Pimlico, Queensland


Pimlico is a suburb in Townsville in the City of Townsville, Queensland, Australia.

Geography

The suburb is roughly rectangular and longer to the north-south than to the east-west. It is bounded to the north by Woolcock Street and to the east by Kings Road. The land is flat and below 10 metres above sea level. The predominant land use is lowset low-density housing.

History

The suburb is believed to be named after either the London suburb of Pimlico or the London trotting track.
Pimlico State High School opened on 27 January 1959.

Facilities

Castletown Shopping Centre occupies the northern end of the suburb.
In the south of the suburb is Townsville's largest private hospital, the Mater Misericordiae Hospital is located in the south of suburb on Fulham Road.
At the southern end of the suburb is the 20 hectare Anderson Park, an arboretum containing particularly fine specimens of pandanus.
Despite its name, as at 2018, Pimlico State High School is on Fulham Road in neighbouring Gulliver, just outside Pimlico's western boundary.

Community groups

The Townsville branch of the Queensland Country Women's Association meets at the CWA Hall at 36 Latchford Street, Pimlico. The Rosslea branch of the Queensland Country Women's Association also meet there.