Hunter Valley Important Bird Area

Bellbird Heights is a locality in the City of Cessnock in the Hunter Region of New South Wales, Australia. It was first subdivided in 1923 as Crossing Estate, and was gazetted as Bellbird Heights in 1971. In 2016 the population was 788, median age was 40 and 87.5% were born in Australia.

Bellbird is a town and locality in the City of Cessnock in the Hunter Region of New South Wales, Australia. A memorial was built there in 1990 to remember the 21 deaths from the 1923 Bellbird Mining Disaster.

Pelton is a suburb located 5 km southwest of the centre of the Hunter Region town of Cessnock, New South Wales, Australia. Most properties face onto Ellalong Road, which is the eastern access to Werakata State Conservation Area, previously Aberdare State Forest.

Baddeley Park is a sports stadium in Cessnock, New South Wales, Australia and is part of Baddeley Park Regional Sporting Centre.

Cessnock railway station was a railway station located on the South Maitland Railway (SMR), serving the city of Cessnock, New South Wales, Australia. During its existence, it was the main station that served the city.

Mount View High School is a government-funded co-educational comprehensive secondary day school, located in West Cessnock, in the Hunter Region of New South Wales, Australia. Established in 1985, the school enrolled approximately 880 students in 2024, from Year 7 to Year 12, of whom 22 percent identified as Indigenous Australians and five percent were from a language background other than English. The school is operated by the NSW Department of Education; the principal is Shane Hookway.

The City of Cessnock is a local government area in the Hunter region of New South Wales, Australia. The area under administration is located to the west of Newcastle. The largest population centre and council seat is the city of Cessnock. The mayor of the City of Cessnock Council is Cr. Jay Suvaal, a member of Country Labor.

Cessnock () is a city in the Hunter Valley of New South Wales, Australia, about 52 km (32 mi) by road west of Newcastle. It is the administrative centre of the City of Cessnock LGA and was named after an 1826 grant of land called Cessnock Estate, which was owned by John Campbell. The local area was once known as "The Coalfields", and it is the gateway city to the vineyards of the Hunter Valley, which includes Pokolbin, Mount View, Lovedale, Broke, Rothbury, and Branxton.

Cessnock City Hornets FC is a semi-professional soccer club based in Cessnock, New South Wales. The Hornets currently compete in the Northern NSW State League Division 1 with teams in First Grade, Reserve Grade, Under 18, Under 16, Under 15, Under 14 and Under 13 divisions. Northern NSW State League Division 1 is the 2nd tier of Football in Northern New South Wales Football below the National Premier Leagues Northern NSW.

Cessnock High School is a government-funded co-educational comprehensive secondary day school, located in Aberdare, in the Hunter Valley of New South Wales, Australia. The school provides the NSW Higher School Certificate (HSC) in Year 12. The school enrolled approximately 627 students in 2024, from Year 7 to Year 12, of whom 24 percent identified as Indigenous Australians and two percent were from a language background other than English. The school is operated by the NSW Department of Education; the relieving principal is Belinda Cooper. The school is part of the Cessnock Community of Great Public Schools, a local management group consisting of 15 schools designed to improve learning, engagement and wellbeing in the region.

Cessnock Correctional Centre, an Australian minimum and maximum security prison for males, is located in Cessnock, New South Wales. It was opened in 1972 under the name Cessnock Training Centre. The centre is operated by Corrective Services NSW. It detains sentenced and remand prisoners under New South Wales and/or Commonwealth legislation. Facilities were significantly updated during 2012, including the completion of Australia's first purpose-built maximum security sex offenders unit; built at a cost of $97 million.

Ellalong 'The Jewel of the Mountain' is a small town located in the Hunter Region of New South Wales, Australia at the foot of the Watagan Mountains. Neighbouring towns include Pelton, Paxton, Congewai and Quorrobolong. At the 2016 census, the Ellalong township had a population of 1098.