Beresfield, New South Wales

Infobox Australian Place | type = suburb
name = Beresfield
city = Newcastle
state = nsw


caption =
lga = City of Newcastle
postcode = 2322
pop = 3118 (2006 census)
area =
est =
parish = Alnwick
stategov = Cessnock
fedgov = Newcastle, Paterson
dist1 = 22
dir1 = NNW
location1= Newcastle
dist2 = 12
dir2 = SE
location2= Maitland
near-nw = Thornton
near-n = Woodberry
near-ne = Woodberry
near-w = Buttai
near-e = Tarro
near-sw = Buttai
near-s = Black Hill
near-se = Black Hill

Beresfield is a north-western suburb of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, located convert|22|km|mi|0|lk=on from Newcastle's central business district. It is part of the City of Newcastle local government area.

The suburb of Beresfield had a population of 3,118 in 2001.Census 2006 AUS | id=SSC16231 | name=Beresfield (State Suburb) | accessdate=2007-08-12 | quick=on]

Geography

Beresfield, like the neighbouring suburbs of Tarro, Woodberry and Thorton, is located on a low ridge rising out of the surrounding floodplain and wetlands of the Hunter River. Beresfield is divided by Anderson Drive (formerly Maitland Road) which runs east to west. The part of Beresfield to the north of Anderson Drive includes the shopping centre and railway station. The part south of Anderson Drive includes the bowling club, swimming pool and Newcastle Memorial Park cemetery and crematorium.

Transport

It has a railway station, opened in 1925cite web
title = Main North Line
publisher=www.nswrail.net
url = http://www.nswrail.net/lines/show.php?name=NSW:main_north
accessdate = 2006-11-22 ] on CityRail's Hunter line. It is just north of the New England Highway.

Facilities

The first public school in Beresfield was Upper Hexham Public School, now in the grounds of Beresfield Public School. The closest public secondary school is Francis Greenway High School.

Beresfield has a small shopping centre featuring a post office, banks, Woolworths supermarket, newsagent, petrol stations, take-aways and other stores. There is a branch of the Newcastle Region Library and a police station.

Sporting facilties include a swimming pool, bowling club, golf course and rugby and soccer fields.

Churches include the Anglican church of St Pauls, which held its first serivce in 1949. The first timber St Pauls and its hall were built in 1955. A second brick church was built in 1980 following a fire.

Beresfield is the location of Newcastle Memorial Park cemetery and crematorium.

Industry

The Kent Colliery was located in Beresfield. In the 1940s the colliery was the subject of an investigation into subsidence complaints.

A major employer in the area has been the Steggles poultry processing plant.

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