Strathfield

Worth seeing in and around Strathfield

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
   Lakemba Mosque

   The Lakemba Mosque, also known as the Masjid Ali Bin Abi Talib and officially the Imam Ali bin Abi Taleb Mosque, is a Sunni Islam mosque, located at 71-75 Wangee Road, Lakemba, in suburban Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It is Australia's largest mosque.

   3.6 km · mosque in Australia · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Rookwood Necropolis

   Rookwood Cemetery is a heritage-listed cemetery in Rookwood, Sydney, Australia. It is the largest necropolis in the Southern Hemisphere and is the world's largest remaining operating cemetery from the Victorian era.

   3.1 km · cemetery in Sydney, Australia · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Sydney Olympic Park Athletic Centre

   Sydney Olympic Park Athletic Centre is a multi-use stadium in the Sydney Olympic Park suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The capacity of the stadium is 5,000 spectators.

   3.8 km · stadium in Sydney, New South Wales · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Bicentennial Park, Homebush Bay

   Bicentennial Park is a 40-hectare suburban parkland located 16 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district in the suburb of Sydney Olympic Park, in the local government area of City of Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia. Bicentennial Park is situated on the shores of Homebush Bay and is a part of the Sydney Olympic Park.

   3.5 km · park in New South Wales, Australia · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Concord Oval

   Concord Oval is a rugby football stadium in the inner-western Sydney suburb of Concord, Australia. The stadium can hold 5000 people, as of November 2022, down from 20,000 when it opened in 1985.

   2.8 km · rugby stadium · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Peter and Paul Cathedral

   St Peter and St Paul Russian Orthodox Cathedral is a Russian Orthodox cathedral church at 3–5 Vernon Street, Strathfield, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The cathedral was built from 1951 to 1954.

   800 m · Peter and Paul Cathedral in Sydney · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Westfield Burwood

   Westfield Burwood is a large shopping centre in Burwood, Sydney, Australia.

   2.2 km · shopping centre in Burwood · Wikipedia
8. 08
   Strathfield massacre

   The Strathfield massacre was a shooting rampage at Strathfield Plaza in Strathfield, Sydney, Australia, on 17 August 1991. The shooter was Wade Frankum, who killed himself as police arrived at the scene.

   1.3 km · 1991 mass shooting at a shopping mall in Strathfield, Sydney, Australia · Wikipedia
9. 09
   Australian Computer Museum Society

   The Australian Computer Museum Society Inc, is a society dedicated to the preservation of the history of computing in Australia, including software, hardware, operating systems and literature. ACMS was registered and is a charitable institution which relies on memberships and donations to operate.

   3.8 km · computer museum in Sydney, Australia · Wikipedia
10. 10
    Catholic Institute of Sydney

    The Catholic Institute of Sydney, a tertiary educational facility that is a Partner Institution of the University of Notre Dame Australia, delivers theological courses at both undergraduate and postgraduate level. The institute is located in Strathfield, in the inner western suburbs of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

    800 m · theological college in Sydney, Australia · Wikipedia

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Getting to Strathfield

Airports

Sydney Kingsford Smith (SYD), 11 km · Newcastle (NTL), 139 km

Stations

Strathfield railway station, 1.4 km · Burwood railway station, 2 km · Homebush railway station, 1.6 km · Lidcombe railway station, 4 km · Flemington railway station, 2.1 km

• Williamtown → Strathfield

  138 km · quickest by road, 2h 55m · A$21–28
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• Gold Coast → Strathfield

  691 km · quickest by air, 5h 10m · A$230–340
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• Melbourne → Strathfield

  703 km · quickest by air, 5h 12m · A$230–350
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