Merewether Heights
Merewether Heights is a suburb of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, located 6 kilometres (4 mi) southwest of Newcastle's central business district near the Glenrock State Recreation Area.

Merewether Heights is a suburb of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, located 6 kilometres (4 mi) southwest of Newcastle's central business district near the Glenrock State Recreation Area. It is part of the City of Newcastle local government area.
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Worth seeing in and around Merewether Heights
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.
- 01Newcastle 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.
3.4 km · stadium in Newcastle, New South Wales · Wikipedia - 02Sacred 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.
3.4 km · catholic cathedral in Australia · Wikipedia - 03Newcastle 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 - 04Newcastle 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.
3.3 km · Sports ground in Newcastle, Australia · Wikipedia - 05Newcastle Entertainment Centre
Newcastle Entertainment Centre is a multi-purpose Australian arena within the Newcastle Showground. It was opened in 1992.
3.1 km · multi-purpose Australian arena · Wikipedia - 06Westfield 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.
2.3 km · Shopping mall in Kotara, New South Wales, Australia · Wikipedia - 07Newcastle 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.
3.1 km · soccer stadium in Newcastle West, Newcastle, Australia · Wikipedia - 08St John's Anglican Church, Newcastle
The St John's Anglican Church, formally the Church of St John the Evangelist, also called St John's Cooks Hill, is an Anglican church in Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia. It is the oldest remaining church building in Newcastle, completed in 1860.
3.5 km · church building in New South Wales, Australia · Wikipedia - 09Castlemaine 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.
3.4 km · historic site in New South Wales, Australia · Wikipedia - 10Miss 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.
3.6 km · historic house in Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia · Wikipedia
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Getting to Merewether Heights
- Airports
- Newcastle (NTL), 19 km · Sydney Kingsford Smith (SYD), 122 km
- Stations
- Wickham railway station, 3.7 km · Adamstown railway station, 2.2 km · Broadmeadow railway station, 2.9 km · Hamilton railway station, 3.6 km · Kotara railway station, 3.6 km
- Sydney (Mascot) → Merewether Heights120 km · quickest by road, 2h 57m · A$20–27
- Gold Coast → Merewether Heights574 km · quickest by air, 5h 21m · A$230–350
- Toowoomba → Merewether Heights599 km · quickest by air, 5h 9m · A$230–340
- 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 Merewether Heights
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 Merewether Heights. 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.
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Next door to Merewether Heights
Merewether Heights is 5 km from Newcastle, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Newcastlecity in New South Wales, Australia3.9 km
- Bar Beachsuburb of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia3.2 km
- Kahibahlocality in New South Wales, Australia2.6 km
- Broadmeadowsuburb of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia3 km
- New Lambtonlocality in New South Wales, Australia3.3 km
- Hamiltonlocality in New South Wales, Australia3.3 km