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Worth seeing in and around Penshurst

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
    Penshurst 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.

    400 m · mosque in Australia · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Mortdale Memorial Park

    Mortdale Memorial Park is a reserve located in the southern Sydney suburb of Mortdale. It contains a war memorial commemorating local people who served their country in time of war.

    900 m · park in southern Sydney suburb of Mortdale · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Oatley Park

    Oatley Park is a 112 acres reserve located on a promontory jutting into the Georges River in the southern Sydney suburb of Oatley. It is bounded by the Georges River, Lime Kiln Bay, and Jew Fish Bay.

    2.7 km · park in New South Wales, Australia · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Westfield Hurstville

    Westfield Hurstville is a shopping centre in the suburb of Hurstville in the St George area of Sydney, Australia.

    2 km · shopping mall in New South Wales, Australia · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Oatley Pleasure Grounds

    Oatley Pleasure Grounds is a bush park located in Oatley, New South Wales and it is located on Oatley Bay. The park is 3.4 hectares an sits within the Georges River Council.

    2.6 km · park in Australia · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Roselands Shopping Centre

    HomeCo. Roselands is a shopping centre in the suburb of Roselands in South Western Sydney, Australia.

    3.8 km · shopping mall in New South Wales, Australia · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Como railway bridge

    The Como railway bridge carries the Illawarra railway line across the Georges River between the Sydney suburbs of Oatley and Como.

    3.4 km · bridge in Como · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    Hurstville 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.

    1.6 km · sports ground in Sydney, Australia · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    Hurstville Central

    Hurstville Central is a shopping centre in the suburb of Hurstville in the St George area of Sydney, Australia. It is located above Hurstville railway station and features a Coles supermarket and around 39 speciality stores.

    1.8 km · shopping mall in New South Wales, Australia · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    Penshurst 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.

    800 m · historic site in New South Wales, Australia · Wikipedia

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Getting to Penshurst

Airports
Sydney Kingsford Smith (SYD), 9 km · Newcastle (NTL), 148 km
Stations
Allawah railway station, 2.9 km · Carlton railway station, 3.8 km · Hurstville railway station, 1.8 km · Oatley railway station, 1.6 km · Mortdale railway station, 500 m
  • Williamtown → Penshurst
    146 km · quickest by road, 3h 9m · A$22–30
  • Gold Coast → Penshurst
    700 km · quickest by air, 5h 3m · A$220–330
  • Melbourne → Penshurst
    698 km · quickest by air, 5h 5m · A$220–340
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Penshurst

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 Penshurst. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • 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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If you know how people move in Penshurst – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.

Around it

Next door to Penshurst

Penshurst is 16 km from Sydney, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

  • Hurstvillesuburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia1.9 km
  • Lakembasuburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia3.9 km
  • Mortdalesuburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia700 m
  • Hurstville Grovesuburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia1.9 km
  • Oatleysuburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia2.8 km
  • Peakhurstsuburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia2.5 km