List of parks in Sydney
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Although Sydney developed organically after the arrival of the First Fleet, the city parks and open spaces were a part of early town planning to provide relief from the bustle and monotony of the city streets. Hyde Park is the oldest park in the city.
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Largest parks in Sydney metropolitan area
Ordinal | Park name | Area | Notes | |
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ha |
acres | |||
1 | Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park | 15,400 | 38,054 | |
2 | Royal National Park | 13,200 | 32,618 | |
3 | Western Sydney Parklands | 5,280 | 13,047 | |
4 | Heathcote National Park | 2,250 | 5,560 | |
5 | Garigal National Park | 2,200 | 5,436 | |
6 | Lane Cove National Park | 600 | 1,483 | |
7 | Sydney Harbour National Park | 411 | 1,016 | comprising ten smaller parks |
8 | Georges River National Park | 340 | 840 |
Largest parks in the City of Sydney area
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Ordinal | Park name | Area | Notes | |
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acres | |||
1 | Centennial Park | 189 | 467 | |
2 | Moore Park | 115 | 284 | |
3 | Sydney Park | 45 | 111 | |
4 | The Domain | 34 | 84 | |
5 | Royal Botanic Garden | 30 | 74 |
Parks and reserves
The following is an incomplete list of parks and reserves in Sydney:
- Alexandria Park
- Anderson Park, Neutral Bay
- Angophora Reserve
- Arthur McElhone Reserve
- Auburn Botanic Gardens
- Australian Botanic Garden Mount Annan
- Badangi Reserve
- Balfour Street Park
- Ballast Point
- Balls Head Reserve
- Barangaroo Reserve
- Beare Park
- Bede Spillane Gardens
- Belmore Park
- Ben Buckler Gun Battery
- Bents Basin State Conservation Area
- Berowra Valley Regional Park
- Berry Island Reserve
- Bicentennial Park
- Bicentennial Square
- Birchgrove Park
- Botany Bay National Park
- Bradley's Head
- Brenan Park
- Brightmore Reserve
- Burwood Park
- Carss Cottage
- Centenary Park
- Centennial Parklands
- Central Gardens Nature Reserve
- Chinese Garden of Friendship
- Cremorne Point Reserve
- Robertsons Point
- Chipping Norton Lake
- Cooks River/Castlereagh Ironbark ecological community
- The Domain
- Fagan Park
- Fairfield Park Precinct
- Ferndale Park
- First Fleet Park, The Rocks[3]
- Fred Hollows Reserve
- Frog Hollow Reserve, Surry Hills[4]
- Garawarra State Conservation Area
- Garigal National Park
- Garrison Point
- George Kendall Riverside Park
- Georges River National Park
- The Goods Line
- Green Park, Darlinghurst
- Harmony Park, Surry Hills[5]
- Heathcote National Park
- Hyde Park
- Iloura Reserve
- Jessie Street Gardens
- Joseph Banks Native Plants Reserve, Kareela
- Kellys Bush Park
- Koala Park Sanctuary
- Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park
- Lake Parramatta Reserve
- Lane Cove Bushland Park
- Lane Cove National Park
- Leacock Regional Park
- Lower Prospect Canal Reserve
- Macquarie Place Park
- Magdala Park
- McKell Park
- McLeod Reserve
- Moore Reserve
- Mortdale Memorial Park
- Neild Park
- Nielsen Park
- Nurragingy Reserve
- Oatley Park
- Oatley Pleasure Grounds
- Oatley Point Reserve
- Observatory Park, Sydney
- Oxford Falls Peace Park
- Paddington Reservoir
- Parramatta River Regional Park
- Penrith Lakes Regional Park
- Prince Alfred Park
- Prince Alfred Square
- Prospect Hill
- Prospect Nature Reserve
- Pyrmont Point Park
- Queen Elizabeth Park
- Redfern Park
- Rockdale Bicentennial Park
- Rofe Park
- Rosford Street Reserve
- Rouse Hill Regional Park
- Royal Botanical Garden
- Rushcutters Bay Park
- Smoothey Park
- St Leonards Park[6]
- St Thomas Rest Park
- Sydney Cove West Archaeological Precinct
- Sydney Harbour National Park
- Sydney Park
- Sydney Zoo
- Tania Park
- Taronga Zoo
- Terry Lamb Complex
- Victoria Park, Camperdown
- Wadim (Bill) Jegorow Reserve
- Wallumatta Nature Reserve
- Walter Burley Griffin Incinerator, Willoughby
- Waverley Cemetery
- Waverley Park
- Wentworth Park
- Western Sydney Parklands
- Wetherill Park Nature Reserve
- Wild Life Sydney
- William Howe Regional Park
- Wolli Creek Regional Park
- Wynyard Park, Sydney
- Yellomundee Regional Park
- Yurulbin Park
See also
References
- ^ Sydney's Hyde Park
- ^ NPWS website, Royal National Park Archived August 20, 2006, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "First Fleet Park". The Rocks. Government of New South Wales. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
- ^ "The history of Frog Hollow Reserve". Parks histories. City of Sydney. 27 March 2013. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
- ^ "The history of Harmony Park". Parks histories. City of Sydney. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
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External links
- Centennial Parklands
- Royal Botanic Gardens
- "Parks in the City of Sydney". City of Sydney.
- "Histories of parks in the City of Sydney". City of Sydney.