Hamlyn Heights

{{Infobox Australian place | type = suburb | name = Hamlyn Heights | city = Geelong | state = vic | image = Golden_ash_trees,_Langibanool_avenue_Hamlyn_Heights_Geelong,_Victoria,_Australia.jpg | caption = Golden ash trees on Langibanool avenue Hamlyn Heights, Victoria, Australia | image_alt = Golden ash trees on Langibanool avenue Hamlyn Heights, Victoria, Australia | lga = City of Greater Geelong |use_lga_map = yes | coordinates = {{coord|38.122|S|144.323|E|display=inline,title}} | postcode = 3215 | pop = 6,293 | pop_year = {{CensusAU|2016}} | pop_footnotes = <ref name="ABS2016">{{Census 2016 AUS | id = SSC20200 | name = Hamlyn Heights(State Suburb) - Vic | quick = on | accessdate=16 November 2017}}</ref> | stategov = Geelong | fedgov = Corio | near-nw = Bell Post Hill | near-n = Bell Park | near-ne = North Geelong | near-w = Fyansford | near-e = Geelong West | near-sw = Fyansford | near-s = Herne Hill | near-se = Manifold Heights | dist1 = 4 | location1= Geelong | local_map = yes | zoom = 12 }}

'''Hamlyn Heights''' is a residential suburb of Geelong. It located to the west of the city on hills that overlook Corio Bay.

It was named after Sidney Hamlyn, a local resident in the 1940s.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.victorianplaces.com.au/hamlyn-heights|title=Hamlyn Heights {{!}} Victorian Places|website=www.victorianplaces.com.au|language=en|access-date=2018-11-14}}</ref>

At the {{CensusAU|2016}}, Hamlyn Heights had a population of 6,293.<ref name="abs">{{Census 2016 AUS | id = SSC21122 | name = Hamlyn Heights (State Suburb) | accessdate = 16 November 2016 | quick = on}}</ref>

The suburb boundaries are Church St, Ballarat Rd, Moorabool River and two unmarked boundaries extending between Church St to Moorabool River and between Moorabool River and Ballarat Rd.

Hamlyn Heights has two retail areas. A large shopping strip is located in Vines Rd. The Post Office opened here on 2 February 1959 it is known as Vines Road, Geelong.<ref name = "a">{{Citation | last = Phoenix Auctions History | title = Post Office List | url = http://www.phoenixauctions.com.au/cgi-bin/wsPhoenix.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=VIC&filter=*Vines*Road* | access-date = 5 April 2021 }}</ref> A small group of shops also exist in Fairlie St.

Hamlyn Heights was the home to international actor Guy Pearce who lived in Hamlyn Heights during the 1990s.

==Education==

Hamlyn Heights has two primary schools, Herne Hill Primary School & Hamlyn Banks Primary School (created in the late 1990s by a merger between Hamlyn Heights Primary School and Lovely Banks Primary School).

Hamlyn Heights has one secondary school: Western Heights Secondary College.

In 2018 Hamlyn Views primary/secondary school (for young people with special needs) opened on the former site of Bell Park High School (Western Heights Secondary College Quamby Campus) in Quamby Avenue.

==Sports and recreation== Hamlyn Park is home to the Hamlyn Park Tennis Club, Geelong Ballroom Dance Club, 1st Hamlyn Heights Scout Group and the Bell Park Sport and Recreation Club which has teams in the local football and netball associations.

Hamlyn Park was developed by the Shire of Corio and the Geelong Scottish club out of waste ground and scrub as a multi-sport facility with soccer as the first activity.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://sesasport.com/wp-content/uploads/GeelongsoccersincetheWar.pdf|title=Post war soccer in Geelong by Roy Hay|last=Roy|first=Hay|date=June 1994|website=Sports and Editorial Services Australia|access-date=19 July 2018}}</ref>

==Heritage listed sites== thumb|right|The prefabricated 4 room weatherboard clad cottage at 21 Brewongle Avenue Hamlyn Heights is one of a number of portable buildings imported to Geelong in the period 1853–1856 to meet accommodation needs during the Victorian gold rush. * 21 Brewongle Avenue<ref>[http://vhd.heritagecouncil.vic.gov.au/places/17058 "c1854 timber house"]. ''Victorian Heritage Register.'' . Retrieved 2016-09-19.</ref> *'Glenpanyal' - 22 Glengate Street<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://vhd.heritagecouncil.vic.gov.au/places/21690|title=VHD|website=vhd.heritagecouncil.vic.gov.au|language=en-AU|access-date=2018-11-14}}</ref>

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== *[http://hamlynparktc.com/ Hamlyn Park Tennis Club] *[http://www.geelongaustralia.com.au/places/item/hamlynheights.aspx Hamlyn Heights - City of Greater Geelong]

Category:Suburbs of Geelong