Gledhow

Gledhow is a town and western suburb of Albany in southern Western Australia. Its local government area is the City of Albany. The suburb has a median age of 38.

Type: Suburb with 940 residents
Description: suburb of the City of Albany, Western Australia
Also known as: “Gledhow, Western Australia” and “Gledhow, Western Australia, Australia”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Albany Regional Prison and Mount Melville.

Albany Regional Prison

Prison

Photo: Hughesdarren, Public domain.

Albany Regional Prison is a maximum security prison located 8 km West of Albany, Western Australia. Albany Prison was commissioned in 1966 with a capacity of 72 minimum security cells. Albany Regional Prison is situated 3½ km south of Gledhow.

Mount Melville

Peak

Photo: Stephen Edmonds, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Mount Melville is a peak, which is situated 4 km east of Gledhow.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Robinson and Mount Elphinstone.

Robinson

Suburb

Robinson is a western suburb of Albany in southern Western Australia, west of Albany's central business district. Its local government area is the City of Albany.

Mount Elphinstone

Suburb

Mount Elphinstone is a locality of the City of Albany in the Great Southern region of Western Australia. It is located on Princess Royal Harbour, 2.7 km from Albany. Mount Elphinstone is situated 2½ km east of Gledhow.

McKail

Suburb

McKail is a north-western is a suburb of the City of Albany in the Great Southern region of Western Australia. McKail was named after John McKail who in 1835 wrongly killed Whadjuk Noongar Goggalee and was forced to leave the Swan River settlement. McKail is situated 3 km northeast of Gledhow.

Gledhow

Category: locality
Location: City of Albany, Western Australia, Australia, Oceania
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Latitude

-35.01351° or 35° 0′ 49″ south

Longitude

117.8276° or 117° 49′ 39″ east

Population

940

Elevation

26 metres (85 feet)

Open location code

4PPVXRPH+H2

OpenStreetMap ID

node 6052072471

OpenStreetMap feature

place=suburb

GeoNames ID

8348033

Wikidata ID

Q5567462

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From French to Irish—“Gledhow” goes by many names.

French: “Gledhow”
German: “Gledhow”
Irish: “Gledhow”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Albany Racing Club and Harold Reid Paceway.

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