Peliyagoda
Peliyagoda is a town in the Western Province of Sri Lanka, lying mostly on the north shore of the Kelani River.
Peliyagoda is a town in the Western Province of Sri Lanka, lying mostly on the north shore of the Kelani River. As of 2020 it had an estimated population of 28, 784. The Airport Expressway's entry point and the Toll Plaza starts from the Peliyagoda section of the highway.
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Worth seeing in and around Peliyagoda
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.
- 01Lotus Tower
The Lotus Tower, also known as the Colombo Lotus Tower, stands at a height of 351.5 meters in Colombo, Sri Lanka. It has become a symbolic landmark for the country.
5.3 km · Telecommunications tower in Colombo, Sri Lanka · Wikipedia - 02R. Premadasa Stadium
The R. Premadasa Cricket Stadium (Sinhala: ආර්. ප්රේමදාස ක්රීඩාංගනය, Tamil: ஆர்.
3.3 km · Cricket stadium in Sri Lanka · Wikipedia - 03Beira Lake
Beira Lake; Tamil: பேரே ஏரி, romanized: Pērē ēri ) is a man-made lake in the centre of the city of Colombo in Sri Lanka. The lake is surrounded by many large businesses in the city.
5.6 km · lake · Wikipedia - 04Sinhalese Sports Club Ground
The Sinhalese Sports Club Cricket Ground is one of the most famous cricket grounds in Sri Lanka, and the headquarters of Sri Lanka Cricket, the controlling body of cricket in Sri Lanka. The ground is sometimes described as "the Lord's of Sri Lanka", It hosts the most domestic finals and is an important international cricket venue.
6 km · cricket ground in Sri Lanka · Wikipedia - 05St. Anthony's Shrine, Kochchikade
St. Anthony's Shrine is a Catholic church in the Archdiocese of Colombo in Sri Lanka.
4.9 km · church in Colombo, Sri Lanka · Wikipedia - 06Viharamahadevi Park
Viharamahadevi Park is a 45 acre public park located in Cinnamon Gardens, in Colombo, situated in front of the colonial-era Town Hall in Sri Lanka. It was built by the British colonial administration and is the oldest and largest park of Colombo.
5.9 km · public park in Colombo, Sri Lanka · Wikipedia - 07Wolvendaal Church
Wolvendaal Church is located in Pettah, a neighbourhood of Colombo. It is one of the most important Dutch colonial-era buildings in Sri Lanka and is one of the oldest Protestant churches still in use in the country.
4.6 km · church building in Colombo District, Sri Lanka · Wikipedia - 08Kelaniya Raja Maha Vihara
The Kelaniya Raja Maha Vihara or Kelaniya Temple is a Buddhist temple in Kelaniya, Sri Lanka. It is located 11 km north-east of Colombo.
2.1 km · Temple in Sri Lanka · Wikipedia - 09Hamilton Canal
The Hamilton Canal is a 14.5 km canal in Sri Lanka, connecting Puttalam to Colombo via Negombo. The canal was constructed by the British in 1802 and completed in 1804.
4.6 km · canal in Sri Lanka · Wikipedia - 10Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu Stadium
Pakiasothy Saravanamuttu Stadium, also known as Colombo Oval or P. Sara Oval, or simply PSS is a multi-purpose stadium in Colombo, Sri Lanka. It is currently used mostly for cricket matches.
3.9 km · cricket stadium in Sri Lanka · Wikipedia
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Getting to Peliyagoda
- Airports
- Colombo Ratmalana (RML), 14 km · Bandaranaike International Colombo (CMB), 26 km
- Stations
- Fort Railway Station, 5.7 km · Maradana Railway Station, 4.5 km
- Jaffna → Peliyagoda301 km · quickest by air, 4h 59m · Rs17,080–26,500
- Thiruvananthapuram → Peliyagoda365 km · quickest by air, 5h 34m · ₹10,810–16,760
- Tiruchirappalli → Peliyagoda447 km · quickest by air, 5h 54m · ₹11,560–17,910
- 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 Peliyagoda
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 Peliyagoda. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inIt can also handle international charter flights.
- Get inYou can also take a tri-shaw aka tuk-tuk from the bus depot (get there by free airport shuttle bus), it takes a bit more than an hour and is Rs 2,500 (2024) from airport to Galle Road.
- Get inTake either the free airport shuttle to the bus station and then follow the road (Canada Friendship) to the Katunayaka South station (nearly 2 km, if you don't have luggage) otherwise just to take a tuk tuk right from the airport to the train station.
- Get aroundGetting around by Tri-shaw (Three wheeler, tuk-tuk) is most convenient.
- Get aroundBut it's best to hail a meter taxi (identified by the words "Meter Taxi" on its windshield) that is traveling in the direction that you need to go instead of hiring one from the parking area or the tuk-tuk stand.
From Wikivoyage: Colombo, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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Next door to Peliyagoda
Peliyagoda is 6 km from Colombo, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Colombolargest city and de facto capital of Sri Lanka5.1 km
- Kolonnawahuman settlement2.5 km
- Kelaniyasuburb in Western Province, Sri Lanka2.5 km
- Wattalasuburb in Gampaha District, Western Province, Sri Lanka4.1 km
- Battaramullasuburb of the city of Colombo, Sri Lanka5.8 km
- Pettahsuburb in Western Province, Sri Lanka5.7 km