Cessnock is a city in the
Hunter Region of
New South Wales,
Australia, about by road west of
Newcastle. It is the administrative centre of the
City of Cessnock LGA and was named after an 1826 grant of land called Cessnock Estate, which was owned by John Campbell. The local area was once known as "The Coalfields", and it is the gateway city to the vineyards of the
Hunter Valley, which includes
Pokolbin,
Mount View, Lovedale,
Broke,
Rothbury, and
Branxton.