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Macleod

MacLeod, McLeod and Macleod are surnames in the English language.

Macleod
Macleod · Chris Woodrich
The place

MacLeod, McLeod and Macleod are surnames in the English language. The names are anglicised forms of the Scottish Gaelic MacLeòid, meaning "son of Leòd", derived from the Old Norse Liótr.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Macleod

9 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
    La Trobe University

    La Trobe University is a public research university based in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Its main campus is located in the suburb of Bundoora.

    2.2 km · university in Victoria, Australia · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Mount Cooper

    Mount Cooper is located within Bundoora Park, a large public park, in the Melbourne suburb of Bundoora, and peaks at 137 meters above sea level. Mount Cooper is accessible by car via Mount Cooper Scenic Drive.

    3.3 km · mountain in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Warrawee Park

    Warrawee Park is an Australian rules football and cricket venue located in the Melbourne suburb of Oakleigh. The name also refers to the wider public park in which the oval is located.

    3 km · park in Australia · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Bundoora Park Homestead

    The Bundoora Park Homestead, also called the Bundoora Homestead and the Bundoora Homestead Art Centre, is a former homestead, a former repatriation hospital, and now contemporary arts centre, located at 7–27 Snake Gully Drive in Bundoora, in the City of Darebin, in the northern suburbs of Melbourne, in Victoria, Australia. The site operated as a homestead between 1900 and 1920; and then as a repatriation hospital from 1920 to 1993.

    2.8 km · Heritage-listed house in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    The Home of the Matildas

    The Home of the Matildas is an association football stadium in Bundoora, Melbourne, Australia. It was intended to be the home base of the Australia women's national soccer team, and is the home of Melbourne Victory in the A-League Women, Melbourne Victory FC Youth in the National Premier Leagues Victoria, and the Melbourne Victory Afghan Women's Team in the Women's State League 2 South-East in 2024.

    2.7 km · Melbourne soccer stadium · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    La Trobe Institute for Molecular Science

    The La Trobe Institute for Molecular Science is an Australian institute based at La Trobe University in Melbourne. It contains research groups in life sciences, physical sciences, and applied sciences and teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in these areas through the School of Molecular Sciences.

    2.3 km · Australian research institute based at La Trobe University · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Banyule

    The Banyule Homestead, more commonly known as Banyule, is a heritage-listed homestead located at 60 Buckingham Drive, Heidelberg, in the northern suburbs of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Built in 1846 on the traditional lands of the Wurundjeri people, the homestead was added to the Victorian Heritage Register on 9 October 1974 in recognition of its historical and architectural significance; and was also added to the non-statutory and now defunct Register of the National Estate on 21 March 1978, and a non-statutory local government list on an unknown date.

    2.9 km · heritage-listed homestead in Heidelberg, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    Rosanna Parklands

    The Elliston Estate, or more simply, Elliston, is a garden suburb real estate subdivision located in Rosanna, in the City of Banyule, in the northern suburbs of Melbourne, in Victoria, Australia. The estate comprises houses, streets, and parks located on Bachli, Cremin, and Ferrier Courts; Von Nida Crescent; Finlayson Street; and Lower Plenty Road, in Rosanna.

    2.3 km · park in Victoria, Australia · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    Saint John's Anglican Church, Heidelberg

    The St John's Anglican Church is a heritage-listed Anglican church, located at 1 Burgundy Street, in Heidelberg, in the City of Banyule, in the northern suburbs of Melbourne, in Victoria, Australia. Built in 1851 on the traditional lands of the Wurundjeri people, the church was added to the Victorian Heritage Register on 18 June 2026 in recognition of its historical and architectural significance; and was also added to the non-statutory and now defunct Register of the National Estate on 21 March 1978, and by the City of Banyule to a non-statutory local government list on an unknown date.

    3.7 km · heritage-listed church in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · Wikipedia

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Getting to Macleod

Airports
Melbourne (MEL), 21 km · Melbourne Avalon (AVV), 64 km
Stations
Greensborough, 3.7 km
  • Geelong/Melbourne → Macleod
    14 km · quickest by road, 41 min · A$2–3
  • Hobart (Cambridge) → Macleod
    605 km · quickest by air, 4h 48m · A$200–310
  • Adelaide → Macleod
    658 km · quickest by air, 5h 5m · A$220–330
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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 Macleod. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Go nextMelbourne is fairly centrally located on the coast of Victoria, and there are many natural and man-made attractions that make for a nice day trip.

From Wikivoyage: Melbourne, 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
    Bruny IslandAU

    11 ways of moving, 24 sources

    648 km
  2. 02
    Kangaroo IslandAU

    9 ways of moving, 17 sources

    731 km
  3. 03
    K'gari (formerly Fraser Island)AU

    8 ways of moving, 31 sources

    1,586 km
  4. 04
    Milford Sound / PiopiotahiNZ

    8 ways of moving, 32 sources

    2,054 km
  5. 05
    WakatobiID

    12 ways of moving, 17 sources

    4,210 km

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Around it

Next door to Macleod

Macleod is 14 km from Melbourne, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

  • Heidelbergsuburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia3.2 km
  • Rosannasuburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia1.6 km
  • Kingsburysuburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia3.5 km
  • Bundoorasuburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia3.2 km
  • Watsoniasuburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia1.9 km
  • Heidelberg Westsuburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia3.3 km