technology High School is a government-funded co-educational comprehensive secondary day school in Glendale, New South Wales, Australia. Established in 1970 as Glendale High School, the school enrolled approximately 802 students in 2025, from Year 7 to Year 12, of whom 17 percent identified as Indigenous Australians and nine percent were from a language background other than English. Glendale Technical College is situated 3 km southwest of Wallsend.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Argenton and Hillsborough.
Argenton
Suburb
Argenton is a suburb of the city of Lake Macquarie, Greater Newcastle in New South Wales, Australia 16 kilometres west of the Newcastle's central business district in Lake Macquarie's West Ward. Argenton is situated 4½ km southwest of Wallsend.
Hillsborough
Suburb
Hillsborough is a suburb of the City of Lake Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia 13 kilometres from Newcastle's central business district on the eastern side of Lake Macquarie. It is part of the City of Lake Macquarie north ward. Hillsborough is situated 6 km south of Wallsend.
Adamstown Heights
Suburb
Adamstown Heights is a southern suburb of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, located 8 kilometres west-southwest of Newcastle's central business district along the Pacific Highway. Adamstown Heights is situated 6 km southeast of Wallsend.
Wallsend
- Category: locality
- Location: City of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-32.90579° or 32° 54′ 21″ southLongitude
151.6656° or 151° 39′ 56″ eastPopulation
12,300Elevation
18 metres (59 feet)Open location code
4RVH3MV8+M6OpenStreetMap ID
node 25943191OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburbGeoNames ID
2144890Wikidata ID
Q7963243
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