East Lindfield, New South Wales

East Lindfield is a locality on the Upper North Shore of Sydney in the state of New South Wales, Australia. East Lindfield is located 13 kilometres north-west of the Sydney Central Business District in the local government area of Ku-ring-gai Council.

History

Lindfield means "lime tree field". The Lindfield area was settled in the 1850s. The name derives from the native town of early landowner Mr List, who named his house after Lindfield, Sussex, England. When the railway line came through the area in 1890s, the name of the property was used to identify the station and neighbourhood.

East Lindfield is the east part of Lindfield, defined to be the part of the suburb which is east of Archbold Road. Suburban development there occurred mostly in the 1950s and 1960s, so most of the houses in East Lindfield are newer and have a different style to those of Lindfield proper, which mostly pre-date World War II.

Lindfield railway station is on the North Shore Line of the Cityrail network. Sydney Buses run the 207 route to East Lindfield. East Lindfield is also home to Lindfield East Public School.