HM Prison Pentridge
HM Prison Pentridge, better known as the Pentridge Prison and officially, Her Majesty's Prison Pentridge, is a former prison in Coburg, an inner northern suburb of Melbourne, in Victoria, Australia.- Type: Historic site
- Description: former maximum-security prison in Victoria, Australia
- Also known as: “Her Majesty’s Prison Pentridge”, “HMP Pentridge”, “Pentridge Gaol”, “Pentridge Prison”, and “Pentridge Stockade”
- Address: Champ Street, Coburg, 3058
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Batman railway station and Coburg railway station.
Batman railway station
Railway station
Batman station is a railway station operated by Metro Trains Melbourne on the Upfield line, part of the Melbourne rail network. It serves the northern suburb of Coburg North in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Batman railway station is situated 600 metres northwest of HM Prison Pentridge.
Coburg railway station
Railway station
Coburg station is a railway station operated by Metro Trains Melbourne on the Upfield line, part of the Melbourne rail network. It serves the northern suburb of Coburg in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Coburg railway station is situated 1 km southwest of HM Prison Pentridge.
Coburg City Oval
Stadium
Coburg City Oval is an Australian rules football and cricket venue located in the Melbourne suburb of Coburg. It is home to the Coburg Football Club and the Coburg Cricket Club. Coburg City Oval is situated 1 km south of HM Prison Pentridge.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Northern suburbs and Westgarth.
Northern suburbs
The northern suburbs of Melbourne include Ascot Vale, Broadmeadows, Brunswick, Bundoora, Coburg, Epping, Hume, Ivanhoe, Moonee Ponds, Nillumbik Shire, Northcote, South Morang, and Tullamarine.Westgarth
Neighborhood
Inner north
Melbourne's inner north is a vibrant and diverse area, home to a number of cultural and social icons of Melbourne. It is famed for the popular Lygon Street Italian district, while next door lies the University of Melbourne, the best university in Australia by many rankings.HM Prison Pentridge
- Categories: prison, defunct prison, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: City of Merri-bek, Victoria, Australia, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-37.73621° or 37° 44′ 10″ south
Longitude
144.96879° or 144° 58′ 8″ east
Elevation
130 metres (427 feet)
Inception
1851
Open location code
4RJ67X79+GG
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
historic=prison
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Swedish—“HM Prison Pentridge” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “presó de Pentridge”
- Chinese: “彭特里奇监狱”
- Chinese: “彭特里奇監獄”
- Japanese: “ペントリッジ刑務所”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Zatvor Nj.V. Pentridge”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Zatvor Pentridge”
- Slovenian: “HM Prison Pentridge”
- Swedish: “HM Prison Pentridge”
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