Leighton (or Leyton[1]) is the name of a beach, which got its name from Ann Leighton, and which is in the suburb of North Fremantle and therefore in the City of Fremantle. There is an invisible line between it and Mosman Beach, which is in the suburb and LGA of Mosman Park. There used to be a railway station at Leighton, popular because it was the nearest station to a beach. Recent developments include a condo or three, at least one of which is probably called Leighton Beach. Another seems to be called The Leighton.
Leighton is also the name of a WW2 battery which is on Buckland Hill, at some distance from the beach. It was one a number of coastal batteries (Fremantle, Point Peron, Garden Island ...) intended to defend against a possible attack. None was ever made.
References and Links
- ↑ Leighton (1), Signalling Interest Group of WA, citing the July 1961 edition of the Railway Institute Magazine.
Delphine Jamet's page for Leighton marshalling yard.
This page incorporates material from Garry Gillard's Freotopia website, that he started in 2014 and the contents of which he donated to Wikimedia Australia in 2024. The content was originally created on 15 April, 2023 and hosted at freotopia.org/places/leighton.html (it was last updated on 6 November, 2023), and has been edited since it was imported here (see page history). The donated data is also preserved in the Internet Archive's collection.