Newcastle Street, Perth

Newcastle Street is a road in Perth, Western Australia. It connects Leederville with East Perth, starting from Oxford Street and ending at Lord Street, crossing a number of roads leading north out of Perth including Loftus Street, Charles Street, Fitzgerald Street, William Street, and Beaufort Street.

Newcastle Street

Western Australia
Red brick building next to road with trees
Leederville hotel on the corner of Newcastle Street and Oxford Street
General information
TypeRoad
Length3 km (1.9 mi)[1]
Major junctions
East end
 
West end
  • Oxford Street
Location(s)
Major suburbsPerth, Northbridge, West Perth, Leederville

History

Newcastle Street is named after Henry Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle, who was Secretary of State for the Colonies from 1852 to 1854.[2]

It has been in the past parts of major bus routes leaving Perth. The tramline (closed in the 1950s) along William Street also crossed Newcastle Street.[3]

The street has also been identified in name, by schools and businesses. The Newcastle Street State School was at 478–482 Newcastle Street.[4] It was sometimes also named the Newcastle Street Infants School, as well as the Newcastle Street Primary School or even Newcastle Street School.[5]

It has been in the scope of the Northbridge Urban Renewal project.[6]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Newcastle Street, Perth.

Major intersections
LGALocation[1]kmmiDestinationsNotes
Perth - Vincent boundaryPerth00.0 Graham Farmer Freeway (State Route 8)Freeway westbound exit ramp only; ramp continues after traffic lights as Newcastle Street; traffic lights shared with Lord Street
00.0 Lord Street (State Route 51)Traffic light controlled; traffic lights shared with Graham Farmer Freeway ramp
0.40.25Stirling StreetTraffic light controlled
0.550.34 Beaufort Street (State Route 53)Traffic light controlled
Perth - Northbridge boundary0.850.53 William Street (State Route 53)Traffic light controlled; William Street is one-way southbound north of intersection
Northbridge - Perth - West Perth tripoint1.60.99Fitzgerald StreetTraffic light controlled
West Perth - Northbridge boundary1.81.1 Mitchell Freeway (State Route 2)Freeway southbound entry and northbound exit ramps only; ramps continue after traffic lights as Charles Street
1.81.1 Charles Street (State Route 60)Traffic light controlled; no right turn from Newcastle Street westbound onto Charles Street northbound or Charles Street southbound onto Newcastle Street westbound; Charles Street continues after traffic lights as freeway ramps and Charles Street Bus Bridge
VincentWest Perth2.21.4Cleaver StreetTraffic light controlled; no through traffic on Cleaver Street, Cleaver Street southbound is left-only to Newcastle Street eastbound; no right turn from Newcastle Street westbound to Cleaver Street northbound (except buses)
West Perth - Leederville boundary2.51.6 Loftus Street (State Route 61)Traffic light controlled; no right turn from Loftus Street southbound onto Newcastle Street westbound
Leederville31.9Oxford Street
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References
  1. "Newcastle Street". Google Maps. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
  2. "PERTH NAMES. Newcastle of Newcastle Street". The West Australian. Vol. 54, no. 16, 358. Western Australia. 3 December 1938. p. 5. Retrieved 6 June 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. "PERTH TRAM JUMPS RAILS". Kalgoorlie Miner. Vol. 41, no. 10, 373. Western Australia. 14 June 1935. p. 4. Retrieved 6 June 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. "NEWS AND NOTES". The West Australian. Vol. XLIII, no. 7, 862. Western Australia. 23 August 1927. p. 10. Retrieved 6 June 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. HRRC (1910), Newcastle Street and the Newcastle Street State School, Perth, retrieved 6 June 2018
  6. Northbridge Urban Renewal Project : Newcastle Street pavement assessment, 1999, retrieved 6 June 2018
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