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Padstow Heights
xxxNew South Wales
 
Henry Kendall Avenue, 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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  The recent edit you made to Padstow Heights, New South Wales constitutes vandalism, and has been reverted. Please do not continue to remove content. Thank you. Regibox (talk) 11:59, 9 November 2008 (UTC)Reply

  Please do not remove content from pages without explanation, as you did with this edit to Padstow Heights, New South Wales. If you continue to do so, you will be blocked from editing. It Is Me Here (talk) 12:10, 9 November 2008 (UTC)Reply