Hindley Street is located in the West End of the centre

Adelaide city centre

The Adelaide city centre is the innermost locality of Greater Adelaide, known by locals simply as "The City" or "Town". The locality is split into two key geographical distinctions: the city "square mile", bordered by North, East, South and West Terraces; and that part of the Adelaide Parklands...

 of Adelaide

Adelaide

Adelaide is the capital city of South Australia and the fifth-largest city in Australia. Adelaide has an estimated population of more than 1.2 million...

, the capital of South Australia

South Australia

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. It runs between King William Street

King William Street, Adelaide

King William Street is the part of a major arterial road that traverses the CBD and centre of Adelaide . It was named by the Street Naming Committee on 23 May 1837 after King William IV, the then reigning monarch, who died within a month...

 and West Terrace

West Terrace, Adelaide

West Terrace is a street in Adelaide, South Australia. It is the western-most street of the Adelaide city centre. It ends at North Terrace and South Terrace, and connects to Port Road and Anzac Highway....

. The street was named after British parliamentarian and social reformist, Charles Hindley

Charles Hindley

Charles Hindley was a Member of Parliament for Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire from 1835 until his death in 1857....

.

Now known for its atmosphere and active nightlife

Nightlife

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, the street was one of the first built in Adelaide and thus of historical significance. The first newspaper in South Australia was printed in a premises on Hindley Street.

As well as housing the first meeting of Adelaide City Council, the oldest municipal body in Australia, Hindley Street was home to the first stone church in South Australia. In 1898 the first moving picture to be shown in South Australia was held at the Theatre Royal on Hindley Street.

In 2009, one Hindley Street's McDonalds' "restaurants" (not specified which) received global attention after it featured in a story on the US drudge report

Drudge Report

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as 'The world's dirtiest McDonalds', a story that was later picked up by media outlets world wide.