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Berala

Berala is an inner suburb of Sydney, which connects the inner west, south west and western parts of Sydney in the state of New South Wales, Australia, located only 16 kilometres west of the central business district, in the local government area of Cumberland Council.

Berala
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The place

Berala is an inner suburb of Sydney, which connects the inner west, south west and western parts of Sydney in the state of New South Wales, Australia, located only 16 kilometres west of the central business district, in the local government area of Cumberland Council. Postcode: 2141, sharing it with Lidcombe.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Berala

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

  1. 01
    Auburn Gallipoli Mosque

    The Auburn Gallipoli Mosque is an Ottoman-style mosque in Auburn, a suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. More than 500 worshippers attend every day and around 2,000 worshippers attend the weekly special Friday prayer at the Auburn Gallipoli Mosque.

    1.2 km · mosque in Australia · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Rookwood Necropolis

    Rookwood Cemetery is a heritage-listed cemetery in Rookwood, Sydney, Australia. It is the largest necropolis in the Southern Hemisphere and is the world's largest remaining operating cemetery from the Victorian era.

    1.9 km · cemetery in Sydney, Australia · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Sydney Durga Temple

    The Sydney Shri Durga Temple, commonly known as Sydney Durga Temple, is a Hindu temple at 21–23 Rose Crescent, Regents Park, New South Wales 2143, in Sydney. The temple is run by the Shri Durgadevi Devasthanam, a non-profit religious organisation.

    1.3 km · Hindu temple in Sydney, Australia · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Melita Stadium

    Melita Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Sydney, Australia. It is mainly used for football and is the home ground for Parramatta FC team and the Parramatta Ladyhawks Women's Super League team.

    1.9 km · in Chester Hill, New South Wales, Australia · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Bankstown Reservoir

    Bankstown Reservoir is a heritage-protected water tower and a local landmark situated in the Sydney suburb of Bankstown, New South Wales, Australia. Located 22 kilometres west of Sydney CBD, the reservoir is elevated and was built on reinforced concrete piers, which is one of the oldest of this type that is still in use.

    3.5 km · Water tower in Bankstown, Sydney, NSW · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Crest Theatre, Granville

    Crest Theatre is a heritage-listed former cinema and ballroom and now community centre at 157 Blaxcell Street, Granville, New South Wales, a suburb of Sydney Australia. It was designed by Cowper and Murphy and Associates and built in 1948 by A. W. Edwards Pty Ltd.

    3.8 km · historic site in New South Wales, Australia · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Lidcombe Oval

    Lidcombe Oval is a playing field and velodrome in the Western Sydney suburb of Lidcombe and is part of Wyatt Park. It was first opened in 1933 with a completely flat track velodrome.

    2.2 km · playing field and velodrome in Western Sydney, Australia · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    McLeod Reserve

    McLeod Reserve is a park situated along the Hume Highway in Bankstown, New South Wales, Australia.

    3.7 km · park in Australia · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    Electricity Substation No. 167

    Electricity Substation No. 167 is a heritage-listed electrical substation at 93 Parramatta Road, Auburn, New South Wales, Australia.

    3.6 km · historic site in New South Wales, Australia · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    Potts Hill Reservoirs 1 and 2

    Potts Hill Reservoirs 1 and 2 are heritage-listed reservoirs at Cooper Road, Potts Hill, City of Canterbury-Bankstown, New South Wales, Australia. They were designed by Board of Water Supply and Sewerage and built from 1880.

    2.1 km · historic site in New South Wales, Australia · Wikipedia

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Go there

Getting to Berala

Airports
Sydney Kingsford Smith (SYD), 16 km · Newcastle (NTL), 141 km
Stations
Chester Hill railway station, 3 km · Auburn railway station, 2.8 km · Flemington railway station, 3.8 km · Lidcombe railway station, 1.8 km · Berala railway station, 400 m
  • Williamtown → Berala
    139 km · quickest by road, 2h 53m · A$21–28
  • Gold Coast → Berala
    692 km · quickest by air, 5h 21m · A$240–350
  • Melbourne → Berala
    701 km · quickest by air, 5h 23m · A$240–360
  • From anywhere
    The planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
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Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.

Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Berala

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Berala. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Get inIf you are travelling out from the city towards the southwest for a day trip you'll be moving against the peak, and can expect a quick run on the motorway.

From Wikivoyage: Sydney/South West, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    K'gari (formerly Fraser Island)AU

    8 ways of moving, 31 sources

    985 km
  2. 02
    Bruny IslandAU

    11 ways of moving, 24 sources

    1,097 km
  3. 03
    Kangaroo IslandAU

    9 ways of moving, 17 sources

    1,274 km
  4. 04
    Milford Sound / PiopiotahiNZ

    8 ways of moving, 32 sources

    1,880 km
  5. 05
    WakatobiID

    12 ways of moving, 17 sources

    4,254 km

If you know how people move in Berala – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.

Around it

Next door to Berala

Berala is 16 km from Sydney, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

  • Auburnsuburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia3 km
  • Lidcombesuburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia2.8 km
  • Regents Parksuburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia1.2 km
  • Birrongsuburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia1.7 km
  • Chester Hillsuburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia2.8 km
  • Rookwoodsuburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia2.4 km