New South Wales · Australia
Where to stay in Newcastle
Newcastle is a city in New South Wales, Australia, home to about 153,000 people. This guide covers 2 aparthotels in Newcastle, with about 195 rooms between them.
- Places to stay in this guide
- 2
- Best months
- April, May and July to October
- Nearest airport
- NTL16 km · Newcastle Airport
- Currency
- AUDAustralian dollar
- Time zone
- Australia/Sydney
- Language
- Auslan, Australian English, English
About
About Newcastle
Newcastle, also known as Greater Newcastle (locally NEW-kah-səl; Awabakal: Mulubinba), is a large metropolitan area and the second-most-populous such area of New South Wales, Australia.
The City of Newcastle has a population of 349,000 (2021), with the larger metropolitan area of Greater Newcastle consisting of 508,000 (2021), making it NSW's second population centre. Similar to its English namesake, Newcastle was an important centre for the coal mining and iron ore industries. Newcastle is Australia's oldest seaport and the world's largest coal exporting port. Many Novocastrians take an avid interest in sports, as participants, spectators or both. The local NRL Rugby League team, the Newcastle Knights are widely followed.
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Things to do
What to see and do in Newcastle
See
- Christ Church Cathedral
- Heritage architecture
- Nobbys Head
- Newcastle Museum
- Fort Scratchley
- The Lock Up Cultural Centre
- Newcastle Art Gallery
- Miss Porter's House
- The foreshore
- King Edward Park
- Mount Sugarloaf lookout
Do
- ANZAC Walk
- Hunter Wetlands Centre
- See some live music
- Blackbutt Reserve
- Fernleigh Track
- Newcastle Regional Library
- Bar Beach
- Nobbys Beach
- Newcastle Beach
- Newcastle Ocean Baths
- Merewether Ocean Baths
- The Bogey Hole
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Where to stay
Places to stay in Newcastle
2 places to stay from the chains this guide covers, each linked to its own website.
| Place to stay | Rooms |
|---|---|
| Quest Newcastle aparthotel | 104 |
| Quest Newcastle West aparthotel | 91 |
Schematic: the city centre in orange, each place to stay as a dot, distance rings in kilometres.
Where to stay
Which part of Newcastle to stay in
As the largest town in the Hunter, Newcastle has a wide range of accommodation options. Parking campers overnight at the beaches is prohibited, but still occurs to a certain extent.
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Where to stay
More hotels in Newcastle
25 hotels within 25 km of the centre, as recorded in Wikidata. Each name links to its encyclopedia article where there is one.
| Hotel | Opened | From centre |
|---|---|---|
| Newcastle Customs House | 1877 | 3.4 km |
| Best Western Blackbutt Inn | 4.4 km | |
| Best Western Plus Apollo International Hotel | 6.4 km | |
| Brezza Bella Boutique Bed & Breakfast | 3.3 km | |
| Charlestown Executive Apartments | 7.2 km | |
| Commonwealth Hotel | 2.1 km | |
| Elizabeth Motor Inn | 2.7 km | |
| Hamilton Executive Apartments | 1.0 km | |
| Hamilton on Beaumont | 0.2 km | |
| Macquarie 4 Star | 12.1 km | |
| Mercure Charlestown | 6.0 km | |
| Merewether Motel | 2.4 km | |
| Noah's on The Beach | 3.8 km | |
| Novotel Newcastle Beach | 3.5 km | |
| Overnight Reflections B&B | 20.6 km | |
| Rydges Newcastle | 2.4 km | |
| Sunnyside Tavern | 1.6 km | |
| Terminus Apartment Hotel, Ascend Hotel Collection | 3.3 km | |
| The Brighton Apartments | 17.9 km | |
| The Burwood Inn | 2.7 km | |
| The Clarendon Hotel | 2.5 km | |
| The Executive Inn, Newcastle | 3.3 km | |
| The Gateway Inn, Newcastle | 2.8 km | |
| The Lucky Hotel | 2.7 km | |
| Warners at the Bay | 10.3 km |
All 27 hotels in Newcastle, with their history and operators
When to go
The best time to visit Newcastle
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Newcastle are April, May and July to October. January is the warmest month, with average highs of 29 °C; February is the wettest, with about 133 mm of rain.
Comfortable means average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month. Averages for 1991–2020 over the surrounding area, a grid square about 50 km across, so a coast or a nearby mountain can make the town itself warmer or cooler. Data: CRU TS v4.10, Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia (Open Database License).
Getting there
Getting to Newcastle: airports and arrival
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Newcastle Airport (NTL), about 16 km from the city centre in a straight line; Sydney Kingsford Smith International Airport (SYD, 126 km) is also within reach.
Getting in
The Newcastle area is at least two hours' drive north from the centre of Sydney on the Pacific Motorway (M1). This stretch of road is a major commuter route for traffic from the Central Coast and North Shore so travel time increases significantly in the peaks to and from Sydney. The Pacific Motorway is on the western side of Lake Macquarie. To travel up the eastern side of Lake Macquarie (through Swansea) then take the "Charlestown" exit (A43/Doyalson Link Road). This route is more scenic, more hilly, and less congested (though it takes a few minutes longer).
Getting around
The city centre is fairly walkable. Light rail and public buses are the best way to get around Newcastle city. The Sydney Opal card is used here, and used in exactly the same way. The shopping centres, John Hunter Hospital and the university are served by several bus lines. Newcastle Light Rail (NLR) connects Newcastle Interchange (connected to the train station in a seamless manner – simply walk straight ahead past the Opal gates from the platform) to Newcastle Beach passing Honeysuckle, Civic, Crown Street and Queens Wharf.
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NTL · Newcastle Airport
SYD · Sydney Kingsford Smith International Airport
Local knowledge
Eating, drinking and staying safe in Newcastle
Eat
Most of the city's restaurants and cafés can be found along three main eatery strips: Honeysuckle Drive in Honeysuckle, Darby Street in Cooks Hill and Beaumont Street in Hamilton.
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Good to know
Accessibility, parking and families in Newcastle
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Questions
Newcastle: questions travellers ask
When is the best time to visit Newcastle?
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Newcastle are April, May and July to October. January is the warmest month, with average highs of 29 °C; February is the wettest, with about 133 mm of rain.
Which airport is closest to Newcastle?
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Newcastle Airport (NTL), about 16 km from the city centre in a straight line; Sydney Kingsford Smith International Airport (SYD, 126 km) is also within reach.
Are there accessible hotels in Newcastle?
2 places in this guide list accessible rooms.
What currency is used in Newcastle?
Australian dollar (AUD).
Nearby
Destinations near Newcastle
Sources: city facts from Wikidata and Wikipedia; airports from OurAirports; climate from CRU TS v4.10 (University of East Anglia Climatic Research Unit), 1991–2020 monthly means, 0.5° grid; places to stay, guest scores and amenities from each operator's own public pages. How this guide is made.