Westfield Burwood

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Westfield Burwood, as seen from Burwood Park.

Westfield Burwood is a large shopping centre in Sydney's Inner West suburb of Burwood. First opened in 1966, the centre currently features a 3 floor Myer, Kmart, Target, Coles, Woolworths, a food court, around 250 specialty stores and a 12 screen Greater Union cinema complex.

The food court features balcony seating overlooking Burwood Road and Burwood Park. Westfield Burwood participates in Burwood's Christmas Carols in the Park in December. The event is held in Burwood Park, which is opposite Westfield.

The Myer store will close in March 2007, and will be replaced with a David Jones store^[1].

1 History
2 Access
3 References
4 External links

[edit] History

Westfield Burwood first opened in 1966, and was one of the first shopping centres in Australia^[2]. The original centre was half the size it is today, and was first to have a Hoyts cinema inside the centre. Westfield Burwood was renovated in 1972 and again in 1976.

In 2001, the centre underwent a $300 million redevelopment, and was the first Westfield to be completely demolished and rebuilt. The redevelopment doubled the size of the original centre, allowed for more stores in the centre and created Food on the Park, the food court that extends to a balcony overlooking the park.

[edit] Access

Westfield Burwood has over 3000 parking spaces. Burwood is very well serviced by public transport. Westfield Burwood is a two minute stroll from Burwood station, which provides connections to the city, northern and western Sydney.

Sydney Buses run many services that connect Hurstville, Rockdale, Bondi Junction, Strathfield, Homebush, Campsie, Ryde, Birrong as well as many other locations across Sydney. Westfield Burwood is an interchange for Sydney Buses.