Lane Cove West, New South Wales
| Lane Cove West Sydney, New South Wales |
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 Lane Cove West Tennis Club |
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| Population: | 2,202[1] | ||||||||||||
| Postcode: | 2066 | ||||||||||||
| Location: | 9 km (6 mi) north-west of Sydney CBD | ||||||||||||
| LGA: | Municipality of Lane Cove | ||||||||||||
| State electorate: | Lane Cove | ||||||||||||
| Federal Division: | North Sydney | ||||||||||||
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Lane Cove West is a suburb on the lower North Shore of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Lane Cove West is located 9 kilometres north-west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the Municipality of Lane Cove. Lane Cove and Lane Cove North are separate suburbs.
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[edit] History
The land in the area was originally used for agriculture and owned by John Blackman. From the mid-1950s Lane Cove West was home to the national head office, pressing plant, warehouse and recording studios of the Warner Bros. Records label Festival Mushroom Records. Lane Cove West Public School was also built at this time.
[edit] Commercial area
Lane Cove West Business Park features is an industrial are that features factories and warehouses for such companies as Nestle, Macquarie Goodman, Wicked Foods and Lego. Most are located on Sam Johnson Way and Mars Road.
There are also a number of small business situated at Figtree Plaza on Cullen Street and Burns Bay Road. These include a hair salon, cafe, beautician, fish and chip shop, fruit and vegetable market, newsagent, bakery and a butcher shop.
[edit] Parks and recreation
Blackman Park is situated on the Lane Cove River and was originally a small valley used for landfill. It features a number of recreation facilities including tennis courts at the Lane Cove West Tennis Club, cricket pitches, bike tracks, basketball court, skate park and bush walking tracks. Smaller reserves include Cullen St Reserve, Henley Reserve, Penrose St Park, Garthowen St Cricket Nets' and Epping Road Reserve(affectionately named 'Old Rusty') .
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Blackman Park
[edit] References
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Lane Cove West (State Suburb)". 2006 Census QuickStats. http://www.censusdata.abs.gov.au/ABSNavigation/prenav/LocationSearch?collection=Census&period=2006&areacode=SSC11563&producttype=QuickStats&breadcrumb=PL&action=401. Retrieved 2008-04-11.
[edit] External links
- Lane Cove at the Open Directory Project
- Lane Cove West, New South Wales is at coordinates 33°48′43″S 151°09′00″E / 33.812°S 151.150°ECoordinates: 33°48′43″S 151°09′00″E / 33.812°S 151.150°E
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