Surrey Downs, South Australia
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Surrey Downs | |||||||||||||
Adelaide, South Australia | |||||||||||||
City of Tea Tree Gully | |||||||||||||
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Postcode: | 5126 | ||||||||||||
Area: | 1.6 km2 | ||||||||||||
Bus stations: | Golden Grove Village | ||||||||||||
Federal electorate: | Makin | ||||||||||||
State electorate: | Wright | ||||||||||||
Property value: | $230,000 (Q1 2006)[1] | ||||||||||||
Schools: | Surrey Downs Primary School | ||||||||||||
Major roads: | Golden Grove Road, Hancock Road, Grenfell Road | ||||||||||||
Telephone exchange: | Golden Grove/Modbury | ||||||||||||
Shopping centres: | Golden Grove Village | ||||||||||||
Distance to Modbury: | 4 km | ||||||||||||
Established: | 1980s | ||||||||||||
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Surrey Downs (postcode 5126) is a northeastern suburb of Adelaide, South Australia. It is located in the City of Tea Tree Gully local government area, and is adjacent to Wynn Vale, Golden Grove, Fairview Park and Redwood Park.
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[edit] History
The area was originally used for agriculture and viticulture, but was redeveloped as outer suburban housing during the 1980s.
[edit] Geography
The boundary of Surrey Downs forms a triangle defined by Golden Grove Road to the west and north, Hancock Road to the east and Grenfell Road to the south. The ABS 2001 census records 3,545 people living in 1,349 dwellings.
[edit] Facilities
Surrey Downs has a local shopping centre with a chemist, supermarket and several boutique stores; the Fairview Park shopping centre is also nearby. The Surrey Downs Primary School and Kindergarten are also located within the suburb - the nearest high school (depending on location within the suburb) is either Modbury Heights High School, Golden Grove High School or Banksia Park International High School.
Surrey Downs also has a community oval, known as Illyarrie Reserve, which is home to the Golden Grove Central Districts Baseball Club in the South Australian Baseball League.
[edit] Transport
The 543 and 547 bus routes service Surrey Downs, as well as a bus interchange at the Golden Grove Village, which is operated by Adelaide Metro. Proposals exist to extend the Adelaide O-Bahn to Golden Grove, but the route it might take from the Modbury Interchange is unknown.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Real Estate Institute of South Australia (March 2006). SA House prices, Balance out. Retrieved on 2006-06-25.
[edit] External links
- Street map from Street Directory, MSN Maps and Multimap.
- Satellite image from Google Maps, WikiMapia and Terraserver.
- Tea Tree Gully Council
- Adelaide Metro
Suburbs of the City of Tea Tree Gully | |
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Banksia Park | Dernancourt | Fairview Park | Gilles Plains | Golden Grove | Gould Creek | Greenwith | Gulfview Heights | Highbury | Holden Hill | Hope Valley | Houghton | Modbury | Modbury Heights | Modbury North | Para Hills | Redwood Park | Ridgehaven | St Agnes | Salisbury East | Salisbury Heights | Surrey Downs | Tea Tree Gully | Upper Hermitage | Valley View | Vista | Wynn Vale | Yatala Vale |