Longford Showground

Longford Showground is a recreation area in Northern Midlands Council, Tasmania. Longford Showground is situated nearby to Summerfield Park, as well as near Church.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Brickendon Estate and Woolmers Estate.

Brickendon Estate

Photo: Peterdownunder, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Brickendon Estate is a farm estate located in Longford, Tasmania. It is one of the two main ancestral homes of the Archer family, prominent local pioneers and politicians. Brickendon Estate is situated 1½ km southeast of Longford Showground.

Woolmers Estate

Guest house

Photo: Willis Lim, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Woolmers Estate is a farming estate located in Longford, Tasmania, founded in 1817 by prominent grazier and member of parliament Thomas Archer. It consists of an 82ha property, including a two-part manor house, coach house, the National Rose Garden, extensive outbuildings and convict cottages and formal gardens. Woolmers Estate is situated 3½ km southeast of Longford Showground.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Longford and Perth.

Longford

Photo: Steven Penton, CC BY 2.0.

Longford is a town of 4,268 in the Northern Midlands region of Tasmania. It contains the Brickendon and Woolmers Estates, both of which are convict-built and are UNESCO World Heritage Sites as part of the Australian Convict Sites.

Perth

Photo: DaHuzyBru, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Perth is a town of 3,233 in the Tasmanian Midlands, about 20 km south of Launceston. The town was established in 1821, making it one of the oldest towns in the Tasmanian Midlands.

Cressy

Village

Cressy is a small town 35 kilometres south-west of Launceston, Tasmania. It came into existence in the 1850s to service the surrounding wheat farms. At the 2006 census, Cressy had a population of 670. Cressy is situated 10 km south of Longford Showground.

Longford Showground

Type: Recreation area
Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
Location: Northern Midlands Council, Tasmania, Australia, Oceania
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Latitude

-41.60512° or 41° 36′ 18″ south

Longitude

147.1205° or 147° 7′ 14″ east

Open location code

4RC994VC+X5

OpenStreetMap ID

way 271662490

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=recreation_ground

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