Erskine Park, New South Wales

Erskine Park, New South Wales

Infobox Australian Place | type = suburb
name = Erskine Park
city = Sydney
state = NSW


caption =
lga = City of Penrith
postcode = 2759
est = 1981
pop = 7000(approx)
area =
propval =
stategov = Smithfield
fedgov = Prospect
near-nw = St Clair
near-n = Colyton
near-ne = Minchinbury
near-w = St Clair
near-e = Eastern Creek
near-sw = Orchard Hills
near-s = Kemps Creek
near-se = Horsley Park
dist1 = 42
dir1 = west
location1= Sydney CBD

Erskine Park is a suburb of Sydney in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Erskine Park is located 42 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Penrith and is part of the Greater Western Sydney region. Erskine Park is also colloquially known as "Ersko".

Erskine Park is a growing, predominately residential suburb with some industrial developments. The suburb has a high school, primary school and some local shops.

History

Erskine Park is named after James Erskine, Lieutenant Governor to Lachlan Macquarie, who was granted land in this area in the early days of the colony. James Erskine Public School The local school, is named in his honour.

Commercial area

The local shopping centere is a small booming business area featuring a supermarket, hairdressers, newsagent, confectionary store, pharmacy, a gourmet deli, and a popular family pizzeria called Gottie's. It contains a growing industrial area on its southern outskirts. The industrial area is known as the Erskine Business Park. The Business Park contains warehouses which are operated by companies such as BlueScope Steel, Koorong Bookstore, Hasbro, TNT logistics, and a proposed Woolworths Liquor distribution centre.

Transport

Erskine Park is located near the junction of the M4 Western Motorway and Westlink M7 Motorway. There is a link road proposed from the Business Park to the Westlink M7.

chools

* James Erskine Public School
* Erskine Park High School has over 1000 students. It is a crappy sped school inhabited by bogan skanks. The principal, Tim McCallum, is a major douchebag who abuses his authority and is having sexual relationships with several students, including Kristy-Anne Chader, the school slut.

Recreation

A bike track runs from Erskine Park Road to Bennett Road in St Clair. A natural bush area in Erskine Park is used for riding dirt bikes, trail bikes and BMX bikes.

External links

* [http://www.penrithcity.nsw.gov.au/index.asp?id=969 Penrith Local Suburb Profiles]


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