Northgate is a suburb in the inner north-east of
Adelaide
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,
South Australia
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. It is approximately a 10-minute drive from the
Adelaide City Council
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.
Until March 2016, Northgate also included a significant portion of what is now
Lightsview
Lightsview is a suburb in the City of Port Adelaide Enfield. It was created in April 2016 from parts of Northgate, Greenacres and Northfield. It is in the inner northeast, bounded by Hampstead Road, Redward Avenue, Fosters Road and Folland Av ...
.
Places of interest
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Cedar College
Cedar College is an R–12 co-educational Christian school situated in the suburb of Northgate, South Australia, 8 km north-east of the Adelaide CBD. Encompassing both primary school and high school, Cedar College caters for students from R ...
Shopping
The ''Northgate Village Shopping Centre'' is located on the corner of Fosters Road and Folland Avenue and contains a
Woolworths supermarket
Woolworths (colloquially known as "Woolies") is an Australian supermarket chain owned by Woolworths Group. Founded in 1924, Woolworths is currently Australia's largest supermarket chain with a market share of 32.5% as of 2023.
Woolworths spec ...
and some specialty stores.
Transport
Main roads within Northgate which are major public transport routes are:
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Grand Junction Road
Grand Junction Road is the longest east–west thoroughfare in the Adelaide metropolitan area, traversing through Adelaide's northern suburbs approximately 8 kilometres north of the Adelaide city centre.
Route
Travelling from the Port Adelaide ...
: Routes 237 and 361
* Fosters Road: Routes 204, 208, 206 and 528
Main North Road and Hampstead Road are major arterial roads, in very close proximity to Northgate, with both having bus services supplying those roads.
The
O-Bahn Busway
The O-Bahn Busway is a guided busway that is part of the bus rapid transit system servicing the northeastern suburbs of Adelaide, South Australia, Australia. The O-Bahn system was conceived by Daimler-Benz to enable buses to avoid traffic con ...
is also close to Northgate, with
Adelaide Metro
Adelaide Metro is the public transport system of the Adelaide area, around the capital city of South Australia. It is an intermodal passenger transport, intermodal system offering an integrated network of Buses in Adelaide, bus, Glenelg tram, ...
providing a bus service that links the Adelaide city centre, the O-Bahn and Northgate.
The
Northfield railway line
The Northfield railway line (formerly Stockade railway line) was a railway line in northern Adelaide running Dry Creek, South Australia, Dry Creek and Northfield, South Australia, Northfield. The line branched east from the Gawler railway line ...
was located nearby but was closed in 1987.
See also
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List of Adelaide suburbs
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References
External links
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City of Port Adelaide Enfield
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Suburbs of Adelaide