Suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Glenroy

Glenroy is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 12 km (7.5 mi) north of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Merri-bek local government area.

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Every way there

Geelong/Melbourne → Glenroy
17 km · quickest by road, 49 min · A$2.5–3.5
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Hobart (Cambridge) → Glenroy
611 km · quickest by air, 4h 13m · A$170–260
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Adelaide → Glenroy
646 km · quickest by air, 4h 30m · A$180–280
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The field note

What is in and around Glenroy, ranked by how widely it is written about, how you reach it, and the nearest places where we have researched how people move.

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What Glenroy has

YScheduled flightsMelbourne (MEL), 9 km
FTrains and coaches34 feeds listed in the Mobility Database, not compiled yet (Translink Magnetic Island, TransLink Maryborough-Hervey Bay, TransLink North Stradbroke Island)
YFerriesPort Phillip Ferries (Geelong-Docklands), 12 km, Port Phillip Ferries; sailings estimated
YDriving and taxiOpenStreetMap roads; cab fare from the country band
NBike and scooter shareno share feed known
NCruisesno open itinerary source anywhere

Y routable now · F found, not yet implemented · N no source known. Nearest place with more: Reservoir, 7 km.

-37.706°, 144.924°

Glenroy recorded a population of 23,792 at the 2021 census.

How locals move

Getting around Glenroy the local way

Go nextMelbourne is fairly centrally located on the coast of Victoria, and there are many natural and man-made attractions that make for a nice day trip.

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