Hoxton Park, New South Wales

Infobox Australian Place | type = suburb
name = Hoxton Park
city = Sydney
state = nsw


caption =
lga = City of Liverpool
postcode = 2171
pop =
est = 1887
area =
propval =
stategov = Macquarie Fields
fedgov = Werriwa
near-nw = Middleton Grange
near-n = Hinchinbrook
near-ne = Miller
near-w = West Hoxton
near-e = Prestons
near-sw = West Hoxton
near-s = Horningsea Park
near-se = Prestons
dist1 = 38
dir1 = west
location1= Sydney

Hoxton Park is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Hoxton Park is located 38 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Liverpool and is part of the Greater Western Sydney region.

Hoxton Park also has a small sealed airstrip, Hoxton Park Airport. It is commonly used for general aviation flying and training.

History

Hoxton Park was named in 1887 when Phillips and Co, a syndicate, subdivided the land under that name. Thomas Setrop Amos, a London solicitor, who arrived in Sydney in 1816, was granted 800 acres here in June 1818. [ "The Book of Sydney Suburbs", Compiled by Frances Pollen, Angus & Robertson Publishers, 1990, p.126 ISBN 0-207-14495-8]

A further development of note took place circa 1850 with the construction of Bernera, a weatherboard homestead built by Alan McPherson, Collector of Internal Revenue. Bernera was an early homestead in a vernacular style and is listed on the Register of the National Estate. [The Heritage of Australia, Macmillan Company, 1981, p.2/41]

Transport

Hoxton Park sits at the corner of Hoxton Park Road, connecting to Liverpool and Cowpastures Road which in turn connects to the Westlink M7 providing easy access to much of greater Sydney. Busabout provides four bus services running along both Hoxton Park Road and Cowpastures Road, connecting Hoxton Park to Liverpool and areas to the west. [cite web | url= http://www.busabout.com.au/HTML/NetworkMap.html | title=Busabout Network Map | publisher=Busabout | accessdate=2008-04-19 ]

Churches

Hoxton Park also has many churches in its area, the largest church in Hoxton Park is Liverpool Christian Life Centre which has been active for more than 25 years with more than 5,000 members in and out of Hoxton Park.

port and Recreation

Hoxton Park is also home to the Liverpool Catholic Club with an ice skating complex nearby bringing many people to use these facilities.

ee also

*Hoxton Park Airport

References

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