Merrylands West is a suburb

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 in western

Greater Western Sydney

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 Sydney

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, New South Wales

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, Australia

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. Merrylands West is located 27 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district

Sydney central business district

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 in the local government area of the City of Holroyd

City of Holroyd

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Merrylands West contains several schools - Merrylands High School

Merrylands High School

Merrylands High School is a coeducational, comprehensive high school in Merrylands, a suburb in Western Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.The school has an enrolment of 800 students; 62% of students come from language backgrounds other than English and over 50 cultures are represented at the...

, Cerdon College- an all girls' school, and Sherwood Grange Public School. There is a retirement village situated on Kenyons Road, behind the high schools. The suburb is commercially serviced by a small shopping centre comprising a supermarket and fast food outlets. Merrylands West also contains the Central Gardens - a small wildlife park in Sydney's west.

The eastern part of Merrylands West is known locally as Hilltop, and contains Hilltop Road Public School.

There are two T-way

T-way

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stops in Merrylands West - the Sherwood stop near the main intersection, and the Canal stop in front of the two high schools. The area is also serviced by other local bus companies.