Princes Pier Gatehouse

Princes Pier Gatehouse is a building in City of Port Phillip, Victoria. Princes Pier Gatehouse is situated nearby to the lighthouse Port Melbourne Front Light, as well as near the ruins Princes Pier Pylons.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Princes Pier and Beacon Cove light rail station.

Princes Pier

Pier

Photo: Karn-b, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Princes Pier is a 580 metre long historic pier on Port Phillip, in Port Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It was known as the New Railway Pier until renamed Prince's Pier after the Prince of Wales who visited Melbourne in May 1920.

Beacon Cove light rail station

Tram stop

Photo: Donaldytong, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Beacon Cove light rail station is a tram stop, which is situated 530 metres east of Princes Pier Gatehouse.

Port Melbourne Town Hall

Town hall

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The Port Melbourne Town Hall was erected in 1882. The Town Hall is an important element in the historic Bay Street streetscape of inner city Port Melbourne. Port Melbourne Town Hall is situated 1½ km east of Princes Pier Gatehouse.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Inner south and Docklands.

Inner south

Photo: Korkut Tas, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Melbourne's inner south contains a number of suburbs and places worthy of a visit. The landscape varies from industrial ports to glitzy waterfront localities.

Docklands

Suburb

Photo: Massimo Telò, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Docklands is an inner-city suburb of Melbourne, the capital of Victoria, Australia, located directly to the western end of the Melbourne central business district between the neighboring suburbs of West Melbourne to the north/northwest, and South Wharf, South Melbourne and Port Melbourne to the south/southwest. Docklands is situated 3 km northeast of Princes Pier Gatehouse.

Melbourne

Photo: Scott Cresswell, CC BY 2.0.

Melbourne is Australia's cultural capital and second biggest city, with Victorian-era architecture, extensive shopping, museums, galleries, theatres, and large parks and gardens.

Princes Pier Gatehouse

Type: Building
Category: historic site
Location: City of Port Phillip, Victoria, Australia, Oceania
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Latitude

-37.84118° or 37° 50′ 28″ south

Longitude

144.92691° or 144° 55′ 37″ east

Open location code

4RJ65W5G+GQ

OpenStreetMap ID

way 45766114

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=yes

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Port Melbourne Front Light and Princes Pier Pylons.

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