Welcome to Maitland City Centre
MAITLAND CITY CENTRE FESTIVALS (Please click on the name of each festival below to learn more)
The Maitland Taste: Food, Wine & Jazz Festival - Saturday 27 & Sunday 28 March 2010
The Maitland Aroma: Coffee, Chocolate & Fine Food Festival - Saturday 14 & Sunday 15 August 2010
The Maitland Muster Festival: 'Where the Country comes to the City' - Friday 1 to Monday 4 October 2010
Maitland New Year's Eve Celebrations - Friday 31 December 2010
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REDISCOVER MAITLAND CITY CENTRE
Maitland is the fastest growing Local Government Area in NSW, and offers a unique and specialised CBD Shopping Centre, High Street Maitland, justifying the title as the "Hunter Centre of Fashion" combined with heritage charm, culture and crowd-drawing festivals.
A UNIQUE REGIONAL SHOPPING CENTRE
Maitland City Centre has become a unique regional shopping centre. The CBD is steeped in a rich history, with magnificently preserved buildings and many of the commercial buildings strongly reflecting the significant heritage value of the Maitland City Centre.
As the Arts and Culture renaissance of the Maitland City Centre develops, the shopping centre is re-discovering itself through a new image created by the growing incidence of innovative festivals, boutiques, gift and antique shops, restaurants cafes and lifestyle outlets in the shopping precinct.
The City Centre shopping precinct is nestled on the Hunter River and amongst the magnificence of its beautiful historic buildings dating back to the early 1800s. The open air Maitland Heritage Mall in High Street is the heart of the CBD and the centrepiece for events and promotional activities.
On of the features of the Maitland City shopping precinct has been the attraction of many independently-owned businesses including boutiques with their unique brands and personal service, as well as specialist gift and jewellery shops supported by a range of antiques and lifestyle outlets. Over recent months, a number of enterpreneurial operators have recognised the opportunity to open a business in this unqiue shopping precinct.
Maitland City Centre boasts in excess of 500 businesses amongst this bustling professional and retail business precinct, which is very diverse, featuring an extensive range of independent retailers, medical facilities, and a very strong financial centre including all major Australian Banks. In particular there is a strong presence of fasHion and gift shops, justifying the title as "Hunter Centre of Fashion".
Maitland City Centre is also home for many key National retailers such as K-Mart, Lowes, Best & Less, Woolworths, Dick Smith Electronics, Sam's Warehouse, Millers, Suzanne Grae, Sussans, Super Cheap, FoodWorks and many more.
DINING OUT
There are numerous food and beverage outlets including a range of International Cuisines such as Thai, Asian, Indian, Middle East and many more as well as Australian restaurants with traditional menus.
You can also enjoy breakfast or lunch overlooking the beautiful Hunter River at lavender and the Bay Breez Cafes, or a great coffee in the Culture and Heritage Quarter of Maitland CBD.
FESTIVALS
The image changing process of Maitland CBD has been showcased with the introduction of two new Festival for the City Centre this year; "The Maitland Taste" Food, Wine & Jazz Festival held the last weekend of March each year where celebrity chefs, wine master classes and horse and carriage tours are features of this event. "The Maitland Aroma" Coffee, Chocolate and Fine Food Festival is held in the middle of August each year and features fabulous blues and jazz music together with outstanding entertainment, as well as guided history walking tours.
Both of these inaugural events held in the Maitland Heritage Mall attracted huge crowds and proved a great boom to local retail businesses and will now become annual events. Maitland is also the known hosts of the long established annual Steamfest Festival centred around the magnificent heritage Maitland railway station, which is located on the main Sydney Brisbane rail link.
The Culture and Heritage Quarter
The recently re-opened Maitland Regional Art Gallery in the cultural Quarter of Maitland CBD is a particular feature of the CBD and complements the nearby Repertory Theatre which has regular live productions.
Regular Guided History Walks, by the local Historical Society, in Matialnd CBD prove an insight into the significant historic elements of Maitland CBD.
If you are interested in future guided walking tours of Maitland CBD contact Maitland City Centre on 902) 4934 1981.
Location
Maitland is about 30 minutes drive from Newcastle and two hours drive from the northern part of Sydney via the F3 on the main north/south rail line. It is located on the New England Highway which is on the inland route from Sydney to Brisbane.
Why not take a dayout and soak up the atmosphere by visiting this unique shopping centre in the Hunter, which is located on the main Sydney Brisbane rail and road trasnport links?
