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Marram HairHairdresserNew Lambton

A hairdresser New Lambton drives to on purpose: Kenrick Street, The Junction is 5.0 km from New Lambton by road, about seven minutes, and the chair at the end of it is one you chose.

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Kenrick Street, The Junction7 minutes from New Lambton by car

Seven minutes is a long way to go for a trim. It's a short way to go for the right colourist.

New Lambton started as a coal township around the New Lambton Colliery, became a municipality in 1889 and joined Greater Newcastle in 1938. Blackbutt Reserve covers its south-western corner, about 182 hectares of mostly bushland with more than 16 km of tracks, and the Newcastle International Sports Centre, home of Hunter Stadium, is here too. The art deco Savoy cinema is now the New Lambton Community Centre. It's a suburb of family weekends in the bush and at the football, and the hair we see from here wants to be easy on both.

Ponytail-proof cuts for Blackbutt walks: Layers placed so hair ties back cleanly for a loop of Blackbutt Reserve's tracks, then falls straight again once it's let down.
A Saturday blow-dry before the stadium: Chairs from 8am, so the blow-dry is long done before you head to Hunter Stadium at the Newcastle International Sports Centre.
Colour correction worth the 5 km: New Lambton clients who'd rather make one careful trip to Lena than fix the same colour twice: correction with her is $150 an hour.

A hairdresser New Lambton drives to for a reason

New Lambton has two shopping districts of its own, so if all you need is a quick tidy, you probably won't come to us, and that's fine. The New Lambton clients who do make the seven-minute drive usually want something specific: a colour fixed by someone who corrects colour every week, curls cut dry, or a Thursday-evening slot.

That honesty matters to us. A good hairdresser is one you go back to for years, and nobody does that on the strength of a short drive alone. They do it because the second appointment went as well as the first.

What New Lambton books

Colour correction is a large part of it. Box dye, a home toner that went green, a lightener that lifted unevenly: Lena sees it all, and she's frank about what one appointment can achieve. You'll find how we approach it on the hair colour page.

Grey blending is the other big one, for people who'd rather not be tied to a four-weekly root. And Mika's dry curly cuts bring in curls from well beyond The Junction. Cut options are on the women's haircut page, and every rate is on the prices page.

Nearby

Kotara clients have their own page, and so does Adamstown. The Newcastle hub has the rest. Ready to go? Ask for a time and we'll reply with the closest fit.

From New Lambton to the chair

Kenrick Street, The Junction.

Getting here: 5.0 km by road from New Lambton to our chair on Kenrick Street, which takes about seven minutes in the car.
Parking: Leave the car on a side street around The Junction and check its posted limit. A grey blend can take two and a half hours, so pick a street that allows for that.
By bus or on foot: Buses come into The Junction along Glebe Road, with stops at Junction Fair, and there's another on Union Street by St Joseph's Primary School. Plan it from New Lambton on Transport for NSW's trip planner, since timetables change.
You'll know it by: The Junction post office is on Kenrick Street, and so are we.

Sources: Distance and drive time from OSRM road routing, Kenrick Street to New Lambton's mapped centre, per the coordinator's table of 26 Oct 2026. Stop names from OpenStreetMap. Postcode, the colliery, 1889 and 1938 dates, Blackbutt Reserve's area and tracks, the sports centre and the Savoy from Wikipedia, New Lambton, New South Wales.

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Questions from New Lambton

How far is Marram Hair from New Lambton?

It's 5.0 km by road to Kenrick Street in The Junction, roughly a seven-minute drive. There are closer salons, and we'd say so; people come this far for a particular stylist.

Is there a hair salon New Lambton families can book on Saturday?

We're open Saturday 8am to 3pm. Early chairs go first, because they leave the rest of the day for sport, Blackbutt or the shops, so request one at the start of the week.

Can you blend grey instead of covering it?

Yes. Grey blending puts soft lights and lowlights through the grey so regrowth looks gentle. It takes about two and a half hours and starts at $150 with a graduate stylist, $180 with a senior.

Can a box dye be corrected?

Usually, but rarely in one go. Lena, our director stylist, assesses it at the consultation and charges $150 an hour. She'll tell you how many visits she expects before any lightener goes on.

Who cuts curly hair dry?

Mika, a senior stylist. She cuts each curl where it sits, so there are no surprises when it dries. The appointment is 75 minutes and $115.

Do new colour clients need a skin test?

Yes. Hair dye reactions are mostly to PPD and related dyes, and the colour makers instruct a five-minute skin test two days or more ahead of the appointment.