Campbelltown

Worth seeing in and around Campbelltown

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
   Campbelltown Stadium

   Campbelltown Sports Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Leumeah, a suburb in the Macarthur region of South Western Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, owned by Campbelltown City Council. Formerly known as Orana Park and Campbelltown Sports Ground, it is currently the home ground of the Western Suburbs Magpies, Wests Tigers and Macarthur Bulls FC. The stadium has a nominal capacity of 17,500, with a recorded highest crowd figure of 20,527 for a game between Wests Tigers and North Queensland Cowboys in the 2005 NRL season.

   2.4 km · sports ground used most often for Rugby League matches · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Mount Annan Botanic Garden

   The Australian Botanic Garden Mount Annan is a 416-hectare botanical garden located in a hilly area of the South Western Sydney suburb of Mount Annan, between Campbelltown and Camden, New South Wales. It is the largest botanical garden in Australia, specializing in native plants, with a collection of over 4000 species.

   4.6 km · botanical garden · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Macarthur Square

   Macarthur Square is a large indoor/outdoor shopping centre located in the south western Sydney suburb of Campbelltown, New South Wales, Australia. It was developed by Lendlease and GPT Group, opening on 10 September 1979.

   1.9 km · shopping mall in Campbelltown, New South Wales · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Menangle Park railway station

   Menangle Park railway station is located on the Main Southern line in New South Wales, Australia. It serves the town of Menangle Park, opening on 26 September 1937.

   7.8 km · Menangle Park, New South Wales, Australia · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Glenalvon House

   Glenalvon House is a heritage-listed homestead located at 8 Lithgow Street, Campbelltown, New South Wales, a suburb of Sydney, Australia. It was designed and built in 1841 by Michael Byrne.

   200 m · historic site in New South Wales, Australia · Wikipedia
6. 06
   UWS Rotary Observatory

   Campbelltown Rotary Observatory in Campbelltown, New South Wales, Australia, was opened in 2000 and is owned by Western Sydney University. It consists of twin domes of 4.5m and 2.9m diameter.

   1.6 km · observatory in New South Wales, Australia · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Studley Park

   Studley Park is a heritage-listed former defence establishment, grammar school and private residence and now clubhouse and golf course located at Camden Valley Way in the south-western Sydney suburb of Narellan in the Camden Council local government area of New South Wales, Australia. It was designed by A. L. & G. McCredie and built from 1888 to 1889.

   8.2 km · heritage-listed building in Narellan, New South Wales, Australia · Wikipedia
8. 08
   Menangle Railway Bridge

   The Nepean River railway bridge is a heritage-listed railway bridge that carries the Main Southern railway line across Menangle Road and the Nepean River located at the outer south-western Sydney settlement of Menangle in the Wollondilly Shire local government area of New South Wales, Australia. It was designed by John Whitton as the Engineer-in-Chief, of the New South Wales Government Railways and NSW Department of Public Works.

   8.8 km · bridge in New South Wales, Australia · Wikipedia
9. 09
   Camden Park Estate

   The Camden Park Estate incorporating the Belgenny Farm is a heritage-listed large working historical farm located at Elizabeth Macarthur Avenue, in the outer south-western Sydney suburb of Camden South, New South Wales, Australia. It was designed by Henry Kitchen in c. 1800, John Verge in c. 1835 and A. J. Onslow in c. 1888 and built from 1819 to 1840 by John Macarthur in c. 1800, James English and Sons in c. 1888 and John Sulman c. 1895.

   9.2 km · heritage-listed large working historical farm located in Camden, Sydney, Australia · Wikipedia
10. 10
    Dredges Cottage

    Dredges Cottage is a heritage-listed former cottage and now office located at 303 Queen Street, Campbelltown, New South Wales, an outer suburb of Sydney, Australia. The property is owned by Campbelltown City Council.

    700 m · historic site in New South Wales, Australia · Wikipedia

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What Wikivoyage says to see

1. 01
   Chipping Norton Lake

   Sydney's largest undammed artificial lake, Chipping Norton Lake is surrounded by beautiful parks, picnic facilities and play equipment.

2. 02
   Fairfield City Museum & Gallery

   It showcases the diverse ethnic heritage of Fairfield City with an all-embracing program of exhibitions and activities catering for the community.

3. 03
   Lions Lookout

   A park near Elizabeth Drive in Mount Pritchard that provides panoramic views of Sydney.

From Wikivoyage: Campbelltown, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Things to do

Campsie Food Festival The Cabramatta Moon Festival is held every year on the weekend of the spring equinox (generally in September), during which the suburb welcomes over 90,000 visitors and celebrates with moon cakes, lion dances and fireworks. Fairfield Showground – A multi-purpose venue popular for multicultural festivals, horse racing, carnivals, markets and club meets attracting as many as 20,000 people.

From Wikivoyage: Campbelltown, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Where to eat

The southwest of Sydney is home to a great many multicultural restaurants and while cheaper and generally better than those in the city, they can get equally busy during the weekends.

1. 01
   Albee's Kitchen

   It used to be a total hole-in-the-wall restaurant that wouldn't have looked out of place in Malaysia, but has been renovated and expanded.

2. 02
   Se Jong Korean BBQ Buffet

   An all-you-can-eat Korean BBQ restaurant, with quite a wide selection of food.

3. 03
   Dong Ba

   Serves Bun Bo Hue, a spicy noodle soup, which is a change from the beef pho more commonly found all around Sydney.

4. 04
   Pho Tau Bay

   One of the best pho to be found in Sydney.

5. 05
   Tan Viet Noodle House

   Crispy chicken, served with noodles or tomato rice.

From Wikivoyage: Campbelltown, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Getting to Campbelltown

Airports

Sydney Kingsford Smith (SYD), 36 km · Newcastle (NTL), 170 km

Stations

Macarthur railway station, 1.9 km · Campbelltown railway station, 400 m · Ingleburn railway station, 8.9 km · Leumeah railway station, 2.2 km · Minto railway station, 5 km

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  169 km · quickest by road, 3h 30m · A$26–35
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  672 km · quickest by air, 6h 20m · A$280–410
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• Gold Coast → Campbelltown

  719 km · quickest by air, 6h 18m · A$280–400
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