Thornton
Thornton is a suburb in the City of Maitland, New South Wales, Australia. It is bisected by the New England Highway. Post code 2322, including Thornton, Beresfield, Tarro and Hexham, had a population of 14,654 in 2001.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Suburb with 7,880 residents
- Description: locality in New South Wales, Australia
- Also known as: “Thornton, New South Wales” and “Thornton, New South Wales, Australia”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Beresfield railway station and Tarro.
Beresfield railway station
Railway station
Photo: MrTwig, Public domain.
Beresfield railway station is located on the Main Northern line in New South Wales, Australia. It opened on 31 July 1925, serving the western Newcastle suburb of Beresfield.
Tarro
Railway station
Photo: MrTwig, Public domain.
Tarro railway station is located on the Main Northern line in New South Wales, Australia. It serves the western Newcastle suburb of Tarro, opening on 1 August 1871. Tarro is situated 4 km southeast of Thornton.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tarro and Hexham.
Tarro
Suburb
Tarro is a north-western suburb of the Newcastle City Council local government area in the Hunter Region of New South Wales, Australia. It, and parts of nearby Beresfield, was originally known as Upper Hexham, "lower" Hexham being an older settlement located about 5 kilometres to the east on the Hunter River. Tarro is situated 3½ km southeast of Thornton.
Hexham
Town
Photo: Cgoodwin, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Hexham is a suburb of the city of Newcastle, about 15 km inland from the Newcastle CBD in New South Wales, Australia on the bank of the Hunter River. Hexham is situated 7 km southeast of Thornton.
Thornton
- Category: locality
- Location: Maitland Municipality, New South Wales, Australia, Oceania
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Latitude
-32.78166° or 32° 46′ 54″ southLongitude
151.64277° or 151° 38′ 34″ eastPopulation
7,880Elevation
22 metres (72 feet)United Nations Location Code
AU TRTOpen location code
4RVH6J9V+84OpenStreetMap ID
node 115098558OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
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In Other Languages
From French to Irish—“Thornton” goes by many names.
- French: “Thornton”
- Hindi: “थौर्न्टन, नया साउथ वेल्स”
- Hindi: “थौर्न्टन, न्यू साउथ वेल्स”
- Irish: “Thornton”
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Notable Places Nearby
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