It is on the northerly side of the Peel River between the suburbs of East Tamworth and Oxley Vale.

The suburb contains Northgate Shopping Centre and many sporting fields.

Settlement of the area dates from the 1830s when squatters began to settle along the Peel River.

[2] North Tamworth is bounded by Browns Lane in the north, the locality of Moore Creek in the east, the locality of East Tamworth, Daruka Road, Janison Street, Darling Street, Main North railway line and the Peel River in the south and the locality of Oxley Vale in the west.

North Tamworth is the home four of Tamworth's football teams: Tamworth Rugby Union Sporting Club play at Rugby Park; the North Tamworth Bears Rugby League Club and Oxley Vale Attunga Football Club play at Jack Woolaston Oval; and the North Companions Football Club play at Riverside Park.