Type: | town |
Holwell | |
State: | tas |
Pop: | 65 |
Pop Year: | 2016 census |
Pop Footnotes: | [1] |
Postcode: | 7275 |
Region: | Launceston, North-west and west |
Location1: | Launceston |
Dist1: | 43 |
Dir1: | NW |
Lga: | West Tamar, Latrobe |
Stategov: | Bass, Braddon |
Fedgov: | Bass, Braddon |
Near-Nw: | Beaconsfield |
Near-N: | Beaconsfield |
Near-Ne: | Flowery Gully |
Near-W: | Frankford |
Near-E: | Flowery Gully |
Near-Sw: | Frankford |
Near-S: | Frankford |
Near-Se: | Winkleigh |
Holwell is a locality and small rural community in the local government areas of West Tamar and Latrobe, in the Launceston and North-west and west regions of Tasmania. It is located about north-west of the town of Launceston. A small part of the locality is in the Latrobe Council area. The 2016 census determined a population of 65 for the state suburb of Holwell.[1]
Holwell Post Office opened in 1891 and closed in 1970. Early public buildings included a Wesleyan chapel and a school.[2]
The C715 route (Holwell Road) runs south-west from the West Tamar Highway and passes through the locality to an intersection with the B71 route.[3]