Charnwood
Charnwood is a suburb in the Belconnen district of Canberra located within the Australian Capital Territory, Australia.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Suburb with 2,940 residents
- Description: suburb of Canberra, Australia
- Also known as: “Charnwood, Australian Capital Territory” and “Charnwood, Australian Capital Territory, Australia”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Mount Rogers and St Francis Xavier College.
Mount Rogers
Peak
Mount Rogers is a large hill, with an elevation of 704 metres, located in the northern suburbs of Canberra, within the Australian Capital Territory, Australia.
St Francis Xavier College
School
St Francis Xavier College is a coeducational, systemic Catholic high school and college in Florey, Australian Capital Territory, Australia. The college caters for years 7 to 12 from the Belconnen and Gungahlin areas and is part of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Canberra and Goulburn Catholic Education System. St Francis Xavier College is situated 2½ km south of Charnwood.
Miles Franklin Primary School
School
Photo: Bravetheif, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Miles Franklin Primary School is a primary school in Evatt, Canberra. The school is named after Australian author Miles Franklin and was opened in 1980; as Franklin's novel My Brilliant Career had received public acclaim in 1979, it seemed suitable for the school to be named in recognition of her. Miles Franklin Primary School is situated 3½ km southeast of Charnwood.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hall and Cook.
Hall
Photo: Sheba Also 43,000 photos, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Have you ever wondered whether there were any settlements in the Australian Capital Territory before it was established? Hall is one of the last few remnants of what was New South Wales bushland before the capital was established.
Cook
Suburb
Cook is a suburb of the Belconnen district of Canberra, located within the Australian Capital Territory, Australia. At the 2021 census, Cook had a population of 2,965 people. Cook is situated 7 km southeast of Charnwood.
Belconnen
Photo: Bidgee, CC BY-SA 2.5 au.
Belconnen is a largely residential outer district of Canberra in the northern part of the Australian Capital Territory. For shopping enthusiasts, Belconnen has an abundance of shopping precincts, restaurants, and clubs, making it a quieter alternative for those who don't want to mingle with the crowd in the city.
Charnwood
- Category: locality
- Location: Australian Capital Territory, Australia, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-35.20018° or 35° 12′ 1″ southLongitude
149.03414° or 149° 2′ 3″ eastPopulation
2,940Elevation
584 metres (1,916 feet)Open location code
4RPFQ2XM+WMOpenStreetMap ID
node 247254929OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburbGeoNames ID
8349169Wikidata ID
Q5086573
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From French to Spanish—“Charnwood” goes by many names.
- French: “Charnwood”
- Hebrew: “צ’רנווד, טריטוריית הבירה האוסטרלית”
- Hebrew: “צ’רנווד”
- Irish: “Charnwood”
- Spanish: “Charnwood (Territorio de la Capital Australiana)”
- Spanish: “Charnwood”
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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 “Charnwood”. Photo: Kyle Taylor, CC BY 2.0.