| Erskine Park Sydney, New South Wales |
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| Population: | 7,000 (approx) | ||||||||||||
| Established: | 1981 | ||||||||||||
| Postcode: | 2759 | ||||||||||||
| Location: | 42 km (26 mi) west of Sydney CBD | ||||||||||||
| LGA: | City of Penrith | ||||||||||||
| State District: | Smithfield | ||||||||||||
| Federal Division: | McMahon | ||||||||||||
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Erskine Park is a suburb of Sydney in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Erskine Park is located 42 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Penrith and is part of the Greater Western Sydney region.
Erskine Park is a growing, predominately residential suburb with some industrial developments. The suburb has a high school, primary school and some local shops.
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Erskine Park is named after James Erskine, Lieutenant Governor to Lachlan Macquarie, who was granted land in this area in the early days of the colony. James Erskine Public School The local school, is named in his honour. .[1]
The local shopping centre features a supermarket, hairdressers, newsagent, confectionary store, pharmacy, a gourmet deli, and a pizzeria and an aldi.
An industrial area on the southern outskirts is known as the Erskine Business Park. It contains warehouses for DHL Supply Chain, BlueScope Steel, Koorong Bookstore, Hasbro, Ceva and a Woolworths Liquor distribution centre.
Erskine Park is located near the junction of the M4 Western Motorway and Westlink M7 Motorway. There is a link road proposed from the Business Park to the Westlink M7.
A bike track runs from Erskine Park Road to Bennett Road in St Clair. A natural bush area in Erskine Park is used for riding dirt bikes and BMX bikes, camping, and hunting kangaroos, koalas and emus.