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Northgate
AdelaideSouth Australia
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Northgate is located in City of Port Adelaide Enfield
Northgate
Northgate
Location in City of Port Adelaide Enfield
Established 2000
Postcode(s) 5085
Location 8 km (5 mi) from Adelaide
LGA(s) City of Port Adelaide Enfield
State electorate(s) Enfield
Federal Division(s) Adelaide
Suburbs around Northgate:
Northfield Northfield Walkley Heights
Northfield Northgate Oakden
Lightsview Lightsview Hillcrest
Footnotes Coordinates, adjacent suburbs, electorates

Northgate is a suburb in the inner north-east of Adelaide, South Australia. It is approximately a 10-minute drive from the Adelaide City Council.

Until March 2016, Northgate also included a significant portion of what is now Lightsview.

Places of interest

  • Cedar College

Shopping

The Northgate Village Shopping Centre is located on the corner of Fosters Road and Folland Avenue and contains a Woolworths supermarket and some specialty stores.

Transport

Main roads within Northgate which are major public transport routes are:

  • Grand Junction Road: 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 is also close to Northgate, with Adelaide Metro providing a bus service that links the Adelaide city centre, the O-Bahn and Northgate.

The Northfield railway line was located nearby but was closed in 1987.

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