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Glenelg East

Glenelg East is a residential suburb 9 kilometres (5.6 mi) south-west of the centre of Adelaide, South Australia.

Glenelg East
Glenelg East · Wikimedia Commons
The place

Glenelg East is a residential suburb 9 kilometres (5.6 mi) south-west of the centre of Adelaide, South Australia. It is characterised by quarter-acre blocks with heritage homes and parks intermingled with contemporary modern homes and low-rise multi-dwelling units.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Glenelg East

6 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
    Westfield Marion

    Westfield Marion is the largest shopping centre in Adelaide, South Australia. Located in Oaklands Park, it is the eleventh largest shopping centre in Australia, with approximately 342 stores alongside anchor tenants including David Jones, Myer, Harris Scarfe, Target, Kmart, Big W, Woolworths, Coles, Event Cinemas, Aldi and Rebel Sport.

    4 km · shopping mall in Oaklands Park, Australia · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Luna Park Glenelg

    Luna Park Glenelg was an amusement park that operated at Glenelg, South Australia from 1930 until 1935. Plans for an amusement park at the seaside town were first raised in 1928, but not acted upon.

    1.3 km · Australian amusement park · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Moseley Square, Glenelg

    Moseley Square is a public square in the City of Holdfast Bay at Glenelg, and was named for Henry J. Moseley, the builder and first publican of the Pier Hotel, Glenelg. Located between Jetty Road and Glenelg Beach, the Square is the location of the Glenelg Town Hall, Glenelg Jetty, the Stamford Grand Hotel and various fast-food outlets.

    1.2 km · public square in Adelaide, Australia · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    The Beachouse

    The Beachouse is a family entertainment complex located on the foreshore at Glenelg in Adelaide, South Australia. The five-story complex also features a function room, The Function, Glenelg.

    1.3 km · amusement park in Adelaide, Australia · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Westminster School

    Westminster School is an independent, Uniting Church, Early Learning to Year 12, coeducational, day and boarding school located at Marion, South Australia, 12 km south of Adelaide. Founded as a Methodist day and boarding school for boys, the school was opened by the Prime Minister Robert Menzies in 1961 and is named after Westminster School in London.

    3.2 km · independent Uniting Church Early Learning to Year 12 coeducational day and boarding school located at Marion, South Australia · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Cummins House, Adelaide

    Cummins House is a historic house in Adelaide, situated at 19-23 Sheoak Avenue, Novar Gardens. It was listed on the South Australian Heritage Register on 24 July 1980.

    1.8 km · Australian historic house · Wikipedia

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Getting to Glenelg East

Airports
Adelaide (ADL), 4 km
Stations
Hove railway station, 2.9 km · Marion railway station, 3.1 km · Oaklands railway station, 3.1 km · Warradale railway station, 3 km · Brighton railway station, 4 km
  • Geelong/Melbourne → Glenelg East
    661 km · quickest by air, 5h 5m · A$220–330
  • Melbourne → Glenelg East
    656 km · quickest by air, 4h 50m · A$200–310
  • Sydney (Mascot) → Glenelg East
    1165 km · quickest by air, 4h 46m · A$210–320
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Not yet researched

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

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    Kangaroo IslandAU

    9 ways of moving, 17 sources

    143 km
  2. 02
    Bruny IslandAU

    11 ways of moving, 24 sources

    1,192 km
  3. 03
    K'gari (formerly Fraser Island)AU

    8 ways of moving, 31 sources

    1,773 km
  4. 04
    Milford Sound / PiopiotahiNZ

    8 ways of moving, 32 sources

    2,713 km
  5. 05
    WakatobiID

    12 ways of moving, 17 sources

    3,638 km

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Next door to Glenelg East

Glenelg East is 9 km from Adelaide, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.