Largs Bay is a north-western suburb

Suburb

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 of Adelaide

Adelaide

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 16km from the CBD

Central business district

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, on the LeFevre Peninsula, in the state of South Australia

South Australia

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, Australia

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 and falls under the City of Port Adelaide Enfield

City of Port Adelaide Enfield

The City of Port Adelaide Enfield was established on 1 January 1997 by the amalgamation of the City of Port Adelaide and the City of Enfield, and is one of the larger metropolitan councils within South Australia....

. It is adjacent to Largs North

Largs North, South Australia

Largs North is a north-western suburb of Adelaide 17 km from the CBD, on the LeFevre Peninsula, in the state of South Australia, Australia and falls under the City of Port Adelaide Enfield. It is adjacent to Largs Bay and Taperoo. The post code for Largs North is 5016...

 and Semaphore

Semaphore, South Australia

Semaphore is a north-western seaside suburb of Adelaide of the LeFevre Peninsula 14km from the CBD, in the state of South Australia, Australia and falls under the City of Port Adelaide Enfield. It is adjacent to Semaphore South, Glanville, Exeter and Largs Bay. The postcode for Semaphore is 5019...

, Exeter

Exeter, South Australia

Exeter is a north-western suburb of Adelaide 14km from the CBD, on the LeFevre Peninsula, in the state of South Australia, Australia and falls under the City of Port Adelaide Enfield. It is adjacent to Semaphore, Birkenhead, Largs Bay and Glanville. The post code for Exeter is 5019...

 and Peterhead

Peterhead, South Australia

Peterhead is a north-western suburb of Adelaide 15km from the CBD, on the LeFevre Peninsula, in the state of South Australia, Australia and falls under the City of Port Adelaide Enfield. It is adjacent to Largs Bay and Birkenhead. The postcode for Peterhead is 5016...

. The post code for Largs Bay is 5016. It is bounded to the north by Walcot and Warwick Street, to the south by Wills, Hargrave and Union Streets and in the west and east by Gulf St Vincent and the Port River respectively.

Largs Bay is essentially a residential suburb, with a minor harbourside presence on the eastern shore of the suburb.

Facilities

The suburb is served by a primary school, Largs Bay Primary School, and the local high school is Ocean View College Gedville Campus, in nearby Taperoo

Taperoo, South Australia

Taperoo is a north-western suburb of Adelaide 18km from the CBD, on the LeFevre Peninsula in the state of South Australia, Australia and falls under the City of Port Adelaide Enfield. It is adjacent to Osborne and Largs North...

. There is a hospice on Everard Street and a museum on Fletcher Road. Largs Reserve overlooking Woolnough Road is the main outdoor recreational reserve in the suburb, being the site of a lawn bowling club. The Largs Pier Hotel on the Esplanade was used as a historical landmark in earlier times by sailors. A sailing club and a jetty are present on Largs Bay Beach.

The eastern side of the suburb, by the Port

Port River

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 riverside is the location of three shipping berths, which are used by Caltex

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, BP

BP

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 and Mobil

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 vessels.

Transport

The 157 and 333 buses service Military Road, while the 150 services Fletcher Road. The suburb is also serviced by Largs

Largs railway station, Adelaide

Largs railway station is a railway station on the Outer Harbor railway line which is located in the northwestern Adelaide suburb of Largs Bay. It is located 15.5 km by railway from the Adelaide Railway Station and caters for broad gauge suburban trains only. It was named after the Largs on...

 and Largs North railway stations on the Outer Harbor railway line.