Charlestown
Charlestown is a suburb of the City of Lake Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia, and the largest suburb in Lake Macquarie and in the Greater Newcastle area. It is approximately 10 kilometres west-south-west of the central business district of Newcastle.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Suburb with 11,700 residents
- Description: suburb of the City of Lake Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia
- Also known as: “Charlestown, New South Wales” and “Charlestown, New South Wales, Australia”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Charlestown Square and Westfield Kotara.
Charlestown Square
Shopping center
Charlestown Square is a large indoor/outdoor shopping centre in the suburb of Charlestown in the City of Lake Macquarie in New South Wales, Australia.
Westfield Kotara
Shopping center
Westfield Kotara is a large shopping centre in the Newcastle suburb of Kotara in the Hunter region of New South Wales, Australia. Westfield Kotara is one of the two Westfield branded shopping centres in New South Wales that is not located within the Greater Sydney area, with Westfield Tuggerah being located on the Central Coast. Westfield Kotara is situated 3 km northeast of Charlestown.
Kotara
Railway station
Photo: AtholM, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kotara railway station is located on the Main Northern line in New South Wales, Australia. It serves the southern Newcastle suburb of Kotara, opening on 12 November 1924. Kotara is situated 2½ km north of Charlestown.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hillsborough and Newcastle.
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.
Newcastle
Photo: Andrewssi2, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Newcastle is a city at the mouth of the Hunter River, approximately 150 km north of Sydney in the Hunter region of New South Wales. The city is the focal point for the diverse Hunter region that encompasses beaches and mountains, restaurants and wineries.
Charlestown
- Category: locality
- Location: Lake Macquarie, Hunter, New South Wales, Australia, Oceania
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Latitude
-32.96407° or 32° 57′ 51″ southLongitude
151.69396° or 151° 41′ 38″ eastPopulation
11,700Elevation
110 metres (361 feet)Open location code
4RVH2MPV+9HOpenStreetMap ID
node 2957139493OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburbGeoNames ID
2171766Wikidata ID
Q5084211
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Charlestown” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Charlestown”
- French: “Charlestown”
- Irish: “Charlestown”
- Italian: “Charlestown”
- Japanese: “チャールズタウン”
- Persian: “چارلزتاون، نیو ساوت ولز”
- Spanish: “Charlestown (Nueva Gales del Sur)”
- Spanish: “Charlestown”
- Swedish: “Charlestown”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Strike Bowling Bar and Holey Moley.
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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 “Charlestown”. Photo: Tiimta, CC BY-SA 3.0.