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Marram HairHairdresserHamilton

Looking for a hairdresser Hamilton can get to between work and home? Kenrick Street is 2.7 km from the middle of the suburb, about five minutes in the car, and on Thursdays we keep the chairs going until 8pm.

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Kenrick Street, The Junction5 minutes from Hamilton by car

Hamilton has its own street of cafes and shops. What it sends us is the appointment that needs three hours, or one particular pair of hands.

Hamilton grew up around a coal shaft finished in 1849, known as the Borehole, and became a municipality in 1871. From 1947, families from Lettopalena in Italy settled in Islington and then Hamilton, and Beaumont Street became the centre of Newcastle's Italian community; the Kent Hotel has stood on it since 1924. Hamilton station sits on both the Hunter Line and the line to Sydney, so plenty of Hamilton hair spends the week on a train or at a desk, and gets booked around that.

Thursday colour off the train: Step off at Hamilton station after work and you can still start a 6pm root colour, because Thursday runs until 8.
Precision cuts for Beaumont Street: A blunt bob or a sharp line from Lena, our director stylist, cut to hold its edge through a week of lunches on Beaumont Street.
A men's cut before Saturday lunch: Thirty minutes with Tom from $45, early enough on a Saturday to be back in Hamilton before the Kent fills up.

A hairdresser Hamilton can reach in five minutes

Hamilton has a shopping street most suburbs would envy, and plenty of people never leave it for a trim. The Hamilton clients we see make the 2.7 km trip because they want a particular stylist, or a time slot their week actually allows.

Mostly that comes down to three things. Mika cuts curly hair dry, one curl at a time, and people with curls tend to travel for that. Lena does precision cuts and colour correction, the work people put off until they find someone they trust with it. And Thursday until 8pm catches anyone who works in the city or rides the train home through Hamilton station.

What Hamilton books with us

Root colour every five or six weeks is the steady booking, usually with a cut every second visit. The hair colour page explains how we match a root to the lengths so the line doesn't show as it grows. Precision cuts, bobs and curly cuts are on the women's haircut page, and the full price list sets out graduate, senior and director rates side by side.

New to colour here? The colour makers ask for a skin test at least 48 hours ahead. It takes five minutes, so drop in for it on a day you're passing The Junction anyway.

A colour with a cut can take three hours, so on a Thursday evening aim for a 5pm or 6pm start.

Closer than you'd think

Further south? Try the Adamstown page, or see all the suburbs on our hair salon Newcastle page. When you know what you want, send a booking request and we'll confirm a time.

From Hamilton to the chair

Kenrick Street, The Junction.

Getting here: 2.7 km by road from the centre of Hamilton to Kenrick Street, The Junction. Most people drive it in about five minutes.
Parking: Park on a street near the village and read the sign before you walk off. Limits differ from one street to the next, and a balayage can outlast a short one.
By bus or on foot: We don't quote routes, because they change, so plan the trip from Hamilton in the Transport for NSW trip planner. The closest stops are on Union Street, facing St Joseph's Primary School, and on Glebe Road at Junction Fair.
You'll know it by: Find The Junction post office on Kenrick Street and you're on our block of the village.

Sources: Drive time and distance by OSRM road routing, Kenrick Street to Hamilton's mapped centre, as listed in the round 2 brief, 26 Oct 2026. Bus stops as named on OpenStreetMap. Postcode, the Borehole, the 1947 Lettopalena settlers, the Kent Hotel and Hamilton station from Wikipedia, Hamilton, New South Wales.

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Questions from Hamilton

How far is the salon from Hamilton?

From the centre of Hamilton to our Kenrick Street door is 2.7 km by road. Allow about five minutes in the car.

Is there a hair salon Hamilton people can book after work?

Yes. We're open until 8pm on Thursdays, so you can finish work, get off the train at Hamilton and still sit down for a cut or a root colour. Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday close at 5:30pm.

Who cuts curly hair near Hamilton?

Mika, one of our senior stylists. She cuts curls dry so she can see where each one falls before she takes any length. It takes 75 minutes and costs $115 with her.

What does a root colour cost?

Root colour runs about 90 minutes: $95 graduate, $110 senior, $130 director. We set the price at the consultation, before a single bowl is mixed.

Do you do men's cuts and fades for Hamilton?

Tom, our graduate stylist, does men's cuts and fades. Half an hour with him is $45, or $55 and $65 if you'd rather a senior or director.

Can you fix a home colour that went wrong?

Lena, our director stylist, does colour correction at $150 an hour. She looks at the hair first, tells you how many sessions it's likely to take, and gives you the number before anything starts.