Payneham

Worth seeing in and around Payneham

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
   Adelaide Zoo

   Adelaide Zoo is a zoo in Adelaide, Australia. It is the country's second oldest zoo opening in 1883, and is operated on a non-profit basis.

   3.7 km · zoo in Australia · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Adelaide Botanic Garden

   The Adelaide Botanic Garden is a 51-hectare public garden at the north-east corner of the Adelaide city centre, in the Adelaide Park Lands. It lies on North Terrace and behind it the Botanic Park.

   3.4 km · botanical garden in Adelaide, South Australia · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Marden Sports Complex

   Marden Sports Complex is a multi-use stadium in Marden, South Australia. It is mainly used for soccer and is the home ground for National Premier League side Adelaide Blue Eagles.

   1.2 km · stadium in Marden, South Australia · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Norwood Oval

   Norwood Oval is a suburban oval in the western end of Norwood, an inner eastern suburb of Adelaide, South Australia. The Oval has a capacity of 10,000 people, with grandstand seating for up to 3,900.

   2.5 km · Multipurpose stadium near Adelaide, Australia · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Kensington Oval, Adelaide

   The Kensington Oval is located on 344 The Parade, Kensington, South Australia. Now used primarily for cricket in South Australia, the venue was once Adelaide's premier athletics facility and known as Olympic Sports Field.

   2.7 km · Cricket ground in the Kensington Park district of Adelaide, South Australia · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Ayers House

   Ayers House, formerly named Austral House, is the present-day name for a historic mansion on North Terrace, Adelaide, South Australia. It is named after Sir Henry Ayers, five times Premier of South Australia and wealthy industrialist, who occupied it from 1855 until 1897.

   3.9 km · house in Adelaide, South Australia · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Adelaide University

   Adelaide University is a public research university based in Adelaide, Australia. Founded in 2024 and officially opened on 29 January 2026, it merged the University of Adelaide, the third-oldest university in Australia, and the University of South Australia, which had an antecedent history dating back to 1856.

   4 km · public university in South Australia · Wikipedia
8. 08
   Rundle Park

   Rundle Park / Kadlitpina, also known as Park 13, is a part of the Adelaide Park Lands in Adelaide, South Australia. It was known as Rundle Park until its Kaurna name was assigned as part of the dual naming initiative by Adelaide City Council in 2003.

   3.6 km · park in South Australia, Australia · Wikipedia
9. 09
   Rymill Park

   Rymill Park / Murlawirrapurka, and numbered as Park 14, is a recreation park located in the East Park Lands of the South Australian capital of Adelaide. There is an artificial lake with rowboats for hire, a café, children's playground and rose garden, and the Adelaide Bowling Club is on the Dequetteville Terrace side.

   3.7 km · recreational park on the eastern fringe of Adelaide city centre, South Australia · Wikipedia
10. 10
    Santos Museum of Economic Botany

    The Museum of Economic Botany, formerly known as Santos Museum of Economic Botany, is a museum of economic botany located in the Adelaide Botanic Garden, Adelaide, Australia. Opened in 1881, the museum is the only remaining museum of its kind in Australia.

    3.5 km · museum in Australia · Wikipedia

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Getting to Payneham

Airports

Adelaide (ADL), 11 km

Stations

Klemzig Station, 1.4 km · Paradise Interchange, 3.8 km

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  657 km · quickest by air, 5h 21m · A$240–350
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  652 km · quickest by air, 5h 6m · A$220–330
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  1154 km · quickest by air, 5h 2m · A$230–350
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