Wentworthville, New South Wales
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Wentworthville is a suburb in Sydney, Australia. Wentworthville is situated approximately 23 km (16 mi) to the west of the central business district of Sydney. Wentworthville has two shopping precincts one of which is close to the railway station, and the other is on the Great Western Highway. It is close to Parramatta and Westmead Hospital.
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[edit] History
2000 acres (8 km²) of the land was granted to D'arcy Wentworth in 1810, the father of William Wentworth, the famous Blue Mountains explorer, Wentworthville and Wentworth Falls, in the Blue Mountains, were named after the Wentworth family. In the 1800s a land boom in the area attracted people into the area, land was subdivided for housing and small farms. The railway line had been put through on its way to Windsor, in 1864, but it wasn't until 1883 that Wentworthville got its own public railway station.
Recent years have seen considerable growth in the development of upmarket low-rise apartment complexes. Citizens of Western Sydney have flocked to Wentworthville's proxmity to shopping, transport, health and other public services.
[edit] Transportation
Trains:
Wentworthville is on the Western Line that connects to Richmond, and to Penrith, and beyond to the Blue Mountains. Most trains from the western line continue onto the northern line to North Sydney, Chatswood, Hornbsy and terminating at Berowra. The trip to Sydney CBD typically takes 35 minutes.
The Wentworthville station was the site of Cityrail's first major Tangara accident, a derailment, which occurred on December 27, 1989. (http://railpix.railmedia.com.au/index.php?page=wentworthville).
Buses:
Buses run to Merrylands, Parramatta, Blacktown and the Hills area, and the Parrammata-Liverpool Tway passes right by the south eastern corner. (http://www.t-way.nsw.gov.au/). The North-West T-way will go just along the northern tip (Mons Road).
Roads:
The M4 and the parallel Great Western Highway run east-west through the southern side, while the Cumberland highway runs through the western side of Wentworthville on its way south (from Hornsby via the Pennant Hills Rd to Liverpool)
[edit] Sport
Wentworthville is home to local football team the Wentworthville Magpies, who play in the NSWRL Jim Beam Cup, though the nearest NRL tem is the nearby Parramatta Eels.
[edit] External links
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- Street map from Street Directory, MSN Maps and Multimap.
- Satellite image from Google Maps, WikiMapia and Terraserver.
- Wentworthville Public School.
- Darcy Road Public School
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