Parks in Sydney
A fig-lined avenue in Hyde Park, Sydney
Sydney is well endowed with open spaces, and has many natural areas, and open spaces, even within the city centre. These include the Chinese Garden of Friendship and Hyde Park (which is named after London's Hyde Park).[1] The metropolitan area contains several national parks, including the Royal National Park, the second oldest national park in the world (after Yellowstone National Park), which occupies an area of 132 km².[2] Completing Sydney's wide array of green spaces, the leader is the Royal Botanical Gardens, with its large amount of green spaces, lush plants and colourful flowers.
Largest parks in Sydney metropolitan area
- Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park, 15400 hectares
- Royal National Park, 13200 hectares
- Western Sydney Parklands, 5,280 hectares
- Heathcote National Park, 2250 hectares
- Garigal National Park, 2200 hectares
- Lane Cove National Park, 600 hectares
- Sydney Harbour National Park, 411 hectares (comprising 10 smaller parks)
- Georges River National Park, 340 hectares
Largest parks in the City of Sydney area
- Centennial Park, 189 hectares
- Moore Park, 115 hectares
- Sydney Park, 45 hectares
- The Domain, 34 hectares
- Royal Botanic Gardens, 30 hectares
Parks and Reserves
The following is an incomplete list of parks and reserves in Sydney:
- Auburn Botanical Gardens
- Badangi Reserve
- Balfour Street Park
- Barangaroo Reserve
- Ballast Point (New South Wales)
- Balls Head Reserve
- Bede Spillane Gardens
- Belmore Park
- Berowra Valley Regional Park
- Berry Island Reserve
- Bicentennial Park
- Botany Bay National Park
- Bradley's Head
- Brightmore reserve
- Centenary Park
- Centennial Parklands
- Central Gardens Nature Reserve
- Chinese Garden of Friendship
- Cremorne Point Reserve
- Robertsons Point
- Five Dock Park
- Garigal National Park
- Georges River National Park
- Gore Cove
- Grasmere reserve
- Heathcote National Park
- Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park
- Lane Cove National Park
- Leacock Regional Park
- Middleton Park
- Neild Park
- Moore Reserve, Oatley
- Nurragingy Reserve
- Oatley Park
- Oatley Point Reserve
- Oatley Pleasure Grounds
- Parramatta River Regional Park
- Penrith Lakes Regional Park
- Primrose Park
- Renown Park, New South Wales
- Rouse Hill Regional Park
- Royal Botanical Gardens
- Smoothey Park
- Sydney Harbour National Park
- Sydney Park
- The Goods Line
- Wadim (Bill) Jegorow Reserve
- Waverley Park
- William Howe Regional Park
- Wolli Creek Regional Park
- Yellomundee Regional Park
See also
References
- ↑ Sydney's Hyde Park
- ↑ NPWS website, Royal National Park
External links
- Centennial Parklands
- Royal Botanic Gardens
- Parks in the City of Sydney
- Histories of parks in the City of Sydney
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