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Villawood

Villawood is a suburb in Western Sydney in the state of New South Wales, Australia.

Villawood
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The place

Villawood is a suburb in Western Sydney in the state of New South Wales, Australia. A residential and industrial suburb, Villawood is part of the local government areas City of Canterbury-Bankstown and City of Fairfield, and is located 27 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Villawood

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
    Dunc Gray Velodrome

    Dunc Gray Velodrome is a velodrome located at Bass Hill approximately five kilometres north west of the Sydney suburb of Bankstown. The cycling venue for the 2000 Summer Olympics, the Dunc Gray Velodrome was opened on 28 November 1999 with an opening ceremony which included performances by local talent Darren Sharp and other community groups.

    3 km · Velodrome in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Sydney Durga Temple

    The Sydney Shri Durga Temple, commonly known as Sydney Durga Temple, is a Hindu temple at 21–23 Rose Crescent, Regents Park, New South Wales 2143, in Sydney. The temple is run by the Shri Durgadevi Devasthanam, a non-profit religious organisation.

    3.7 km · Hindu temple in Sydney, Australia · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Chipping Norton Lake

    Chipping Norton Lake, formerly called Lake Thomas Moore, is a 49-hectare artificial lake and regional park in the Sydney suburb of Chipping Norton, New South Wales, Australia. It is a part of the Georges River system.

    2.7 km · artificial lake and nature reserve in Chipping Norton, New South Wales · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Fairfield Park Precinct

    Fairfield Park Precinct, also called Fairfield Park and Fairfield Parklands and Leisure Centre, is an urban park situated in the western suburbs of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Situated to the south of Fairfield CBD, the park contains an open grassland, bushland, picnic spots, playgrounds, indoor and outdoor sport facilities, and recreational areas within the vicinity of native plants, such as eucalyptus trees.

    2.1 km · park precinct in Fairfield, New South Wales · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Magic Kingdom

    Magic Kingdom was a small amusement park located in Lansvale, New South Wales, Australia. It is now closed.

    1.7 km · defunct amusement park in Sydney, Australia · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Melita Stadium

    Melita Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Sydney, Australia. It is mainly used for football and is the home ground for Parramatta FC team and the Parramatta Ladyhawks Women's Super League team.

    3.5 km · in Chester Hill, New South Wales, Australia · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Lansdowne Bridge

    The Lansdowne Bridge is a heritage-listed road bridge that carries the northbound carriageway of the Hume Highway across Prospect Creek between Lansvale and Lansdowne. Situated in southwestern Sydney, it is located on the boundary of the Fairfield and Canterbury-Bankstown local government areas.

    1.2 km · sandstone arch bridge in New South Wales, Australia · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    Bass Hill Plaza

    Bass Hill Plaza is a shopping centre in the suburb of Bass Hill in Sydney's south-west. The centre is anchored by strong performing Woolworths, Aldi, Kmart and over 50 specialty stores.

    2 km · shopping mall in New South Wales, Australia · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    Georges River Grammar

    The Georges River Grammar is an independent Anglican co-educational primary and secondary day school, located in Georges Hall, a south-western suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The school was established in 1984, as a non-selective school and currently caters for approximately 880 students from Kindergarten to Year 12.

    3.1 km · independent primary and secondary school in Georges Hall, NSW, Australia · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    The Homestead (Georges Hall)

    The Homestead is a large, single-storey former homestead and now school, at 1a Lionel Street, Georges Hall, New South Wales, Australia. Built by David Johnston in 1837, the homestead was also known as Georges Hall.

    2.8 km · historical house in 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.

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Getting to Villawood

Airports
Sydney Kingsford Smith (SYD), 19 km · Newcastle (NTL), 145 km
Stations
Chester Hill railway station, 1.9 km · Canley Vale railway station, 3.3 km · Carramar railway station, 1.6 km · Fairfield railway station, 2.5 km · Villawood railway station, 600 m
  • Williamtown → Villawood
    143 km · quickest by road, 2h 58m · A$21–28
  • Gold Coast → Villawood
    695 km · quickest by air, 5h 32m · A$250–370
  • Melbourne → Villawood
    696 km · quickest by air, 5h 34m · A$250–370
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Villawood

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 Villawood. 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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  5. 05
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If you know how people move in Villawood – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.

Around it

Next door to Villawood

Villawood is 21 km from Sydney, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

  • Fairfieldsuburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia3.5 km
  • Fairfield Eastsuburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia1.7 km
  • Chipping Nortonsuburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia3.4 km
  • Carramarsuburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia1.4 km
  • Bass Hillsuburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia2.2 km
  • Chester Hillsuburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia2.1 km