Windsor, Victoria

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Windsor
Melbourne, Victoria

Tram on Chapel Street, Windsor stopping at Windsor railway station

Population:

6,093 (2001)^[1]

Established:

1860s

Postcode:

3181

Area:

1 km²

Property Value:

AUD $526,000^[2]

Location:

7 km from Melbourne

LGA:

City of Stonnington
City of Port Phillip

State District:

Prahran

Federal Division:

Higgins

Suburbs around Windsor
South Yarra	Prahran	Prahran
Albert Park	Windsor	Prahran
St Kilda	St Kilda East	St Kilda East

Windsor is an inner city suburb of Melbourne, Australia. It is part of the City of Stonnington (although a small section of the suburb is in the City of Port Phillip) and is bounded by Dandenong Road, St Kilda Road, Williams Road and High Street.

It is the smallest suburb in Stonnington and is often incorrectly referred to as Prahran, Windsor's northern neighbour. In the past, Windsor was considered part of the City of Prahran, and many institutions still refer to this.

In 2005, research by the consulting firms Tract Consultants and ACIL Tasman (and reported by The Age) ranked Windsor 9th out of 150 Melbourne suburbs in terms of "liveability". Windsor scored a perfect "5" in 8 of the 14 categories used to compare suburbs; however, it scored a "0" in important areas including "Crime", "Traffic Congestion" and "Open Space".

Although Stonnington's smallest suburb, Windsor has its own bank, along with a growing number of independent clothing stores, fast food outlets, bars, lounges and cafés.

Windsor contains a diverse mix of housing including medium density apartments, Victorian terrace housing, hi-rise public housing towers and semi-detached cottages.

The Prahran campus of Swinburne University is located just south of High Street in Windsor.

Melbourne's famous Chapel Street shopping strip bisects Windsor, and the Windsor end is seen as being the more bohemian, less expensive end of the street.

1 Landmarks
2 Transport
3 Gallery
4 External links

[edit] Landmarks

The suburb has many landmarks including the historic Presentation Convent (now a secondary school), the Stonnington Primary School, old post office, Telstra exchange tower and a campus of Swinburne University. In recent times, the large Empire Cinemas, converted into a nightclub were gutted by fire before eventually being demolished and replaced by hi-rise apartments, also named the Empire.

The remains of one side of Punt Road at the Windsor end contains one of Windsor's lesser shopping strips called Little Windsor on Punt.

The suburb also features stunning new design, including the award winning Windsor Fire station by architects Edmund and Corrigan. In Raleigh street is the K2 apartments, Sustainable architecture built in 2006 to the design of Hansen Yuncken features passive solar design, recycled and sustainable materials, photovoltaic cells, wastewater treatment, rainwater collection and solar hot water.

There are many remaining hotels in the suburb, including the popular Windsor Castle and Pint on Punt.

[edit] Transport

Windsor is serviced by a number of trams along Dandenong Road, High Street and Chapel Street, and the Sandringham railway line takes commuters from Windsor Station to the CBD in around 7 minutes. Punt Road is one of the main bus thoroughfares in Melbourne and passes through the western side of the suburb.

[edit] Gallery

Windsor Primary School	Former Windsor Post & Telegraph offices	Victorian Terrace housing. Elm Place, Windsor	Tram on Chapel Street, Windsor stopping at Windsor Station.
Gates to the Presentation Convent on Dandenong Road.	The heritage Windsor railway station	Junction of Albert and Peel streets from Chapel Street.	Former Prahran Mechanics Institute buildings, now a library for Swinburne University
K2 Sustainable apartments.	Award winning post-modernism of Windsor Fire Station	Bourne Place. Victorian Terraces remodelled in the 1930s Spanish Mission style.	Former Red Lion Hotel