Warwick Road is an arterial east-west road located in the northern suburbs of Perth

Perth, Western Australia

Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia and the fourth most populous city in Australia. The Perth metropolitan area has an estimated population of almost 1,700,000....

, Western Australia

Western Australia

Western Australia is a state of Australia, occupying the entire western third of the Australian continent. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Great Australian Bight and Indian Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east and South Australia to the south-east...

. It was built in 1969 to service the Shire of Wanneroo

City of Joondalup

The City of Joondalup is a council and Local Government Area with City status in Perth, Western Australia. It covers the metropolitan Perth city of Joondalup in its entirety, as well as the town centres of Hillarys and Warwick....

 parts of the Hamersley

Hamersley, Western Australia

Hamersley is a residential suburb 14 kilometres north-northwest of the central business district of Perth, the capital of Western Australia, and six kilometres from the Indian Ocean. The suburb adjoins two major arterial roads—Mitchell Freeway to the west and Reid Highway to the...

 Development Scheme, which was later split into the suburbs of Duncraig

Duncraig, Western Australia

Duncraig is a large northern suburb of Perth, the capital city of Western Australia, Australia, and is located north of Perth's central business district between Marmion Avenue and Mitchell Freeway...

, Warwick

Warwick, Western Australia

Warwick is a suburb of Perth, Western Australia, located within the City of Joondalup. Its postcode is 6024. The eastern third of the suburb is a native bushland area known as the Warwick Open Space....

 and Greenwood

Greenwood, Western Australia

Greenwood, is a suburb of Perth, Western Australia, located in the City of Joondalup. The suburb is located 18 km from Perth's central business district.-History:...

. Its original alignment, which was gazetted in 1949 as Road No. 10578 by the Wanneroo Road Board, was a straight east-west road extending to Alexander Drive, but in the mid 1970s, the alignment was altered southwards in the vicinity of the freeway alignment (the Mitchell Freeway

Mitchell Freeway

Mitchell Freeway is a long freeway in Perth, Western Australia, linking Perth's central business district with its outer northern suburbs. It is allocated Route 2 for its entire length and is named after former state Premier and Governor Sir James Mitchell....

 was not, however, built until 1986), and in the late 1970s, the section east of Wanneroo Road

Wanneroo Road

Wanneroo Road is an important arterial road in Perth, Australia. It is about 75 kilometres long. It links Perth with the City of Wanneroo, and the Towns of Yanchep and Lancelin...

 was split off to form Marangaroo Drive.

Apart from the Glengarry and Greenwood neighbourhood shopping centres, Warwick Road also passes Warwick Open Space east of Erindale Road and the Percy Doyle Reserve, which includes sports and recreation facilities and the Duncraig Library, near Marmion Avenue

Marmion Avenue

Marmion Avenue is a major arterial road in Perth, Western Australia, designated State Route 71.It runs through the northern coastal suburbs of Perth from the end of West Coast Highway in Trigg and Karrinyup, to the outer northern suburb of Yanchep...

.

Major intersections

• Marmion Avenue - Sorrento
  Sorrento, Western Australia
  Sorrento is a northern coastal suburb of Perth, the capital city of Western Australia. Its Local Government Area is the City of Joondalup. At its northwestern corner is the Hillarys Boat Harbour, built in the late 1980s.-History:...
  
   and Duncraig
• Chessell Drive - Duncraig
• Lilburne Road - Duncraig
• Glengarry Drive - Duncraig
• Davallia Road - Duncraig
• Mitchell Freeway
  Mitchell Freeway
  Mitchell Freeway is a long freeway in Perth, Western Australia, linking Perth's central business district with its outer northern suburbs. It is allocated Route 2 for its entire length and is named after former state Premier and Governor Sir James Mitchell....
  
   - Duncraig, Greenwood and Warwick
• Dorchester Avenue - Warwick
• Coolibah Drive - Greenwood
• Ballantine Road - Warwick
• Allenswood Road - Greenwood
• Erindale Road - Greenwood and Warwick
• Wanneroo Road - Greenwood, Warwick and Girrawheen
  Girrawheen, Western Australia
  Girrawheen is a northern suburb of Perth, the capital city of Western Australia. Its Local Government Area is the City of Wanneroo.-History:...