Thornleigh

Worth seeing in and around Thornleigh

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
   Hornsby Water Clock

   The Hornsby Water Clock, titled Man, Time and the Environment, is a piece of kinetic sculpture, a decorative fountain and an occasionally functional clock in the Florence Street pedestrian mall in Hornsby, New South Wales, Australia. Unveiled in 1993, the sculpture was designed and engineered by Victor Cusack and constructed of bronze, stainless steel and glass by Victor and his foundry floor manager Rex Feakes.

   2 km · Kinetic sculpture in New South Wales, Australia · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Berowra Valley Regional Park

   The Berowra Valley Regional Park is in the Hornsby Shire in Sydney, Australia. Most of what was previously the regional park was placed in the Berowra Valley National Park in September 2012.

   2.9 km · regional park in New South Wales, Australia · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Our Lady of the Rosary Cathedral, Waitara

   Our Lady of the Rosary Cathedral, Waitara is the Roman Catholic cathedral church of the Diocese of Broken Bay, located in Waitara, Sydney, New South Wales. Australia.

   1.7 km · Cathedral church of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Broken Bay · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Westfield Hornsby

   Westfield Hornsby is a large indoor and outdoor shopping centre in the suburb of Hornsby on the Upper North Shore of Sydney.

   2 km · shopping center in New South Wales, Australia · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Ahimsa, Cheltenham

   Ahimsa is a heritage-listed residence and meditation meeting place located at 67 Cobran Road, Cheltenham, New South Wales, a suburb of Sydney in Australia. It was designed by and built by Marie Byles during 1937.

   3.8 km · heritage-listed residence in Sydney, Australia · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Gilligaloola

   Gilligaloola is a heritage-listed residence located at 82-84 Pennant Hills Road, Normanhurst, New South Wales, a suburb of Sydney, Australia. It was designed by Norman Selfe who was involved in the design, and built in 1893.

   1.3 km · historic site in New South Wales, Australia · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Purulia

   Purulia is a heritage-listed residence at 16 Fox Valley Road in the Sydney suburb of Wahroonga in the Ku-ring-gai Council local government area of New South Wales, Australia. It was designed by William Hardy Wilson and built from 1912 to 1913.

   3 km · heritage-listed residence in Wahroonga, Sydney · Wikipedia
8. 08
   Mahratta, Wahroonga

   Mahratta is a heritage-listed former residence and bank executive training facility and now is the community group headquarters for the School of Practical Philosophy. It is located at 1526 Pacific Highway, Wahroonga, Ku-ring-gai Council, New South Wales, Australia.

   3.1 km · Heritage listed building in New South Wales, Australia · Wikipedia
9. 09
   Simpson-Lee House I

   Simpson-Lee House I is a heritage-listed residence located at 23 Roland Avenue, in the Sydney suburb of Wahroonga in New South Wales, Australia. It was designed by Arthur Baldwinson and built from 1958 to 1962 by George M. Koch.

   3 km · historic site in New South Wales, Australia · Wikipedia
10. 10
    Evatt House

    Evatt House is a heritage-listed house located at 69 Junction Road in the Sydney suburb of Wahroonga, New South Wales, Australia. It is also known as Parklands.

    3.9 km · Heritage listed house in New South Wales, Australia · Wikipedia

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Getting to Thornleigh

Airports

Sydney Kingsford Smith (SYD), 27 km · Newcastle (NTL), 124 km

Stations

Pennant Hills railway station, 2.6 km · Beecroft railway station, 4 km · Thornleigh railway station, 1.7 km · Warrawee railway station, 3.3 km · Hornsby railway station, 2 km

• Williamtown → Thornleigh

  124 km · quickest by road, 2h 24m · A$18–24
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• Gold Coast → Thornleigh

  676 km · quickest by air, 5h 49m · A$260–390
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• Toowoomba → Thornleigh

  691 km · quickest by air, 5h 37m · A$260–390
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