Alternate uses: Regents Park (disambiguation)

Regent's Park (disambiguation)

-Regent's Park:*Regent's Park, a park in London, England**Regent's Park tube station, a London Underground station**Regent's Park Estate, a housing estate east of Regent's Park**Regent's Park Barracks**Regent's College in Regent's Park...

Regents Park is a western

Greater Western Sydney

Greater Western Sydney is a term used to describe the western region of the metropolitan area of Sydney, Australia. The University of Western Sydney defines Greater Western Sydney as comprising 14 local government areas...

 suburb

Suburb

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 of Sydney

Sydney

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, in the state of New South Wales

New South Wales

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, Australia

Australia

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. Regents Park is located 22 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district

Sydney central business district

The Sydney central business district is the main commercial centre of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It extends southwards for about 3 kilometres from Sydney Cove, the point of first European settlement. Its north–south axis runs from Circular Quay in the north to Central railway station in...

, in the local government area of Auburn Council

Auburn Council

Auburn Council is the governing body of a local government area in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, about 15 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district...

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History

The suburb took its name from a local property built by Mr Peck and Mr Johnson in 1879, which they had named after Regent's Park

Regent's Park

Regent's Park is one of the Royal Parks of London. It is in the north-western part of central London, partly in the City of Westminster and partly in the London Borough of Camden...

, in the north-west of London

London

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, United Kingdom

United Kingdom

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European settlement

The area was originally part of a land grant to Joseph Hyde Potts and the first subdivision was made in 1880. When the school opened in 1899 it was known as Potts Hill School, but became Sefton Park School in 1907 when this area became known as Sefton Park. In 1929 it was changed to Regent Park School. The railway station opened in 1914 as Regents Park but the site was changed in 1924 when the line connected Lidcombe

Lidcombe, New South Wales

Lidcombe is a suburb in western Sydney, in the state of New South Wales Australia. Lidcombe is located 14 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of Auburn Council....

 to Bankstown

Bankstown, New South Wales

Bankstown is a suburb of south-western Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Bankstown is located 20 kilometres south-west of the Sydney central business district and is the administrative centre of the local government area of the City of Bankstown.-History:Prior to European...

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Transport

Regents Park railway station is on the Inner West line and the loop portion of the Bankstown Line of the CityRail

CityRail

CityRail is an operating brand of RailCorp, a corporation owned by the state government of New South Wales, Australia. It is responsible for providing commuter rail services, and some coach services, in and around Sydney, Newcastle and Wollongong, the three largest cities of New South Wales. It is...

network.

Schools

Regents Park Public School(Years K-6), Karningul Public School,Trinity Catholic College (Years 7-8), St Peter Chanel Primary School, Birrong Girls' High School (Years 7-12), Birrong Boys' High School (years 7-12), Regents Park Christian School (K-12).

Local Government Area

The Potts Hill Reservoir (also known locally as 'The Pipelines') is the demarcation line between Auburn and Bankstown Councils. While the majority of the suburb falls within the local government area of Auburn Council, those living south-west of the Potts Hill Reservoir will be registered under Bankstown Council.

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