Carrington
Carrington is a suburb of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, and is named after Lord Carrington, governor of New South Wales in 1887 when the area was proclaimed a municipality. Carrington had a population of almost 2,000 in 2016.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Suburb with 1,870 residents
- Description: suburb of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
- Also known as: “Carrington, New South Wales”, “Carrington, New South Wales, Australia”, and “Carrington, Newcastle , New South Wales, Australia”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Newcastle Interchange and Civic Theatre.
Newcastle Interchange
Railway station
Photo: PhilipTerryGraham, CC BY 2.0.
Newcastle Interchange is a transport interchange serving the city of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia. It serves as the terminus for Central Coast & Newcastle Line and Hunter Line train services, Newcastle Light Rail services and Newcastle Transport bus routes.
Civic Theatre
Theater building
Photo: Seahamnsw2324, Public domain.
The Newcastle Civic Theatre, also known as The Civic, is a heritage-listed building located on Hunter Street, Newcastle, Australia. Opened in 1929, the 1520-seat theatre is now the venue for a wide range of musicals, plays, concerts and dance events each year and is the city's oldest surviving theatre.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Newcastle and Hunter Wetlands National Park.
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.
Hunter Wetlands National Park
Photo: Poidabro, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Hunter Wetlands National Park is a wildlife sanctuary in the Hunter region of New South Wales, Australia.
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. Hillsborough is situated 10 km southwest of Carrington.
Carrington
- Category: locality
- Location: City of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, Oceania
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Latitude
-32.91266° or 32° 54′ 46″ southLongitude
151.76615° or 151° 45′ 58″ eastPopulation
1,870Elevation
4 metres (13 feet)Open location code
4RVH3QP8+WFOpenStreetMap ID
node 117007120OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburbGeoNames ID
10103839Wikidata ID
Q5046427
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Carrington” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Carrington”
- Chinese: “卡灵顿”
- Chinese: “卡靈頓”
- French: “Carrington”
- Irish: “Carrington”
- Japanese: “キャリントン”
- Persian: “کارینگتن، نیو ساوت ولز”
- Swedish: “Carrington”
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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 “Carrington”. Photo: Cheggas7, CC BY-SA 4.0.