Newtown & Erskineville
Newtown’s main road, King Street, was the first suburban shopping centre outside the City Centre, and today this thoroughfare is still a shoppers’ mecca – lined with hundreds of stores, cafes and restaurants.
The Newtown area has long been a very diverse melting pot, with people of many ethnic backgrounds, and this vibrant local colour and ‘flavour’ extends into neighbouring suburbs – MacDonaldtown, Golden Grove, Camperdown, Darlington, Alexandria, St Peters, Eveleigh, the home of the impressive Australian Technology Park, and particularly Erskineville, the setting for yet more shops, restaurants and lively pubs.
Leisure
Parks & Open Spaces
To book a City park or open space:
Tel: 02 9265 9550 / 9265 9946 / 9246 7805
Email: openspacebookings@cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au
Alexandria Park
Popular with the local community, this Buckland Street park has tennis courts, a fenced playground, picnic areas with barbecues and a sporting field.
Erskineville Park
Including the Harry Noble Reserve, a fenced playground, open grassed areas and Erskineville Oval, a major sporting field.
Green Bans Park
Located on Erskineville Road, and so-named due to lobbying by local residents to save a small recreation area in a suburb with little green space.
Hollis Park
With its Moreton Bay figs and views to Botany Bay, this park is only minutes from King Street. Hollis Park has been restored as a jewel at the centre of the neighbourhood’s Victorian mansions, terraces and cottages.
Lillian Fowler Reserve
Located in Angel Street, this quiet family park has a childrens' playground.
Sydney Park
This 44-hectare park in the Alexandria/St Peters area, a favourite haunt for nearby residents, boasts hills, grasslands, wetlands, trees and first-class sporting fields.
Swimming Pools
Victoria Park Pool, Camperdown
Tel: 02 9298 3090
Fax: 02 9298 3092
City Road, Corner of Parramatta Road
Camperdown NSW 2050
(Limited free 2 hour parking is available, located off City Road)
Non Daylight Saving
Commences Monday 2 April 2007
Monday to Friday: 6am to 7.15pm
Saturday, Sunday: 7am to 5.45pm
Daylight Saving
Monday to Friday: 5.45am to 7.45pm
Saturday, Sunday:
7am to 5.45pm
(Including Public Holidays)
The centre is closed on Good Friday and Christmas Day.
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Tennis
Alexandria Park Tennis Courts
Tel: 02 9246 7805
Buckland Street, Corner of Park Road
Alexandria NSW 2015
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Library
Newtown Library
Tel: 02 8512 4250
Email: library@cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au
Fax: 02 8512 4253
8– 10 Brown Street
Newtown NSW 2042
Monday and Wednesday: 10am - 7pm
Tuesday: 10am - 6pm
Thursday and Friday: 10am - 5pm
Saturday and Sunday: 11am - 4pm
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Entertainment
Museums, Galleries & Attractions
Movies
Theatres and performance venues
Shopping 
King Street is a shopper’s delight! There are 20 or so art and craft galleries, music, gift and homewares shops, new and recycled fashion stores for the young and funky, delicatessens and many bookstores.
Other outlets sell antiques and collectables, and the St Peters end of King Street has become renowned for its quirky specialist stores, offering everything from buttons and beads to model dinosaurs.
Erskineville too has a good range of shops, including delis, bookshops and galleries.
Dining
There are over 120 food outlets along King Street and Enmore Road, serving some 20 ethnic cuisines – including Portuguese, Thai, African, Italian, Vietnamese, Indian, Japanese, Middle Eastern and even Scandinavian. Many of these restaurants and cafes are BYO and open until late, and most are very reasonably priced.
There are also 23 pubs in the area, many of which serve food, and in Erskineville, Swanson Street and Erskineville Road are home to some good cafes and pub dining rooms.
Did You Know?
Originally known as Devine’s Farm, Newtown was named after the New Town store, located on the site of the Oxford Hotel at the junction of King and Eliza Streets.
Mary Reibey, a 19th century businesswoman who is featured on the $20 note, is among Newtown’s most famous residents.
Last Updated: Tuesday 6 November, 2007
