Glendale, New South Wales

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


caption =
lga = City of Lake Macquarie
postcode = 2285
pop = 2997 (2006 census)
area = 3.5
est =
parish = Kahibah
stategov = Wallsend
fedgov = Charlton
dist1 = 15
dir1 = W
location1= Newcastle
near-nw = Edgeworth
near-n = Elermore Vale
near-ne = Rankin Park
near-w = Argenton
near-e = Cardiff Heights
near-sw = Boolaroo
near-s = Cardiff
near-se = Cardiff

Glendale is a suburb of Lake Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia, located convert|15|km|mi|0|lk=on west of Newcastle's central business district at the northern tip of Lake Macquarie. It is part of the City of Lake Macquarie local government area.

The name is Scottish in origin - "glen" ("gleann") is a Scottish term for a valley between hills, and "dale", also usually meaning a valley, but in this case possibly "dail" meaning a meadow.

Recently Glendale has been the focus of discussion as an emerging town centre. [http://propertycouncil.gravitymax.com.au/asset.asp?IDA=271806 The Property Council] released a discussion paper urging the Commonwealth and NSW Government to complete arrangements for construction of a regional bus and rail interchange at Glendale. The Glendale Interchange would significantly improve services across Lake Macquarie, south west Newcastle, new land release areas, and the Glendale shopping centre. Glendale, relative to other areas is well serviced by public transport and is adjacent to, but not directly connected to, the Cardiff industrial estate, which is the largest industrial estate in the Lower Hunter. The railway line presently separates the industrial estate from Glendale. The centre serves the local communities of Argenton, Edgeworth, Boolaroo and Speers Point.

Facilities

*Stockland Glendale - 40,000+ m² of retail space
*Greater Union Cinema Complex
*Bunnings Warehouse
*The Hunter Sports Centre
*Major campus of Hunter Institute of Technology
*Glendale Technology High School [http://www.glendale-h.schools.nsw.edu.au/index.htm]
*Glendale East Public School

External links

* [http://www.lakemac.infohunt.nsw.gov.au/library/clippings_folders.asp?Folder=Glendale Historical Newspaper Clippings]
* [http://www.planning.nsw.gov.au/regional/pdf/fs1_lowerhunter_strategyoverview.pdf Lower Hunter Regional Strategy]
* [http://www.lakemac.infohunt.nsw.gov.au/library/lhist/suburb/lmp&p/glendale.htm History of Glendale]
* [http://www.lakemac.infohunt.nsw.gov.au/lmphotos/suburb/glendale.htm Historical Photographs]