Kenthurst, New South Wales

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Kenthurst is a semi-rural suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is located in the Hills District of NSW and has its own cricket club, soccer club, and village green.^{[citation needed]} Blocks of land are an average of 5 acres.

Kenthurst is arguably the largest suburb in the Sydney metropolitan area. it can easily be divided into three main areas: South (Annagrove road), East (Kenthurst road) and North (Pitt Town and Porters road).

Originally known as Little Dural. However in 1886 the government changed the name to Kenthurst. Kenthurst is derived from the English County of Kent and hurst meaning a woody hillock or clearing. [1]

Local celebrity couple, Bec and Lleyton Hewitt moved there in 2006 [2]

[edit] Shopping complex

The Kenthurst shopping complex includes: (some shop names are still needed)

Kenthurst Village Shops

Post office (post code 2156)
Newsagency - Kenthurst Village Newsagent (books and gifts)
Dance School - Betty Dargle School or Dance & Entertainment
IGA Supermarket - Friendly Grocery
Take away food shop - Kenthurst Feed and Feast
Cafe - Tart Gourmet cafe
Bottle shop - Kenthurst Cellars
Caltex petrol station (not actually a part of the complex)
Real Estate - Davis Birch
Butcher -
Fruit & Vegetable shop -
Hairdresser -
Chemist -

Other shops are also located outside the village centre including several Preschools and another real estate agent. There are many local businesses that are based here such as timber yards, florist wholesalers and other similar cottage industries.

[edit] Schools

Schools within Kenthurst include:

Kenthurst Primary School (public, primary)
Marian Colledge (private, secondary)
St Madeleines (private, primary)
The Hills Grammar School (private, k-12)

[edit] External links

Coordinates: -33.66930° 151.00158°

Maps and aerial photos
- Street map from Street Directory, MSN Maps and Multimap.
- Satellite image from Google Maps, WikiMapia and Terraserver.
HillsWeb.com.au page on Kenthurst[3]

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