Hornsby Heights, New South Wales
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| LGA: | Hornsby Shire | ||||||||||||
| Postcode: | 2077[1] | ||||||||||||
| Population: | 5,937 [2] | ||||||||||||
| County: | Cumberland[3] | ||||||||||||
| Parish: | South Colah[3] | ||||||||||||
| Area: | 10.3 sq. km [2] | ||||||||||||
| Location: | Sydney, NSW | ||||||||||||
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Hornsby Heights is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It lies to the north of Hornsby. The suburb's northern boundary and western boundary, as far south as Galston Road, is defined by Berowra Creek. South of Galston Road, the western boundary generally lies to the west of Berowra Creek. Walls Gully forms the eastern boundary. The southern boundary of Hornsby Heights is to the north of the Hookhams Corner locality [4]. Hornsby Heights is contained within the Hornsby Shire.
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[edit] Parks
Hornsby Heights is dominated by parks. The suburb is encircled by the Berowra Valley Regional Park. Parks within Hornsby Heights are Rofe Park and Montview Park. Crosslands Reserve, a camping and picnic area is at the northern end of Hornsby Heights [4].
The Galston Gorge to Crosslands section of the Great North Walk runs along the western boundary of Hornsby Heights.
[edit] Localities
Black Ash, Outlook, Galston Gorge, Montview, Somerville, Rofe...
[edit] Organizations
[edit] Schools
Hornsby Heights Public School [5]
Hornsby North Public School. The school straddles the boundary of Hornsby and Hornsby Heights.
[edit] Churches
Saint Lukes Anglican Church is located at 155 Galston Road[6][7].
Hornsby Heights lies within the Ku-ring-gai Chase Catholic parish.[8].
Hornsby Heights Baptist Church is at 110A Galston Road, next to the shopping centre.[9]
[edit] Clubs
Hornsby Heights Sports Club[10]
1st Hornsby Heights Scout Group[11]
St Lukes Railway Modellers Club[12]
[edit] Community Groups
The NSW Rural Fire Service's control centre for the Hornsby – Ku-ring-gai region is located at 143 Galston Road in Hornsby Heights.[13]
[edit] Businesses
[edit] Transport
[edit] Buses
Hornsby Heights is serviced by bus route number 596, operated by Shorelink[14]. The bus runs in a loop from Hornsby Railway Station. The loop takes in Galston Road, Somerville Road and the area around Montview Park. On a weekday the buses run between the approximate hours of 6am and 9pm. A reduced service operates on weekends and public holidays.
[edit] Cycling
[edit] References
- ^ Postcode search, Results for Hornsby Heights, Australia Post (accessed 19th June 2006)
- ^ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics 2001 Census Data for Hornsby Heights
- ^ a b Geographical Name Register Extract for Hornsby Heights from the Geographic Names Board
- ^ a b c Gregory's Street Directory, 59th Edition 1995, Maps 131, 132, 160, 161, 162,191, 192
- ^ Hornsby Heights Public School's website
- ^ Anglican Church Diocese of Sydney: Proposal to Change the Provisional Parish of Hornsby Heights to a Parish
- ^ SydneyAnglicans.net: Parish Contact List
- ^ Ku-ring-gai Chase Catholic Parish website
- ^ Baptist Churches of NSW and ACT Location Directory from Baptist Churches of NSW and ACT
- ^ Hornsby Heights Sports Club's website
- ^ 1st Hornsby Heights Scout Group's website
- ^ Australian Model Railway Association Incorporated club listing
- ^ Kur-ing-gai Council information on bushfires
- ^ Shorelink: Route 596
[edit] External links
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- Street map from Street Directory, MSN Maps and Multimap.
- Satellite image from Google Maps, WikiMapia and Terraserver.
- Origin of Street Names in Hornsby
| Suburbs within Hornsby Shire | North Shore | Sydney |
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Arcadia | Asquith | Beecroft | Berowra | Berowra Heights | Berowra Waters | Berrilee | Brooklyn | Canoelands | Carlingford | Castle Hill | Cheltenham | Cherrybrook | Cowan | Dural | Epping | Fiddletown | Forest Glen | Galston | Glenhaven | Glenorie | Hornsby | Hornsby Heights | Kangaroo Point | Laughtondale | Maroota | Middle Dural | Milsons Passage | Mount Colah | Mount Ku-ring-gai | Normanhurst | North Epping | Pennant Hills | Round Corner | Thornleigh | Wahroonga | Waitara | Westleigh | West Pennant Hills | Wisemans Ferry |
| List of Sydney suburbs |
