This eclectic assortment of modern snapshots captures the heart of Weston, showcasing everyday moments, iconic landmarks, and the unique charm of our community. Taken by locals and visitors alike, these photos offer a dynamic glimpse into the streets, parks and commercial centre that define Weston today.
✨🎄✨🎄✨ CHRISTMAS LIGHTS - 2025 ✨🎄✨🎄✨
~ The following group of photographs were shared by Shellie Pauling & Tracey Falk Hill
In these challenging times, when the world can feel a little heavier than usual, the twinkling Christmas lights adorning the homes in our local community shine even brighter as quiet acts of hope and generosity. To every family who has taken the time and effort to string up those colourful displays, thank you from the bottom of our hearts. Your lights do far more than decorate a house—they lift spirits, spark smiles on children’s faces, remind passers-by that kindness and community are still alive and glowing, and give us all a gentle nudge to look up and feel the magic of the season again.
From our little corner of the world to every home aglow tonight: may your Christmas be filled with warmth, peace, and the same joy you’ve so generously shared with the rest of us. Merry Christmas to all from Weston NSW History & Heritage—and here’s to brighter days ahead in 2026!
✨🎄✨🎄✨CHRISTMAS LIGHTS AT WESTON NSW - 2025 ✨🎄✨🎄✨
The following group of photographs were shared by Tracey & Stephen Hill
Above: The intersection of Cessnock Rd. and Station St. Weston NSW looking east towards Kurri Kurri. - 2025
First Street on the left running parallel with Cessnock Road.
Scott St. and Weston south are on the right either side of the railway line.
~ Elijah Richardson
Above: Weston Workers Club - Melbourne Cup Day 2025
~ All photos in this group courtesy of Weston Workers Club NSW
Pure Luxury Hair Studio & Simply Bliss Bakehouse
74-76 Cessnock Rd., Weston NSW
~ Weston NSW History & Heritage
Above: Pure Luxury Hair Studio - 2025
74 Cessnock Rd., Weston NSW
~ Weston NSW History & Heritage
Above: Pure Luxury Hair Studio - 2025
74 Cessnock Rd., Weston NSW
~ Weston NSW History & Heritage
Above: Pure Luxury Hair Studio - 2025
74 Cessnock Rd., Weston NSW
~ Weston NSW History & Heritage
Above: Sir Edgeworth David Memorial Museum - 2025
To research Weston, one also needs to visit this treasure trove in Abermain!
Visiting the Museum - 2025
Julie Frame Falk and Tracey Falk Hill with Lexie and Darrell Matthews.
Above: ANZAC Day Field of Honour - 2025
~ Coalfields Local History Association
Above: Memorial Gates - 2025
Sawyers Gully NSW
~ Tracey Falk Hill
Above: Plaque at Memorial Gates - 2025
Sawyers Gully NSW
~ Tracey Falk Hill
Above: Foodworks - 2025
96 Cessnock Rd., Weston NSW
~ Weston NSW History & Heritage
Above: Foodworks - 2025
96 Cessnock Rd., Weston NSW
~ Les Bender
Above: Foodworks - 2025
96 Cessnock Rd., Weston NSW
~ Weston NSW History & Heritage
Above: Foodworks - 2025
96 Cessnock Rd., Weston NSW
~ Weston NSW History & Heritage
Above: Foodworks - 2025
96 Cessnock Rd., Weston NSW
~ Weston NSW History & Heritage
Above: Foodworks - 2025
96 Cessnock Rd., Weston NSW
~ Weston NSW History & Heritage
Above: Simply Bliss Bakehouse - 2025
76 Cessnock Rd., Weston NSW
~ Weston NSW History & Heritage
Above: The Right Bite - 2025
72 Station St., Weston NSW
~ Weston NSW History & Heritage
Above: Tempest Bicycles - 2025. 85 Cessnock Rd., Weston NSW
~ Weston NSW History & Heritage
Visiting Weston Workers Club - 2025
~ Weston NSW History & Heritage
Visiting Weston Workers Club - 2025
~ Weston NSW History & Heritage
Above: Visiting Weston Workers Club
2025
~ Weston NSW History & Heritage
Above: Ice Box Liquor - 2025
50 Cessnock Rd., Weston NSW
~ Weston NSW History & Heritage
Above: Criterion Hotel - 2025
