Padstow Heights
SydneyNew South Wales
Henry Kendall Avenue, Padstow Heights
Padstow Heights is located in New South Wales
Padstow Heights
Padstow Heights
Coordinates33°58′23″S 151°02′06″E / 33.973°S 151.035°E / -33.973; 151.035
Postcode(s)2211
Location23 km (14 mi) south-west of Sydney CBD
LGA(s)City of Bankstown
State electorate(s)Electoral district of East Hills
Federal division(s)Division of Banks
Suburbs around Padstow Heights:
Revesby Padstow Peakhurst
Revesby Heights Padstow Heights Riverwood
Picnic Point Alfords Point Lugarno

Padstow Heights is a suburb, in south-western Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Padstow Heights is located 23 kilometres south-west of the Sydney central business district in the City of Bankstown. Padstow is a separate suburb to the north.

Padstow Heights is a mostly residential suburb bounded on the east by Salt Pan Creek and to the south by the Georges River. The Alfords Point Bridge links Padstow Heights to Alfords Point in the Sutherland Shire.

Padstow Heights Reservoir

History

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The Padstow area was first named Padstow Park Estate after a town called Padstow in Cornwall, England. It was named for being the "holy place of St Petrock" (not to be confused with St Patrick), an important Cornish saint. [1]

References

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  1. ^ The Book of Sydney Suburbs, Compiled by Frances Pollon, Angus & Robertson Publishers, 1990, Published in Australia ISBN 0-207-14495-8, page 197
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Category:City of Bankstown Category:Suburbs of Sydney