West Ryde, New South Wales

Infobox Australian Place | type = suburb
name = West Ryde
city = Sydney
state = nsw


caption = West Ryde railway station and bus interchange
lga = City of Ryde
postcode = 2114
est =
pop
area =
propval =
fedgov = Bennelong
stategov = Ryde
near-nw = Eastwood
near-n = Denistone West
near-ne = Denistone
near-w = Ermington
near-e = Denistone East
near-sw = Melrose Park
near-s = Meadowbank
near-se = Ryde
dist1 = 15
dir1 = north-west
location1= Sydney CBD West Ryde is a suburb on the Lower North Shore of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. West Ryde is located 16 kilometres north-west of the Sydney central business district in the local government area of the City of Ryde.

Ryde, North Ryde and East Ryde are separate suburbs. The suburbs of Denistone, Denistone West, Meadowbank and Melrose Park share the 2114 postcode with West Ryde [http://www1.auspost.com.au/postcodes/index.asp?Locality=&sub=1&State=&Postcode=2114&submit1=Search Australia Post - Postcode Search] .

History

West Ryde is an extension of Ryde, which was named after the 'Ryde Store', a business run by G.M. Pope. He adopted the name from his birthplace of Ryde on the Isle of Wight, UK. [ "The Book of Sydney Suburbs", Compiled by Frances Pollon, Angus & Robertson Publishers, 1990, Published in Australia ISBN 0-207-14495-8, page 235]

Commercial Areas

West Ryde is home to a commercial area, close to West Ryde railway station and the Sydney Water Station, that pumps water to most of Northern Sydney.

West Ryde Marketplace is a medium sized shopping centre featuring a Woolworths supermarket, Gloria Jean's, specialty shops and [http://www.ryde.nsw.gov.au/library/westryde.htm West Ryde Public Library] . Since the new centre opened in 2005, it diverted many people from the ageing Top Ryde Shopping Centre, which subsequently closed and is now being redeveloped.

Transport

West Ryde railway station is on Northern railway line of Sydney's CityRail network. A bus interchange sits adjacent the station with services of 501, 520, 523 524, 534 and 543.

Housing

West Ryde has a number of historical buildings including Addison, the second oldest extant building in Australia. The domestic architecture of the suburb largely consists of homes on quarter-acre blocks displaying most of the archetypical Australian styles, including Federation houses, Californian Bungalows, Depression-era houses of weatherboard or fibro with corrugated iron roofs, and 1960s red-brick housing. There is also a substantial number of Askin-era red-brick apartment blocks atop half-acre concrete expanses.

In the past, West Ryde was a working-class suburb which was home to many factories, especially towards Meadowbank. The factories of the past are slowly succumbing to demolition, and the construction of waterfront apartments is taking their place, with views of Parramatta River and Sydney Olympic Park and the suburb is growing more affluent.

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