Cnr. Cessnock Rd. & Station St., Weston NSW
~ Weston NSW History & Heritage
Above: Criterion Hotel - 2025
Cnr. Cessnock Rd. & Station St., Weston NSW
~ Weston NSW History & Heritage
Above: Cafe Ohana - 2025
(Now The Soulful Cafe)
33 Station St., Weston NSW
~ Weston NSW History & Heritage
Above: Cafe Ohana - 2025
(Now The Soulful Cafe)
33 Station St., Weston NSW
~ Weston NSW History & Heritage
Above: The Green Shop - 2025
57 Station St., Weston NSW
~ Weston NSW History & Heritage
Above: The Green Shop - 2025
57 Station St., Weston NSW
~ Weston NSW History & Heritage
Welcome to Weston (new)
Welcome to Weston (old)
Above: Weston by Night
~ Les Bender
Above: Weston by Night
~ Les Bender
Above: Weston by Night
~ Les Bender
Above: Weston by Night
~ Les Bender
Above: Paws Mobile Vet - 2025
52 Station St., Weston NSW
~ Weston NSW History & Heritage
Above: May & Co. Pet Grooming - 2025
39 Station St., Weston NSW
~ Weston NSW History & Heritage
Above: Weston Surgery - 2025
81 Station St., Weston NSW
~ Weston NSW History & Heritage
Above: Weston Medical Centre - 2025
Cnr. First & Station Sts., Weston NSW
~ Weston NSW History & Heritage
Above: Finding Yellow - 2025
92 Station St., Weston NSW
~ Weston NSW History & Heritage
Above: Finding Yellow - 2025
92 Station St., Weston NSW
~ Weston NSW History & Heritage
Above: Gleam Support Services - 2025
35 Station St., Weston NSW
~ Weston NSW History & Heritage
Above: Ashleigh Newburns Personal Training - 2025
2 Station Street., Weston NSW
~ Weston NSW History & Heritage
Above: Valley Disability Support - 2025
15 Station St., Weston NSW
~ Weston NSW History & Heritage
Above: Valley Disability Support - 2025
15 Station St., Weston NSW
~ Weston NSW History & Heritage
Above: Safe Act Pty Ltd - 2025
54 Cessnock Rd., Weston NSW
~ Weston NSW History & Heritage
Above: Safe Act Pty Ltd - 2025
54 Cessnock Rd., Weston NSW
~ Weston NSW History & Heritage
Above: Weston MegaSave Chemist & Post Office
25-29 Station St., Weston NSW
~ Weston NSW History & Heritage
Above: Public Telephone & ?Shops - 2025
34-38 Station St., Weston NSW
~ Weston NSW History & Heritage
Above: Maybury Peace Park - 2025
Cessnock Rd., Weston NSW
~ Weston NSW History & Heritage
Above: Cricket Ground, Chinamans Hollow - 2025
Cessnock Rd., Weston NSW
~ Weston NSW History & Heritage
Above: Maybury Peace Park - 2025
Cessnock Rd., Weston NSW
~ Weston NSW History & Heritage
Above: The Georgie Log - 2025
Cessnock Rd., Weston NSW
~ Weston NSW History & Heritage
Above: Chinamans Hollow - 2025
Cessnock Rd., Weston NSW
~ Weston NSW History & Heritage
Above: Meredith Park - 2025
11 Eighth St., Weston NSW
~ Tracey Falk Hill
Above: Finnbarr Construction - 2025
60 Cessnock Road Weston NSW
~ Weston NSW History & Heritage
Above: Ceil Group - 2025
30 Station St., Weston NSW
~ Weston NSW History & Heritage
Above: Caltex Service Station - 2025
109 Cessnock Rd., Weston NSW
~ Weston NSW History & Heritage
Above: Alex Ross Automotive - 2025
191 Cessnock Rd., Weston NSW
~ Weston NSW History & Heritage
Above: Weston Civic Centre Mural Gallery facing Second St., cnr. of Station ST., Weston NSW
Above: Mural of Maybury Peace Park at Weston Civic Centre Mural Gallery, Weston NSW
Above: Mural of Hebburn Dam and Mt. Tomalpin at Weston Civic Centre Mural Gallery, Weston NSW
Above: Mural of Hebburn Colliery and dam at Weston Civic Centre Mural Gallery, Weston NSW
Above: Mural of Hebburn Dam spillway at Weston Civic Centre Mural Gallery, Weston NSW
Above: Mural of a historic picnic at Hebburn Dam - Weston Civic Centre Mural Gallery, Weston NSW
Above: Weston Masonic Centre
49 Second St.,
Weston NSW
Above: The completed mural, REMEMBERING THE SMELTER, on Hart Road, Loxford, 2.5km from Weston town centre.
