title: Shorewell Park, Tasmania
text: # Shorewell Park, Tasmania
  
  Shorewell Park is a residential locality in the local government area (LGA) of Burnie in the North-west and west LGA region of Tasmania. The locality is about 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) south-west of the town of Burnie. The 2016 census recorded a population of 2008 for the state suburb of Shorewell Park. It is a south western suburb of Burnie, Tasmania, which was established in the 1970s as a broadacre social housing area. The residential housing expanded in the 1980s and in 2012 the Tasmanian Government released a plan for the next 20 years.
  
  The Hilltop Plaza Shopping Centre provides essential services such as a supermarket, bottle shop, hairdressing salon and pharmacy.
  
  The Burnie Community House provides locals with assistance, training and opportunities. It has a market garden as one of its projects.
  
  ## History
  
  Shorewell Park was gazetted as a locality in 1976. It had previously been named Cangort Park in 1974.
  
  ## Geography
  
  Cooee Creek forms the western boundary, and Shorewell Creek most of the eastern.
  
  ## Road infrastructure
  
  Route C110 (Mooreville Road) runs through from north to south.
  
  ## Education
  
  * Hellyer College
  * TAFE Tasmania
  