St Leonards, New South Wales
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St. Leonards Sydney, New South Wales |
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Population: | 6,624 | ||||||||||||
Established: | 1853 | ||||||||||||
Postcode: | 2065 | ||||||||||||
Area: | 1.71 km² | ||||||||||||
Property Value: | AUD $617,000 | ||||||||||||
Location: | 6 km from Sydney CBD | ||||||||||||
LGA: | Municipality of Lane Cove, North Sydney Council, City of Willoughby | ||||||||||||
State District: | Lane Cove, North Shore, Willoughby | ||||||||||||
Federal Division: | North Sydney | ||||||||||||
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St Leonards is a suburb in Sydney, Australia about 5 km northwest of downtown Sydney. It is home to one of Sydney's several suburban skyscraper clusters. The suburb's tallest building is the Forum I (38 stories/118 m), built atop the railway station with panoramic views of the city skyline. The Forum complex contains offices for Cisco Systems amongst other Information Technology companies, and has a supermarket and several cafes at ground level.
[edit] Infastructure
St Leonards is the location of
- The Royal North Shore Hospital
- The Special Broadcasting Service (SBS) TV Studio
- Channel 31 TV Studio
- Gore Hill Technology Park (former ABN-2 Studio)
- A campus of the University of Technology, Sydney
- Offices for IBM
- Offices for TeleTech International
- The corporate headquarters for Oporto Chicken & Burgers
- Head Office of Manchester Unity, a health fund organisation
- Head Office for 3 Mobile Australia
- Offices for iiNet (previously OzEmail)
St Leonards has developed into somewhat of a home for Rugby in the Lower North Shore with the establishment of the Cabana Bar and Lounge - the base of The Northern Suburbs Rugby Club and as of 2007 the re-location of the headquarters of the Australian Rugby Union to St Leonards. The ARU had previously been based in neighbouring North Sydney. Located in St Leonards is football ground, Gore Hill where legendary Australian Rules football club, North Shore Bombers play their home games.
[edit] External links
- Street map from Street Directory, MSN Maps and Multimap.
- Satellite image from Google Maps, WikiMapia and Terraserver.
- Naremburn/St Leonards - community profile
Suburbs of the Municipality of Lane Cove | Lower North Shore | Sydney |
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Lane Cove West | Greenwich | Linley Point | Longueville | Northwood | Osborne Park | Riverview | St Leonards |
List of Sydney suburbs |
Suburbs of City of Willoughby | North Shore | Sydney |
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Artarmon | Castlecrag | Castle Cove | Chatswood | Gore Hill | Middle Cove | Naremburn | Northbridge | Roseville | St Leonards | Willoughby |
List of Sydney suburbs |
Suburbs of the North Sydney Local Government Area | North Shore | Sydney |
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Cammeray | Cremorne | Crows Nest | Kirribilli | Lavender Bay | Milsons Point | Neutral Bay | North Sydney | St Leonards | Waverton | Wollstonecraft |
List of Sydney suburbs |
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