Adamstown

Worth seeing in and around Adamstown

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

1. 01
   Newcastle International Sports Centre

   Newcastle International Sports Centre is a stadium located in the Newcastle suburb of New Lambton. It is primarily used for rugby league and soccer as the home ground of the Newcastle Knights in the National Rugby League, and Newcastle Jets FC in the A-League Men.

   2.2 km · stadium in Newcastle, New South Wales · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Sacred Heart Cathedral, Hamilton

   Sacred Heart Cathedral, Hamilton, is the cathedral church of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Maitland-Newcastle and the seat and residence of the Catholic Bishop of Maitland-Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia. The position is currently held by Bishop Michael Kennedy, who was installed on 2 February 2023 following the death of Bishop William Wright on 13 November 2021.

   3.1 km · catholic cathedral in Australia · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Newcastle Museum

   Newcastle Museum is in Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia. The museum is connected with Newcastle Libraries.

   3.4 km · regional museum in Newcastle, New South Wales · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Newcastle Number 1 Sports Ground

   Newcastle Number 1 Sports Ground is a multi-use stadium located in Newcastle, New South Wales, and has a nominated capacity of approximately 10,000. It neighbours Newcastle Number 2 Sports Ground.

   3.6 km · Sports ground in Newcastle, Australia · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Newcastle Entertainment Centre

   Newcastle Entertainment Centre is a multi-purpose Australian arena within the Newcastle Showground. It was opened in 1992.

   2.2 km · multi-purpose Australian arena · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Westfield Kotara

   Westfield Kotara is a large shopping centre in the Newcastle suburb of Kotara in the Hunter region of New South Wales, Australia. Westfield Kotara is one of the two Westfield branded shopping centres in New South Wales that is not located within the Greater Sydney area, with Westfield Tuggerah being located on the Central Coast.

   1.4 km · Shopping mall in Kotara, New South Wales, Australia · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Newcastle Number 2 Sports Ground

   The Newcastle Number 2 Sports Ground, more commonly known as No.2 Sportsground is a rectangular sports stadium in Newcastle West, Australia that lies adjacent to Newcastle Number 1 Sports Ground. It is the home stadium of Newcastle Jets, the Hunter Wildfires Rugby Union Club, the Hunter Rugby Union and the Wanderers Rugby Club.

   3.4 km · soccer stadium in Newcastle West, Newcastle, Australia · Wikipedia
8. 08
   Castlemaine Brewery

   Castlemaine Brewery is a heritage-listed former brewery and museum and now serviced apartments at 787 Hunter Street, Newcastle West, New South Wales, Australia. It was designed by Oswald Lewis and built from 1874 to 1876 by Laing and Wylie under supervising architect G. H. Cox.

   3.3 km · historic site in New South Wales, Australia · Wikipedia
9. 09
   Miss Porter's House

   Miss Porter's House is a heritage-listed former residence and now house museum at 434 King Street, Newcastle West, Newcastle, City of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia. It was built by John T Owen.

   3.9 km · historic house in Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia · Wikipedia
10. 10
    Hunter Medical Research Institute

    The Hunter Medical Research Institute is a medical research institute located in Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia. Established in 1998, the research institute is a partnership between the University of Newcastle, Hunter New England Local Health District, and the community.

    3.6 km · Australian medical research institute · Wikipedia

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Getting to Adamstown

Airports

Newcastle (NTL), 19 km · Sydney Kingsford Smith (SYD), 123 km

Stations

Wickham railway station, 3.6 km · Adamstown railway station, 700 m · Broadmeadow railway station, 1.9 km · Hamilton railway station, 3.1 km · Waratah railway station, 4 km

• Sydney (Mascot) → Adamstown

  121 km · quickest by road, 2h 53m · A$20–26
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• Gold Coast → Adamstown

  573 km · quickest by air, 5h 19m · A$230–350
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• Toowoomba → Adamstown

  598 km · quickest by air, 5h 7m · A$230–340
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