Today it includes a small industrial area and is adjacent to the Newcastle campus of the Hunter Institute of Technology.

[9] The Regent Theatre in Islington, located on the corner of Maitland Road and Beaumont Street, opened on 2 December 1928.

In 1941 or 1942, Hoyts Theatres obtained a majority interest in the property but, with the advent of television, the Regent was unable to survive and closed on 27 June 1964.

After remaining empty for five years, the building reopened as a hardware store in August 1969 and operates in that capacity today.

[12] Maitland Road, a suburban carrier of the Pacific Highway, runs through the suburb and links it to Mayfield and Newcastle West.