Stanmore

Worth seeing in and around Stanmore

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
   University of Sydney

   The University of Sydney is a public research university in Sydney, Australia. Founded in 1850, it is the oldest university in both Australia and Oceania.

   2.5 km · Australian university founded in 1850 · Wikipedia
2. 02
   University of Technology Sydney

   The University of Technology Sydney is a public research university located in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The university was founded in its current form in 1988, though its origins as a technical institution can be traced back to the 1870s.

   3.6 km · university in Sydney, Australia · Wikipedia
3. 03
   ANZAC Bridge

   The Anzac Bridge is an eight-lane cable-stayed bridge that carries the Western Distributor across Johnstons Bay between Pyrmont and Glebe Island, on the western fringe of the Sydney central business district, New South Wales, Australia. The bridge forms part of the road network leading from the central business district, the Sydney Harbour Bridge, and Cross City Tunnel to the Inner West and Northern Suburbs.

   3.4 km · cable-stayed bridge in Sydney, Australia · Wikipedia
4. 04
   University of Sydney Library

   The University of Sydney Library is the library system of the University of Sydney. It comprises eight library locations and seven study spaces across several campuses of the university.

   2.5 km · library · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Railway Square

   Railway Square is a public space and locality at the southern end of the Sydney central business district, New South Wales, Australia, formed by the confluence of George Street, Lee Street, Quay Street and Pitt Street. The square is named for its proximity to the railway at Central Station, Sydney's and Australia's largest and busiest station.

   3.9 km · square in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Dr Chau Chak Wing Building

   The Dr Chau Chak Wing Building is a business school building of the University of Technology Sydney, Australia. It is the first building in Australia designed by Canadian American architect Frank Gehry.

   3.7 km · University of Technology Sydney building · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Victoria Park

   Victoria Park is a 9-hectare urban park situated on the corner of Parramatta Road and City Road, Camperdown, in the City of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The park is located adjacent to The University of Sydney and the Broadway Shopping Centre.

   2.8 km · park in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia · Wikipedia
8. 08
   Wentworth Park

   Wentworth Park is a park near the suburbs of Glebe and Ultimo in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The park contains several multi-purpose sporting pitches, cricket nets and a number of fitness installations.

   3.3 km · Australian park located in the suburb of Glebe, Sydney · Wikipedia
9. 09
   Macleay Museum

   The Macleay Museum at The University of Sydney, was a natural history museum located on the University's Camperdown campus, in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The museum was dissolved in 2016 and upon opening of the Chau Chak Wing Museum in 2020, its collections were amalgamated into it.

   2.4 km · natural history museum in New South Wales, Australia · Wikipedia
10. 10
    Sydney Park

    Sydney Park is a 41.6-hectare recreational area in the inner-city area of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The parkland is located in the suburb of Alexandria, sitting along the borders with Newtown and Erskineville.

    2.6 km · park in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia · Wikipedia

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Getting to Stanmore

Airports

Sydney Kingsford Smith (SYD), 6 km · Newcastle (NTL), 137 km

Stations

Redfern railway station, 3.2 km · Regent Street railway station, 3.6 km · Wolli Creek railway station, 3.9 km · Tempe railway station, 3.5 km · Sydenham railway station, 2.3 km

• Williamtown → Stanmore

  136 km · quickest by road, 3h 1m · A$21–28
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• Gold Coast → Stanmore

  690 km · quickest by air, 4h 54m · A$210–320
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• Toowoomba → Stanmore

  708 km · quickest by air, 4h 42m · A$210–320
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No local-transport research exists yet for Stanmore

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

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