Brighton
Brighton is a suburb 27 km north of Hobart, in Tasmania, Australia. It is between Pontville and the outer Hobart suburb of Bridgewater on the Midland Highway. At the 2021 census, Brighton had a population of 4,983.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Town with 4,010 residents
- Description: suburb of Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
- Also known as: “Brighton, Tasmania” and “Brighton, Tasmania, Australia”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Bonorong Wildlife Sanctuary and Brighton Transport Hub.
Bonorong Wildlife Sanctuary
Zoo
Bonorong Wildlife Sanctuary is a 9.7-hectare wildlife sanctuary located in Brighton, Tasmania, Australia. Dedicated to the rescue, rehabilitation, and preservation of native Australian animals, Bonorong actively participates in various conservation projects, contributes to breeding programs, research initiatives, and advocacy for the protection of Tasmania's wildlife.
Brighton Transport Hub
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The Brighton Transport Hub is an intermodal transport hub in the northern Hobart suburb of Brighton operated by TasRail. Brighton Transport Hub is situated 2½ km southwest of Brighton.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Pontville and Bridgewater.
Pontville
Suburb
Pontville is a rural locality in the local government areas of Brighton and Southern Midlands in the Hobart and Central LGA regions of Tasmania. The locality is about 4 kilometres north-west of the town of Brighton.
Bridgewater
Suburb
Photo: JJ Harrison, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bridgewater is a northern suburb of Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, 19 kilometres from the central business district. Bridgewater is situated 4 km south of Brighton.
Honeywood
Suburb
Honeywood is a rural residential locality in the local government area of Brighton in the Hobart region of Tasmania. It is located about 5 kilometres south-east of the town of Brighton. Honeywood is situated 4½ km southeast of Brighton.
Brighton
- Categories: suburb, suburb/locality of Tasmania, and locality
- Location: Brighton Council, Tasmania, Australia, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-42.69946° or 42° 41′ 58″ southLongitude
147.25257° or 147° 15′ 9″ eastPopulation
4,010Elevation
72 metres (236 feet)Open location code
4R998723+62OpenStreetMap ID
node 603290529OpenStreetMap feature
place=townGeoNames ID
8348338Wikidata ID
Q2756444
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Urdu—“Brighton” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Brighton”
- Chinese: “布賴頓”
- Chinese: “布赖顿”
- Dutch: “Brighton”
- French: “Brighton”
- Irish: “Brighton”
- Italian: “Brighton”
- Japanese: “ブライトン”
- Persian: “برایتن”
- Polish: “Brighton”
- Urdu: “برائٹن، تسمانیا”
- Urdu: “برائٹن”
- “Brighton”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Brighton Post Office and Brighton Fire Station.
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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 “Brighton”. Photo: JJ Harrison, CC BY-SA 3.0.