Lakemba
Lakemba is a suburb in Western Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia.
Lakemba is a suburb in Western Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Lakemba is located 12 kilometres south west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Canterbury-Bankstown.
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Worth seeing in and around Lakemba
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.
- 01Lakemba Mosque
The Lakemba Mosque, also known as the Masjid Ali Bin Abi Talib and officially the Imam Ali bin Abi Taleb Mosque, is a Sunni Islam mosque, located at 71-75 Wangee Road, Lakemba, in suburban Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It is Australia's largest mosque.
2.4 km · mosque in Australia · Wikipedia - 02Penshurst Mosque
The Penshurst Mosque is a mosque in the southern Sydney suburb of Penshurst, in the St George area. The mosque is supervised by the Australian Islamic Society of Bosnia and Herzegovina Inc.
3.5 km · mosque in Australia · Wikipedia - 03Punchbowl Mosque
Punchbowl Mosque is a mosque located in the Sydney suburb of Punchbowl, in the state of New South Wales, Australia designed by Greek-Australian architect Angelo Candalepas. The building features a large central dome and 102 smaller concrete domes decorated with Islamic calligraphy depicting the 99 names of Allah.
2.6 km · mosque in Sydney, Australia · Wikipedia - 04Canterbury Park Racecourse
Canterbury Park Racecourse is a racecourse for horse racing in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It is located 11 km from the Sydney Central Business District, in King Street in the suburb of Canterbury, adjacent to Canterbury railway station.
3.9 km · racecourse for horse racing in Sydney · Wikipedia - 05Bethungra
Bethungra is a large stone house in Sydney, Australia. It is heritage-listed, and was at one time used as a convent, but now a private residence.
3.4 km · historic site in New South Wales, Australia · Wikipedia - 06Old Sugarmill
The Old Sugarmill is a heritage-listed former sugar mill and now apartments at Sugar House Road, Canterbury in the City of Canterbury-Bankstown local government area of New South Wales, Australia. It was designed by Woodhouse Danks and built from 1839 to 1841.
3.9 km · historic site in New South Wales, Australia · Wikipedia - 07Roselands Shopping Centre
HomeCo. Roselands is a shopping centre in the suburb of Roselands in South Western Sydney, Australia.
1.5 km · shopping mall in New South Wales, Australia · Wikipedia - 08Hurstville Oval
Hurstville Oval is a multi-use sporting ground, located in the suburb of Hurstville, in Sydney's southern suburbs. Since its opening, it has held various sports at the venue – including Cricket, Rugby League, Cycling and Football.
3.5 km · sports ground in Sydney, Australia · Wikipedia - 09Penshurst Reservoirs
The Penshurst Reservoirs are heritage-listed reservoirs located at Laycock Road, Penshurst in the Georges River Council local government area of New South Wales, Australia. They were designed and built during 1895 by the NSW Public Works Department.
4 km · historic site in New South Wales, Australia · Wikipedia - 10West Maling
West Maling is a heritage-listed former residence and now ecclesiastical centre and administration building located at 663–665 King Georges Road, Penshurst, Georges River Council, New South Wales, Australia. Its design is attributed to Richard Norman Shaw who is likely to have influenced its design, and built by Charles Halstead the supervising architect.
3.9 km · historic site in New South Wales, Australia · Wikipedia
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Getting to Lakemba
- Airports
- Sydney Kingsford Smith (SYD), 9 km · Newcastle (NTL), 144 km
- Stations
- Penshurst railway station, 3.9 km · Bexley North railway station, 2.7 km · Campsie railway station, 2.9 km · Canterbury railway station, 3.8 km · Beverly Hills railway station, 1.9 km
- Williamtown → Lakemba142 km · quickest by road, 3h · A$22–29
- Gold Coast → Lakemba695 km · quickest by air, 5h 5m · A$220–340
- Melbourne → Lakemba700 km · quickest by air, 5h 7m · A$230–340
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Lakemba
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 Lakemba. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- 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.
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Next door to Lakemba
Lakemba is 13 km from Sydney, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Penshurstsuburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia3.9 km
- Canterburysuburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia3.5 km
- Belfieldsuburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia3.7 km
- Roselandslocality in New South Wales, Australia1.2 km
- Peakhurstsuburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia3.7 km
- Campsiesuburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia3.6 km