West Ryde, New South Wales

West Ryde
	West Ryde; Sydney, New South Wales
	; West Ryde railway station and bus interchange
Population:	11,204
Postcode:	2114
Property Value:	AUD $919,995 (2009)
Location:	15 km (9 mi) north-west of Sydney CBD
LGA:	City of Ryde
State District:	Ryde
Federal Division:	Bennelong
	Suburbs around West Ryde:

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West Ryde pumping station, Victoria Road (1890)

Pumping station manager's home, Victoria Road

Main Northern Line tracks converge from a U turn near West Ryde station

West Ryde is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. West Ryde is located 16 kilometres north-west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Ryde and is part of the Northern Suburbs area.

Ryde, North Ryde and East Ryde are separate suburbs. The suburbs of Denistone, Denistone West, Meadowbank and Melrose Park share the 2114 postcode with West Ryde ^[1].

[edit] History

West Ryde is an extension of Ryde, which was named after the 'Ryde Store', a business run by G.M. Pope. He adopted the name from his birthplace of Ryde on the Isle of Wight, UK. ^[2]

West Ryde Marketplace

[edit] Commercial Areas

West Ryde is home to a commercial area, close to West Ryde railway station and the Sydney Water Station, that pumps water to most of Northern Sydney.

West Ryde Marketplace is a medium sized shopping centre featuring a Woolworths supermarket, specialty shops and West Ryde Public Library. Since the new centre opened in 2005, it diverted many people from the ageing Top Ryde Shopping Centre, which subsequently closed and is now being redeveloped.

[edit] Transport

West Ryde railway station is on Northern railway line of Sydney's CityRail network. A bus interchange sits adjacent the station with services of 501, 520, 523 524, 534 and 543.

[edit] Housing

West Ryde has a number of historical buildings including Addison, the second oldest extant building in Australia. The domestic architecture of the suburb largely consists of homes on quarter-acre blocks displaying most of the archetypical Australian styles, including Federation houses, Californian Bungalows, Depression-era houses of weatherboard or fibro with corrugated iron roofs, and 1960s red-brick housing. There is also a substantial number of Askin-era red-brick apartment blocks atop half-acre concrete expanses.

In the past, West Ryde was a working-class suburb which was home to many factories, especially towards Meadowbank. The factories of the past are slowly succumbing to demolition, and the construction of waterfront apartments is taking their place, with views of Parramatta River and Sydney Olympic Park and the suburb is growing more affluent.

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Ryedale Road shops	West Ryde library	The West Ryde hotel	Ryde Eastwood leagues club
Victoria Road shops	Victoria Road	West Ryde pumping station	Miniature railway ride at West Ryde in 2007