Riverwood
Riverwood is a suburb in Southern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia.
Riverwood is a suburb in Southern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Riverwood is located 19 kilometres south of the Sydney central business district and is part of the St George area and is part of the Canterbury-Bankstown region. Riverwood is split between the local government areas of the Georges River Council and the City of Canterbury-Bankstown.
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Worth seeing in and around Riverwood
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.
- 01Georges River National Park
Georges River National Park is a protected Australian National Park, under the management of the NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service. The park falls in the regions of the Sutherland Shire Council and Canterbury-Bankstown Council.
3.8 km · National Park in New South Wales, Australia · Wikipedia - 02Al-Rasool Al-A'dham Mosque
The Al-Rasool Al-A'dham Mosque is a Shia Islam mosque located in Bankstown, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The mosque is supervised by Ayatollah Mohammad Hussein al-Ansari.
3.4 km · mosque in Australia · Wikipedia - 03Penshurst 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.
3.5 km · mosque in Australia · Wikipedia - 04Punchbowl Mosque
Punchbowl Mosque is a mosque located in the Sydney suburb of Punchbowl, in the state of New South Wales, Australia designed by Greek-Australian architect Angelo Candalepas. The building features a large central dome and 102 smaller concrete domes decorated with Islamic calligraphy depicting the 99 names of Allah.
2.6 km · mosque in Sydney, Australia · Wikipedia - 05Bankstown Oval
Bankstown Oval is a multi-purpose stadium located in Bankstown, a south-western suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It is currently used mostly for cricket matches and has been used by New South Wales, particularly for one day matches.
3.5 km · multi-purpose stadium in Sydney, Australia · Wikipedia - 06Mortdale 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.
3.3 km · park in southern Sydney suburb of Mortdale · Wikipedia - 07Oatley 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.
3.6 km · park in New South Wales, Australia · Wikipedia - 08Bankstown City Library and Information Service
Bankstown City Library and Information Service was a library service in Sydney. Bankstown situated in the south-west of Sydney, Australia.
4 km · library system in New South Wales · Wikipedia - 09Centro Bankstown
Bankstown Central is a shopping centre in the suburb of Bankstown in South Western Sydney.
3.9 km · shopping mall in New South Wales, Australia · Wikipedia - 10Roselands Shopping Centre
HomeCo. Roselands is a shopping centre in the suburb of Roselands in South Western Sydney, Australia.
2.4 km · shopping mall in New South Wales, Australia · Wikipedia
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Getting to Riverwood
- Airports
- Sydney Kingsford Smith (SYD), 12 km · Newcastle (NTL), 148 km
- Stations
- Mortdale railway station, 3.7 km · Bankstown railway station, 3.8 km · Beverly Hills railway station, 2.9 km · Padstow railway station, 1.6 km · Revesby railway station, 3.3 km
- Williamtown → Riverwood146 km · quickest by road, 3h 6m · A$22–29
- Gold Coast → Riverwood699 km · quickest by air, 5h 11m · A$230–340
- Melbourne → Riverwood697 km · quickest by air, 5h 13m · A$230–350
- 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 Riverwood
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 Riverwood. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- 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.
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Next door to Riverwood
Riverwood is 17 km from Sydney, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Bankstownsuburb of Sydney in New South Wales, Australia3.3 km
- Lakembasuburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia3.8 km
- Roselandslocality in New South Wales, Australia2.7 km
- Peakhurstsuburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia1.1 km
- Padstowsuburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia2.3 km
- Revesbylocality in New South Wales, Australia3.7 km