Leichhardt
Leichhardt is a suburb in the Inner West of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia.
Leichhardt is a suburb in the Inner West of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Leichhardt is located 5 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district (CBD) and is the administrative centre for the local government area (LGA) of the Inner West Council. The suburb is bordered by Haberfield to the west, Annandale to the east, Lilyfield to the north and Petersham, Lewisham and Stanmore to the south.
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Worth seeing in and around Leichhardt
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.
- 01University of Sydney
The University of Sydney is a public research university in Sydney, Australia. Founded in 1850, it is the oldest university in both Australia and Oceania.
3 km · Australian university founded in 1850 · Wikipedia - 02University of Technology Sydney
The University of Technology Sydney is a public research university located in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The university was founded in its current form in 1988, though its origins as a technical institution can be traced back to the 1870s.
4 km · university in Sydney, Australia · Wikipedia - 03ANZAC Bridge
The Anzac Bridge is an eight-lane cable-stayed bridge that carries the Western Distributor across Johnstons Bay between Pyrmont and Glebe Island, on the western fringe of the Sydney central business district, New South Wales, Australia. The bridge forms part of the road network leading from the central business district, the Sydney Harbour Bridge, and Cross City Tunnel to the Inner West and Northern Suburbs.
3.1 km · cable-stayed bridge in Sydney, Australia · Wikipedia - 04University of Sydney Library
The University of Sydney Library is the library system of the University of Sydney. It comprises eight library locations and seven study spaces across several campuses of the university.
3.1 km · library · Wikipedia - 05Victoria Park
Victoria Park is a 9-hectare urban park situated on the corner of Parramatta Road and City Road, Camperdown, in the City of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The park is located adjacent to The University of Sydney and the Broadway Shopping Centre.
3.3 km · park in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia · Wikipedia - 06Macleay Museum
The Macleay Museum at The University of Sydney, was a natural history museum located on the University's Camperdown campus, in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The museum was dissolved in 2016 and upon opening of the Chau Chak Wing Museum in 2020, its collections were amalgamated into it.
2.8 km · natural history museum in New South Wales, Australia · Wikipedia - 07Wentworth Park
Wentworth Park is a park near the suburbs of Glebe and Ultimo in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The park contains several multi-purpose sporting pitches, cricket nets and a number of fitness installations.
3.4 km · Australian park located in the suburb of Glebe, Sydney · Wikipedia - 08Snapper Island
Snapper Island is a 1.65-hectare island in Sydney Harbour, Australia. It lies in the main channel of the western section of the harbour, upstream of the Sydney Harbour Bridge, adjacent to the Sydney suburb of Drummoyne.
3.7 km · historic commonwealth heritage site in Drummoyne NSW · Wikipedia - 09Enmore Theatre
The Enmore Theatre is a theatre and entertainment venue in Enmore, New South Wales, Australia. It was built in 1908.
2.2 km · theatre and cinema in Enmore, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia · Wikipedia - 10Drummoyne Oval
Drummoyne Oval is a multi-use sports ground in the Sydney inner-west suburb of Drummoyne, New South Wales. The ground has been used for international women's cricket matches, domestic men's cricket matches and first grade rugby league as well as local Australian rules football and Rugby Union games.
3.8 km · Sports ground of Sydney, Australia · Wikipedia
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Getting to Leichhardt
- Airports
- Sydney Kingsford Smith (SYD), 7 km · Newcastle (NTL), 136 km
- Stations
- Redfern railway station, 3.9 km · Macdonaldtown railway station, 3 km · Blackwattle Bay, 3.1 km · Glebe Point, 2.6 km · Sydenham railway station, 3.5 km
- Williamtown → Leichhardt135 km · quickest by road, 2h 58m · A$21–28
- Gold Coast → Leichhardt80 km · quickest by road, 2h 3m · A$12–16
- Toowoomba → Leichhardt77 km · quickest by road, 1h 47m · A$10–14
- 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 Leichhardt
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 Leichhardt. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get in and get aroundSydney Ferries run a scenic route from Circular Quay in the city centre to the area via the inner harbour and the Parramatta River, stopping at various wharves along the way.
- Get in and get aroundFerries are the most convenient way to visit the waterfront suburbs of the Inner West.
- Go nextFor the visitor, the easiest way to cross into Greater Western Sydney includes by ferry further upriver (or use the train, or Parramatta Road) to reach Parramatta.
- Go nextEast - the ferry, train or bus will also take you back down-river to the city centre.
- Go nextApart from the regular passenger ferry that criss-crosses the river, an interesting way to cross the river by car is via the Mortlake-Putney cable ferry.
From Wikivoyage: Sydney/Inner West, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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Next door to Leichhardt
Leichhardt is 5 km from Sydney, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Ashfieldsuburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia2.8 km
- Newtownsuburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia2.6 km
- Marrickvillesuburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia3.1 km
- Chippendalesuburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia4 km
- Croydonsuburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia3.7 km
- Annandalesuburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia1.3 km