{{Short description|Street in Adelaide, South Australia}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2014}} {{Use Australian English|date=September 2014}} {{Infobox Australian road | type = street | road_name = Gilles Street | state = sa | city = Adelaide city centre | urban = yes | image = Gilles St.JPG | caption = Gilles Street in 2010 | length = 1.6 | length_ref = <ref name="gmaps">{{google maps |url=https://www.google.com/maps/dir/-34.9342664,138.6004868/-34.933422,138.617728/@-34.9331493,138.603405,17z/data=!4m2!4m1!3e0 |title=Gilles Street | access-date=1 June 2022}}</ref> | est = 1837 | direction_a = West | direction_b = East | coordinates_a = {{coord|-34.934284|138.600444|type:landmark_region:AU-SA|display=inline}} | coordinates_b = {{coord|-34.933422|138.617728|type:landmark_region:AU-SA|display=inline}} | pushpin_label_position_a = left | pushpin_label_position_b = right | alternative_location_map = Australia South Australia City of Adelaide <!--or Australia Greater Adelaide--> | end_a = '''King William Street'''<br />{{small|Adelaide}} | end_b = '''East Terrace'''<br />{{small|Adelaide}} | exits = {{plainlist| *Pulteney Street *Hutt Street}} | lga = City of Adelaide }} '''Gilles Street''' is a thoroughfare in the south-eastern sector of the centre of Adelaide, South Australia.<ref name=ubd>{{cite book|title=2003 Adelaide Street Directory, 41st Edition |publisher=UBD (A Division of Universal Press Pty Ltd) |year=2003 |isbn=0-7319-1441-4}}</ref><ref name=map>[http://www.soulunderground.com.au/national_files/CBDMAP.pdf Map] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170325140742/http://www.soulunderground.com.au/national_files/CBDMAP.pdf |date=25 March 2017 }} of the Adelaide CBD, North Adelaide and the Adelaide Parklands.</ref> It runs east–west between East Terrace and King William Street, crossing Hutt Street and Pulteney Street. Gilles Street Primary School and Pulteney Grammar School front the street.
==History== Gilles Street was named after Osmond Gilles, an early treasurer of the colony of South Australia, on 23 May 1837.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://gillesstps.sa.edu.au/02_AboutUs03_History.htm|access-date=2009-04-24|date=2008-02-25|title=Gilles Street Primary School - History}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.historysouthaustralia.net/STlist2.htm#gill|title=History of Adelaide Through Street Names - Streets Named on the 23rd May, 1837|date=2005-03-04|access-date=2009-04-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090219093302/http://historysouthaustralia.net/STlist2.htm#gill|archive-date=19 February 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[File:The former Beresford and Oddfellows Inn, Gilles Street, Adelaide.jpg|right|thumb|This heritage-listed building in Gilles Street traded variously as the ''Beresford Arms'' and later ''Oddfellows Arms'' from 1840 until 1861, and was sold to a German printer in 1873. The early landowner, following subdivision of the original acre plot, was John Martin, known also for his founding connection with John Martin's<ref>[http://www.environment.gov.au/cgi-bin/ahdb/search.pl?mode=place_detail;search=street_name%3Dgilles%3Bstate%3DSA%3Bkeyword_PD%3Don%3Bkeyword_SS%3Don%3Bkeyword_PH%3Don%3Blatitude_1dir%3DS%3Blongitude_1dir%3DE%3Blongitude_2dir%3DE%3Blatitude_2dir%3DS%3Bin_region%3Dpart;place_id=14445 Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities: Australian Heritage Database]</ref>]]
In 2008, the Gilles Street Markets opened, located at Gilles Street Primary School. The founder of the market was Jennifer Centenera.<ref name=einem>{{cite web | last=Von Einem | first=Johnny | title=Gilles at the Grounds launches this weekend | website=CityMag | date=10 April 2018 | url=https://citymag.indaily.com.au/commerce/business-profile/gilles-grounds-launches-weekend/ | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250518175106/https://citymag.indaily.com.au/commerce/business-profile/gilles-grounds-launches-weekend/ | archive-date=18 May 2025 | url-status=live | access-date=26 September 2025}}</ref> The "sometimes weekly, sometimes fortnightly" market<ref name=einem/> soon gained a reputation as "Adelaide's premier destination for all things fashion (from local designers to vintage classics)". After 10 years of trading in Gilles Street, the market moved to the Adelaide Showground in Wayville, rebranding itself as Gilles at the Grounds.<ref name="w805">{{cite web | last=Marryat | first=Grace | title=Gilles Is On The Move | website=Glam Adelaide | date=23 March 2018 | url=https://glamadelaide.com.au/gilles-is-on-the-move/ | access-date=26 September 2025}}</ref> As of 2025, the market opened on Sundays from 9am to 3pm, and Saturday Night Markets from 3pm to 9pm.<ref>{{cite web | title=Activities, Events & Things to do in Adelaide with Kids | website=Kids In Adelaide | date=19 May 2025 | url=https://kidsinadelaide.com.au/gilles-street-market/ | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250519090251/https://kidsinadelaide.com.au/gilles-street-market/ | archive-date=19 May 2025 | url-status=unfit | access-date=26 September 2025}}</ref>
==Junction list== {{AUSinttop|noLGA=yes|length_ref=<ref name="gmaps" />}} {{SAint |location_special=Adelaide city centre |lspan=4 |type= |km=0 |road=King William Street |notes=Continues as Gilbert Street }} {{SAint |type= |km=.55 |road=Pulteney Street |notes= }} {{SAint |type= |km=1.1 |road=Hutt Street |notes= }} {{SAint |type= |km=1.6 |road=East Terrace |notes= }} {{Jctbtm}}
==Notable features == Gilles Street is one of the narrower streets of the Adelaide grid, at {{convert|1|ch|lk=in}} wide.
Two school properties adjoin in Gilles Street: *Gilles Street Primary School, at 101-119 Gilles Street, which was built in 1899 to designs by Charles Edward Owen Smyth<ref>{{cite web | title= Gilles Street Primary School|series= Heritage of the City of Adelaide| publisher = Corporation of the City of Adelaide| url=https://d31atr86jnqrq2.cloudfront.net/heritage-places/heritage-place-information-sheet-101-119-gilles-street.pdf| date=1996 | access-date=26 September 2025| quote=The text in this Information Sheet was copied from the ''Heritage of the City of Adelaide: An Illustrated Guide'' (1996)}}</ref> and heritage-listed on the South Australian Heritage Register in 1986<ref>{{cite web | title=Gilles Street Primary School (1899 building only) | website=Experience Adelaide | date=16 September 2019 | url=https://www.experienceadelaide.com.au/heritage-places/gilles-street-primary-school-111-gilles-street-adelaide/ | access-date=26 September 2025}}</ref> * Pulteney Grammar School
==See also== {{commonscat}} {{portal-inline|Australian Roads}} *Gilles Street Primary School
==References== {{reflist}}
{{Adelaide CBD Streets}} Category:Streets in Adelaide