Howrah, Tasmania
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Howrah is a suburb of the City of Clarence, part of the greater Hobart
area, Tasmania
, Australia
. It is south of Bellerive
and north of Tranmere
.
Howrah is a beachside suburb, with views across the Derwent River
and Storm Bay
to Hobart
City. Clarence Street runs through the centre of the suburb separating the hillside section from the beachside.
Howrah has a number of parks including Wentworth Park, which is one of the key sport (such as soccer
, field hockey
and touch football
) and recreation areas on the Eastern Shore.
Howrah has a high school, Clarence High School
and a primary school, Howrah Primary.
Shoreline Shopping Centre
, a complex used by most of the inhabitants of Clarence, is also located in Howrah.
Hobart
Hobart is the state capital and most populous city of the Australian island state of Tasmania. Founded in 1804 as a penal colony,Hobart is Australia's second oldest capital city after Sydney. In 2009, the city had a greater area population of approximately 212,019. A resident of Hobart is known as...
area, Tasmania
Tasmania
Tasmania is an Australian island and state. It is south of the continent, separated by Bass Strait. The state includes the island of Tasmania—the 26th largest island in the world—and the surrounding islands. The state has a population of 507,626 , of whom almost half reside in the greater Hobart...
, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
. It is south of Bellerive
Bellerive, Tasmania
Bellerive is a suburb of the City of Clarence, part of the greater Hobart area, Tasmania, Australia. It stretches from Kangaroo Bay where it borders Rosny Park, around the curved shoreline of Bellerive Esplanade to Kangaroo Bluff, then down to Bellerive Beach and east to Second Bluff, where...
and north of Tranmere
Tranmere, Tasmania
Tranmere is a suburb of Hobart, capital of Tasmania, Australia. The suburb is in the Local Government Area of City of Clarence, and lies in close proximity to Howrah....
.
Howrah is a beachside suburb, with views across the Derwent River
Derwent River (Tasmania)
The Derwent is a river in Tasmania, Australia. It was named after the River Derwent, Cumbria by British Commodore John Hayes who explored it in 1793. The name is Brythonic Celtic for "valley thick with oaks"....
and Storm Bay
Storm Bay
Storm Bay is a large bay in the south-east of Tasmania, Australia. It is the entrance to the Derwent River estuary and the port of Hobart, the capital city of Tasmania.It is bordered by Bruny Island to the west and the Tasman Peninsula to the east....
to Hobart
Hobart
Hobart is the state capital and most populous city of the Australian island state of Tasmania. Founded in 1804 as a penal colony,Hobart is Australia's second oldest capital city after Sydney. In 2009, the city had a greater area population of approximately 212,019. A resident of Hobart is known as...
City. Clarence Street runs through the centre of the suburb separating the hillside section from the beachside.
Howrah has a number of parks including Wentworth Park, which is one of the key sport (such as soccer
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
, field hockey
Field hockey
Field Hockey, or Hockey, is a team sport in which a team of players attempts to score goals by hitting, pushing or flicking a ball into an opposing team's goal using sticks...
and touch football
Touch football (rugby league)
Touch is a field sport also known as Touch Football, or in some countries as Touch Rugby. Touch is overseen worldwide by the Federation of International Touch . Touch has traditionally been played in Australia and New Zealand but the sport has expanded internationally and features many regional and...
) and recreation areas on the Eastern Shore.
Howrah has a high school, Clarence High School
Clarence High School (Tasmania)
Clarence High School is a co-educational state high school located in Bellerive, a riverside suburb of greater Hobart, the capital of the island state Tasmania, in Australia...
and a primary school, Howrah Primary.
Shoreline Shopping Centre
Shoreline Shopping Centre
Shoreline Shopping Centre is a shopping centre in Howrah, Tasmania, Australia.It has: Chickenfeed, Banjo's, Subway, Woolworths, Video Ezy, Newsagents, Tote, Commonwealth Bank, , a key-cutting shop, an AMCAL pharmacy, a children's clothing and accessories shop , a jewellery store, a dry-cleaner and...
, a complex used by most of the inhabitants of Clarence, is also located in Howrah.