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Brighton-Le-Sands

Brighton Le Sands, is a suburb of Sydney in the state of New South Wales, Australia.

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The place

Brighton Le Sands, is a suburb of Sydney in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Situated 13 kilometres south of the Sydney central business district & just 5 km from Sydney's international airport, it fronts the western shore of Botany Bay. B-le-S is in the local government ward of the Bayside Council and is part of the St George district.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Brighton-Le-Sands

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
    Al-Zahra Mosque

    The Al Zahra Mosque, more commonly known as the Al Zahra Mosque, is a Twelver Shi'ite mosque located in Arncliffe, a suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Established in 1980, it is Australia's first and largest Shia mosque and also one of the Australia's largest mosques.

    3 km · mosque in Australia · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Jubilee Oval

    Jubilee Stadium is a stadium located in Carlton, a suburb of the St. George region of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia..

    2.9 km · Stadium in Carlton, Sydney, Australia · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Alexandra Canal

    The Alexandra Canal, a tributary of the Cooks River, is a heritage-listed artificial waterway in southern Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Alexandra Canal was named after Princess Alexandra, who married Edward, Prince of Wales in 1863.

    2.9 km · canal in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Lady Robinsons Beach

    Lady Robinsons Beach is the stretch of beach between the mouth of the Cooks River and the mouth of Georges River on the western shore of Botany Bay in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Originally known as Seven Mile Beach, it was renamed after the wife of the then Governor, Sir Hercules Robinson.

    1.9 km · beach in Sydney, Australia · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Timber Slab Cottage, Tempe

    Timber Slab Cottage is a heritage-listed residence at 44 Barden Street, Tempe, Inner West Council, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It was built from 1840 to 1850.

    3.8 km · historic site in New South Wales, Australia · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Bicentennial Park South

    Bicentennial Park South, currently known as Rockdale Ilinden Sports Centre, is a soccer stadium in Rockdale, a suburb of Sydney in New South Wales, Australia. The venue is owned by Bayside Council and is currently leased and operated by the Rockdale Ilinden Football Club who compete in various local competitions, along with the top tier of men's football in the state, the National Premier Leagues NSW. The stadium was an open field prior to a redevelopment which began in October 2008 and completed with an official opening in December 2009.

    1.3 km · football stadium in Rockdale, Australia · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Sewage Pumping Station 38

    Sewage Pumping Station 38 is a heritage-listed sewerage pumping station located on General Holmes Drive, in the Sydney suburb of Mascot, in the Bayside Council local government area of New South Wales, Australia. It was designed and built by the Metropolitan Water Sewerage and Drainage Board.

    3.3 km · heritage listed sewage pumping station at Mascot, New South Wales, Australia · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    Wolli Creek Sewer Aqueduct

    The Wolli Creek Aqueduct is a heritage-listed sewage aqueduct located at Unwin Street, Earlwood, City of Canterbury-Bankstown, New South Wales, Australia. The Wolli Creek Aqueduct crosses Wolli Creek to Thompson Street, Turella.

    3.5 km · sewerage aqueduct in Undercliffe, New South Wales, Australia · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    Endeavour Bridge

    The Endeavour Bridge is a road bridge that carries the General Holmes Drive across the Cooks River, from Mascot to Kyeemagh in the Bayside Council local government area in southern Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The bridge is located adjacent to the river mouth, where the Cooks River empties into Botany Bay.

    1.7 km · bridge in Australia · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    St George Stadium

    Barton Park Sports Complex was a soccer stadium in Banksia, New South Wales, Australia.

    1.3 km · Soccer stadium 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.

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Getting to Brighton-Le-Sands

Airports
Sydney Kingsford Smith (SYD), 2 km · Newcastle (NTL), 144 km
Stations
Sydney Airport, 2.1 km · Wolli Creek railway station, 3.4 km · Carlton railway station, 3.2 km · Kogarah railway station, 2.3 km · Arncliffe railway station, 2.7 km
  • Williamtown → Brighton-Le-Sands
    143 km · quickest by road, 3h 9m · A$22–29
  • Gold Coast → Brighton-Le-Sands
    697 km · quickest by air, 4h 53m · A$210–310
  • Melbourne → Brighton-Le-Sands
    703 km · quickest by air, 4h 55m · A$210–310
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Brighton-Le-Sands

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 Brighton-Le-Sands. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Get inOn cruise days there is a ferry operating to Darling Harbour, as well as taxis and transfer services organised by the cruise companies (usually to the city and airport).
  • Get aroundThe public transport system consists of train, metro, light rail, ferry, and bus services, and can get you virtually anywhere in the city as well as the outer regions.
  • Get aroundThe sign "T" in orange means train, "M" in teal means metro, "L" in red means light rail, "F" in green means ferry, "B" in blue means bus, and "C" in purple means coach.
  • Get aroundSome ferries and buses have disabled access.
  • Get aroundThe fare system covers all train, metro, light rail, ferry and bus services in Sydney, Newcastle, Wollongong and the surrounding regions.

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

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Around it

Next door to Brighton-Le-Sands

Brighton-Le-Sands is 11 km from Sydney, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

  • Arncliffesuburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia2.4 km
  • Montereysuburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia1.7 km
  • Bexleysuburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia2.9 km
  • Kogarahsuburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia2.2 km
  • Rockdalesuburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia1.3 km
  • Allawahsuburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia4 km