~ Kevin Parsons
The Remembering the Smelter mural (above) was painted by artist Daniel Joyce and completed in 2018. The mural was commissioned by Hydro Aluminium following the permanent closure of the smelter in 2014. It had operated from 1969 to 2012.
The mural project was coordinated by Towns With Heart .
Above: Weston Bird World Mural - c. 2010
55 Station St., Weston NSW
~ Google Maps
Above: Weston Bird World Mural - c. 2010
55 Station St., Weston NSW
~ Google Maps
Above: The Weston Cenotaph in Cessnock Road Weston
~ NSW War Memorials Register
The plaque with photograph at front left commemorates Private Richard E. Lloyd and the one on the right: Private Errol J. Bailey. See photograph at right.
See also: Weston Roll of Honour
Lest We Forget
Above: The Weston Cenotaph
From: Monuments Australia
~ Sandra Brown
'Weston Cenotaph commemorates those who served in conflicts in which Australia has been involved.
The cenotaph contains plaques to Private Richard LLoyd and Private Errol Bailey who were killed in action during the Vietnam War.
Above: Maybury Peace Park - North side of Cessnock Road
~ Google Maps
Above: Maybury Peace Park - South side of Cessnock Road
~ Photographer Unknown
Above: Maybury Peace Park, Cessnock Rd., Weston NSW
~Les Bender Photography
Above: Maybury Peace Park, Cessnock Rd., Weston NSW
~Les Bender Photography
Above: Maybury Peace Park, Cessnock Rd., Weston NSW
~Les Bender Photography
Above: Maybury Peace Park, Cessnock Rd., Weston NSW
~Les Bender Photography
Above: Maybury Peace Park, Cessnock Rd., Weston NSW
~Les Bender Photography
Above: Maybury Peace Park, Cessnock Rd., Weston NSW
~Les Bender Photography
Above: Maybury Peace Park, Cessnock Rd., Weston NSW
~Les Bender Photography
The name 'Maybury Peace Park' is in honour of the late Jeff Maybury who was a councillor on Cessnock City Council for 35 years. He was responsible, along with Jack King and others, for seeing to fruition the completion of Peace Park. Councillor Jeff Maybury was also responsible for the formation of the Weston Tidy Towns Committee. He passed away in 2015. See Weston Worthies
Above: Locals enjoying the peace at Maybury Peace Park
~ db photography
Above: A section of Maybury Peace Park
~ db photography
Above: The old Hebburn Colliery Dam
~ Ean Smith
Above: Maybury Peace Park lives up to its name!
~ db photography
Above: Bluey Frame Park
Named for former long-term Weston Fire Brigade Captain, Edward John 'Bluey' Frame (1889-1968).
Above: Bluey Frame Park
The now demolished Weston Fire Station can be seen in the background.
See: Weston Fire Brigade
Above: Hospital Road
Weston
~ db Photography
Above: Ernie Dunlop Park
Webb Street Weston
~ db Photography
Above : The Civic Centre, Station St. Weston - Jan 2024
Until it was severly damaged in a fire, this building was formerly the Capitol Theatre. See 'Weston's Three Picture Theatres' on the page titled:
~ Julie Frame Falk
Above: Section of Station Street Weston
The premises now occupied by the Vet clinic was formerly Kirkwood's Grocery and Produce. There used to be a large produce store at the right of the shop. The building to the left was formerly the Weston Commonwealth Bank
Above: Thomas Fell Park Cnr. Station & Swanson Streets
~ Google Maps
Above: The former Hebburn Colliery Pay Office
Sadly, this historic structure was destroyed in the fires of December, 2023
See: Hebburn Collieries
Above: The Criterion Hotel at Weston
~ Unknown Photographer
Above: The Aberdare Hotel at Weston
~ Living Histories, University of Newcastle
Above: Station Street Weston taken from the now demolished Railway Station footbridge.
~ Photographer Unknown.
Above: The former Weston Post Office . This historic building still stands but no longer a Post office
Above: Jock Stewart Park - Jan. 2024
Corner of Station and Second Sts., Weston
~ Julie Frame Falk
Above: Jock Stewart Park - Jan. 2024
Corner of Station and Second Sts., Weston
~ Julie Frame Falk
Above: The Civic Centre Mural Gallery - Jan. 2024
Cnr. Station and Second Streets, Weston NSW
~Julie Frame Falk
Above: The Olympia, Station Street, Weston - Jan. 2024
The latest incarnation of this historic building.
~ Julie Frame Falk