Newcastle Street, Perth

Newcastle Street Western Australia
Leederville hotel on the corner of Newcastle Street and Oxford Street
General information
Type	Road
Length	3 km (1.9 mi)[1]
Major junctions
East end	Graham Farmer Freeway (State Route 8) Lord Street (State Route 51)
	Beaufort Street (State Route 53) William Street (State Route 53) Fitzgerald Street Mitchell Freeway (State Route 2) / Charles Street (State Route 60) Loftus Street (State Route 61)
West end	Oxford Street
Location(s)
Major suburbs	Perth, Northbridge, West Perth, Leederville

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.

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]

Major intersections

LGA	Location[1]	km	mi	Destinations	Notes
Perth - Vincent boundary	Perth	0	0.0	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
		0	0.0	Lord Street (State Route 51)	Traffic light controlled; traffic lights shared with Graham Farmer Freeway ramp
		0.4	0.25	Stirling Street	Traffic light controlled
		0.55	0.34	Beaufort Street (State Route 53)	Traffic light controlled
	Perth - Northbridge boundary	0.85	0.53	William Street (State Route 53)	Traffic light controlled.
	Northbridge - Perth - West Perth tripoint	1.6	0.99	Fitzgerald Street	Traffic light controlled
	West Perth - Northbridge boundary	1.8	1.1	Mitchell Freeway (State Route 2)	Freeway southbound entry and northbound exit ramps only; ramps continue after traffic lights as Charles Street
		1.8	1.1	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
Vincent	West Perth	2.2	1.4	Cleaver Street	Traffic 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 boundary	2.5	1.6	Loftus Street (State Route 61)	Traffic light controlled; no right turn from Loftus Street southbound onto Newcastle Street westbound
	Leederville	3	1.9	Oxford Street
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Incomplete access

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