Broadmeadow
Broadmeadow is a locality in the Hunter region of the Australian state of New South Wales.
Broadmeadow is a locality in the Hunter region of the Australian state of New South Wales. It is the geographic centre of the Newcastle city and suburban area. Its main commercial hub is located at the "Nineways". The locality is also home to the main depot and production site of the railway company UGL Rail, the Broadmeadow Rail Depot. At the 2021 census, it had a population of approximately 1,688.
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Worth seeing in and around Broadmeadow
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.
- 01University of Newcastle
The University of Newcastle is a public university in Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia. Established in 1965, it has a primary campus in the Newcastle suburb of Callaghan.
3.8 km · university in New South Wales, Australia · Wikipedia - 02Newcastle 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.
900 m · stadium in Newcastle, New South Wales · Wikipedia - 03Newcastle Art Gallery
The Newcastle Art Gallery, formerly the Newcastle City Art Gallery and Newcastle Region Art Gallery, is a large public art museum in Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia.
3.9 km · public art museum in New South Wales, Australia · Wikipedia - 04Sacred 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.
2 km · catholic cathedral in Australia · Wikipedia - 05Newcastle Civic Theatre
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.
3.7 km · theatre in Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia · Wikipedia - 06Newcastle Museum
Newcastle Museum is in Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia. The museum is connected with Newcastle Libraries.
2.4 km · regional museum in Newcastle, New South Wales · Wikipedia - 07Newcastle 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.
3.2 km · Sports ground in Newcastle, Australia · Wikipedia - 08Newcastle Entertainment Centre
Newcastle Entertainment Centre is a multi-purpose Australian arena within the Newcastle Showground. It was opened in 1992.
700 m · multi-purpose Australian arena · Wikipedia - 09Westfield 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.
3.8 km · Shopping mall in Kotara, New South Wales, Australia · Wikipedia - 10Newcastle 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.
2.9 km · soccer stadium in Newcastle West, Newcastle, Australia · Wikipedia
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Getting to Broadmeadow
- Airports
- Newcastle (NTL), 16 km · Sydney Kingsford Smith (SYD), 126 km
- Stations
- Wickham railway station, 2.5 km · Adamstown railway station, 2.5 km · Broadmeadow railway station, 900 m · Civic railway station, 3.7 km · Hamilton railway station, 1.3 km
- Sydney (Mascot) → Broadmeadow122 km · quickest by road, 2h 49m · A$20–26
- Gold Coast → Broadmeadow571 km · quickest by air, 5h 15m · A$230–340
- Toowoomba → Broadmeadow597 km · quickest by air, 5h 3m · A$220–340
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Broadmeadow
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Broadmeadow. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get aroundThere is a single ferry service between and , costing $2.40 each way, also using Opal cards.
From Wikivoyage: Newcastle (New South Wales), CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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Next door to Broadmeadow
Broadmeadow is 5 km from Newcastle, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Newcastlecity in New South Wales, Australia1.4 km
- Waratahsuburb of Newcastle, Australia1.4 km
- Lambtonsuburb of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia3.7 km
- Tighes Hilllocality in Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia2.1 km
- Carringtonsuburb of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia3.1 km
- Merewether Heightslocality in New South Wales, Australia3.8 km