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Chermside

Chermside is a suburb in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.

Chermside
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The place

Chermside is a suburb in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. The suburb is situated 9.8 kilometres (6.1 mi) by road north of the Brisbane CBD. It is home to a large Westfield shopping centre. In the 2021 census, Chermside had a population of 11,426 people.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Chermside

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
    Kalinga Park

    Kalinga Park is a heritage-listed park at 100 Bertha Street, Kalinga, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. The eastern section of the park borders neighbouring Clayfield.

    3.1 km · historic site in Queensland, Australia · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Nundah State School

    Nundah State School is a heritage-listed state school at 41 Bage Street, Nundah, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It was built from 1892 to 1955.

    3 km · historic site in Queensland, Australia · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Lutwyche Cemetery

    Lutwyche Cemetery is a cemetery located at Kedron, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It opened in 1878 and saw its first burial in the same year.

    2.2 km · Australian cemetery · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Westfield Chermside

    Westfield Chermside is a major indoor/outdoor shopping centre in the northern suburb of Chermside in Brisbane, Queensland.

    300 m · large shopping centre in Queensland, Australia · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Ian Healy Oval

    The Ian Healy Oval is a cricket ground at 128 Shaw Road, Wavell Heights in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, named after the former Australian international cricketer Ian Healy. Ian Healy Oval became eligible for first-class status with the scheduled Sheffield Shield fixture between Queensland and South Australia from 23–26 March 2021, which was abandoned without a ball bowled due to rain.

    2.6 km · cricket ground · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Wavell Heights Presbyterian Church

    Wavell Heights Presbyterian Church is a heritage-listed church at 64 Spence Road, Wavell Heights, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by James William Gibson and built in 1966.

    1.5 km · historic site in Queensland, Australia · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Kedron Lodge

    Kedron Lodge is a heritage-listed villa at 123 Nelson Street, Kalinga, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by architect Christopher Porter and was built from 1860 to the early 1900s by John Petrie.

    3 km · historic site in Queensland, Australia · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    Corpus Christi Church

    Corpus Christi Church is a heritage-listed Roman Catholic church at 65 Bage Street, Nundah, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by Hennessey, Hennessey, Keesing and Co and built from 1925 to 1926 by Stanley Samuel Carrick.

    3.1 km · heritage listed church in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    Brisbane City Council Tramways Substation No. 8

    Brisbane City Council Tramways Substation No. 8 is a heritage-listed electrical substation at 134 Kedron Park Road, Wooloowin, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.

    3.6 km · historic site in Queensland, Australia · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    First Free Settlers Monument

    First Free Settlers Monument is a heritage-listed memorial at Sandgate Road, Nundah, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It was built in 1938.

    3 km · historic site in Queensland, 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 Chermside

Airports
Brisbane (BNE), 8 km · Sunshine Coast (MCY), 88 km · Gold Coast (OOL), 99 km
Stations
Bindha railway station, 3.7 km · Eagle Junction railway station, 3.8 km · Northgate railway station, 3.5 km · Nundah railway station, 3.3 km · Toombul railway station, 3.6 km
  • Maroochydore → Chermside
    81 km · quickest by road, 1h 43m · A$11–15
  • Gold Coast → Chermside
    79 km · quickest by road, 1h 47m · A$10–14
  • Toowoomba → Chermside
    108 km · quickest by road, 2h 43m · A$16–21
  • 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 Chermside

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 Chermside. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Get aroundTranslink is responsible for all trains, buses, ferries and trams in South East Queensland and regional urban buses.
  • Get aroundBuses and ferries have validators to touch as you board and alight.
  • Get aroundFerries have become an icon of the city and are a fantastic way to tour Brisbane.
  • Get aroundBrisbane River ferries – Brisbane City Council operates an extensive network of ferries that traverse the Brisbane River.
  • Get aroundThe routes include: F1 Northshore Hamilton–UQ St Lucia (all stops service) F11 Apollo Road–Riverside (express service, peak hour only) F12 West End–QUT Gardens Point (express service, peak hour only) F21 Bulimba–Teneriffe (cross river service) F22 Sydney Street–Dockside (cross river service) F23 Riverside–Holman Street (cross river service) F24 Maritime Museum–QUT Gardens Point (cross river service) Moreton Island ferries – Passenger ferries operate from Holt Street Wharf in Pinkenba to Tangalooma on Moreton Island.

From Wikivoyage: Brisbane, 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

    242 km
  2. 02
    Kangaroo IslandAU

    9 ways of moving, 17 sources

    1,758 km
  3. 03
    Bruny IslandAU

    11 ways of moving, 24 sources

    1,844 km
  4. 04
    Milford Sound / PiopiotahiNZ

    8 ways of moving, 32 sources

    2,335 km
  5. 05
    WakatobiID

    12 ways of moving, 17 sources

    3,965 km

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

Around it

Next door to Chermside

Chermside is 9 km from Brisbane, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

  • Taigumsuburb of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia3.9 km
  • Chermside Westsuburb of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia2.3 km
  • Gordon Parksuburb of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia3.8 km
  • Stafford Heightssuburb of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia2.8 km
  • Wavell Heightssuburb of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia1.6 km
  • Wooloowinsuburb of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia4 km