Raymond Terrace

Postcode: 2324

Raymond Terrace is a town in the Hunter Valley region of New South Wales, Australia, about 20 kilometres north of Newcastle on the Pacific Highway. Situated at the confluence of the Hunter and Williams rivers, it has about 12,000 residents and is the administrative centre of the Port Stephens LGA as well as a service hub for surrounding rural areas. A fleet of prawn trawlers is based at Raymond Terrace.

The town has four primary schools, St. Brigid's Catholic, Raymond Terrace Public, Irrawang Public and Grahamstown Public, and two high schools, Irrawang High School and Hunter River High School.

There are two main shopping centres in the town centre which is based around William Street. The Raymond Terrace Marketplace, located North-East of William Street, was opened in 1998 while Centro Plaza (formerly Raymond Terrace Plaza) is located to the South-West. Both contain supermarkets and a variety of specialty shops and are within a short walking distance of each other. The Raymond Terrace Marketplace also contains a BigW department store Shops also line William St and the adjacent Port Stephens St and Sturgeon St.

There are several competitive sporting teams based in the Raymond Terrace area. The Raymond Terrace Magpies are the town's local Rugby League team, participating in the Newcastle Rugby League Competition. The town is represented in cricket by the Lions, a club that participates in the Maitland District Cricket Competition. Other popular sports within the town are soccer, netball, athletics, golf and lawn bowls. There are two licensed clubs, Muree Golf Club and The Raymond Terrace Bowling Club, as well as a number of public bars. The majority of the sporting fields are located near the centre of town, on land that runs along the Williams and Hunter Rivers with other sporting fields located in the suburb of Lakeside, adjacent to Grahamstown Dam.

There is a boat ramp adjacent to the Fitzgerald Bridge, which crosses the Williams River, and the area is popular with water skiers and fisherpeople.

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