Wingfield is a suburb situated north of

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. It lies between the

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on the north and

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on the south. The suburb borders Dry Creek to its north and east, bounded by the Gawler railway line and Adelaide-Port Augusta railway line on the east. The North-South Motorway and Dry Creek-Port Adelaide railway line both cross the suburb. Wingfield is named after R. W. Wingfield, the private secretary to

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Government

The suburb is in the City of Port Adelaide Enfield

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Major industries

The southwestern corner of the suburb includes residential housing, but most of the suburb is industrial. Industry includes recycling, manufacturing and freight forwarding.

Waste and resource recovery

Wingfield is the site of the 94ha Wingfield Waste & Recycling Centre (commonly known as the Wingfield Tip or Wingfield Dump), formerly owned and operated by the Adelaide City Council, and now operated as a "collaborative cluster of commercial businesses" including Orora, Adelaide Resource Recovery, Jeffries Group and Transpacific Industries.Wingfield Waste & Recycling Centre > About the Wingfield Waste & Recycling Centre
Retrieved 14 March 2014. Between 1952 and 2004, the Wingfield site was operated as a landfill dump. Since 2004, it has become a waste and recycling transfer centre, with all waste being sorted into recyclable products or waste products. The waste is compacted and transferred to other landfill sites north of Adelaide, at

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and

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Motorsport

Wingfield is home to Australia's only dedicated junior

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track, the Sidewinders Speedway located at the Wingfield Reserve on Eighth Street adjacent to the Wingfield Tip. The long track was opened in 1978 by the Sidewinders U/16 Speedway Club which had formed in 1976.

References

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