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The district Penrith of in Penrith Municipality (New South Wales) with it's 11,813 inhabitants Penrith is located in Australia about 139 mi north-east of Canberra, the country's capital.
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Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 26°C / 78 °F
Morning Temperature | 17°C / 62 °F |
Evening Temperature | 24°C / 74 °F |
Night Temperature | 20°C / 67 °F |
Chance of rainfall | 0% |
Air Humidity | 56% |
Air Pressure | 1021 hPa |
Wind Speed | Moderate breeze with 9 km/h (6 mph) from West |
Cloud Conditions | Broken clouds, covering 82% of sky |
General Conditions | Light rain |
Sunday, 17th of November 2024
34°C (93 °F)
20°C (68 °F)
Heavy intensity rain, moderate breeze, overcast clouds.
Monday, 18th of November 2024
31°C (88 °F)
17°C (63 °F)
Light rain, moderate breeze, clear sky.
Tuesday, 19th of November 2024
24°C (75 °F)
18°C (64 °F)
Light rain, moderate breeze, scattered clouds.
Hotels and Places to Stay
Mercure Penrith
BREAKFREE CAPITAL TOWER
St. Marys Park View Motel
Jamison Hotel
Value Suites Penrith
Quality Inn Penrith
Blue Cattle Dog Hotel
Western Sydney University Village Penrith
Holiday Inn SYDNEY ST MARYS
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Ulysses Motorcycle Club Penrith 2009
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(HD) Penrith station (4.4.2012)
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Attractions and noteworthy things
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Penrith, New South Wales
Penrith is a suburb in Greater Western Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Penrith is located 50 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district and is the administrative centre for the local government area of the City of Penrith. It lies east of the Nepean River. Penrith is a commercial centre, designated a regional city under the NSW Metropolitan Strategy.
Emu Plains Correctional Centre
Emu Plains Correctional Centre, an Australian minimum security prison for females, is located on Old Bathurst Rd, Emu Plains, New South Wales. The centre is operated by Corrective Services NSW an agency of the Department of Attorney General and Justice of the Government of New South Wales. The centre detains sentenced and unsentenced felons under New South Wales and/or Commonwealth legislation.
Cranebrook, New South Wales
Cranebrook is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Cranebrook is located 65 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Penrith and is part of the Greater Western Sydney region. It is surrounded by the rural suburbs of Castlereagh, Llandilo and Londonderry and has come to incorporate the Mount Pleasant housing estate, long regarded as a separate suburb.
Kingswood railway station, Sydney
Kingswood railway station is located on the Western line of the CityRail system in the western Sydney suburb of Kingswood. Opening in 1887, the station consists two side platforms with access via an overhead concourse and footbridge. The station is the nearest—but not particularly close—station to the Penrith campus of the University of Western Sydney.
Emu Plains, New South Wales
Emu Plains is a suburb of Sydney in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is 58 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Penrith and is part of the Greater Western Sydney region. Emu Plains is on the western side of the Nepean River, located at the foot of the Blue Mountains.
Division of Lindsay
The Division of Lindsay is an Australian Electoral Division in the state of New South Wales. It is located in the outer western suburbs of Sydney, and is centred around Penrith. It also includes the suburbs of Castlereagh, Mulgoa and Werrington. The Division is named after Sir Norman Lindsay, the prominent Australian artist, writer and sculptor. The Division was proclaimed at the redistribution of 11 October 1984 and was first contested at the 1984 Federal election.
Kingswood, New South Wales
Kingswood is a suburb in western Sydney, in the state of New South Wales Australia. It is 49 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Penrith. There are various other locations within the state of New South Wales that are also called Kingswood, and is often confused with the nearby suburb of Kingswood Park.
Werrington Downs, New South Wales
Werrington Downs is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is 52 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Penrith and is part of the Greater Western Sydney region.
City of Penrith
The City of Penrith is a local government area in western Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. The seat of the City is located in Penrith, located about 50 kilometres west of Sydney's central business district. The Municipality of Penrith was incorporated on 12 May 1871 under the Municipalities Act 1858 (NSW). On 3 March 1890, St Marys was separately incorporated, and on 26 July 1893 and 9 September 1895, Mulgoa and Castlereagh followed respectively.
Jamisontown, New South Wales
Jamisontown is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is 56 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Penrith, and is part of the Greater Western Sydney region. It is on the eastern side of the Nepean River, just south of Penrith and bears the name of Thomas Jamison, a pioneer landowner and First Fleet surgeon. Affluent members who currently reside in Jamisontown include Mark Walsh.
Cambridge Park, New South Wales
Cambridge Park is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia 53 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Penrith. It is part of the Greater Western Sydney region.
Cambridge Gardens, New South Wales
Cambridge Gardens is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Cambridge Gardens is located 54 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Penrith and is part of the Greater Western Sydney region.
Glenmore Park, New South Wales
Glenmore Park is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Glenmore Park is located 59 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Penrith and is part of the Greater Western Sydney region. Glenmore Park is south of Jamisontown and South Penrith with its boundary being the M4 Motorway.
Penrith railway station, Sydney
Penrith railway station is a station on the CityRail network in New South Wales, Australia. Located in the Sydney suburb of Penrith, the station serves as a major interchange between Western line, Blue Mountains line trains. Western-bound CountryLink XPT and Xplorer services also stop here.
Emu Plains railway station
Emu Plains railway station is located in the western Sydney suburb of Emu Plains and also serves the surrounding suburbs of Emu Heights and Leonay. With two side platforms, it is located on the Western and Blue Mountains lines of the CityRail network. It is the terminus of the main branch of the Western line, though many trains terminate at the previous station of Penrith.
Penrith Whitewater Stadium
The Penrith Whitewater Stadium is located near Sydney, Australia. It is an artificial whitewater sporting facility which hosted the canoe/kayak slalom events at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. The facility is part of the Penrith Lakes Scheme, which is converting open-pit sand and gravel mines into lakes for recreation. It is close to Cranebrook and is adjacent to the Sydney International Regatta Centre.
Penrith High School
Penrith High School is an academically selective, public, co-educational secondary school located in Penrith, a western suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Established in 1950 and operated by the New South Wales Department of Education and Communities, the school currently caters for approximately 900 students from Years 7 to 12. Penrith High School has a demonstrated history of academic success, particularly in the Higher School Certificate.
Victoria Bridge (Penrith)
The Victoria Bridge over Nepean River, officially known as The Nepean Bridge, is a wrought iron plate girder bridge that crosses the Nepean River at Penrith in the western suburbs of Sydney, New South Wales Australia. Completed in 1867 under the supervision of John Whitton, the Engineer–in–Chief of New South Wales Government Railways, the bridge initially carried rail and horse–drawn traffic, and was converted in 1907 to exclusively carry the Great Western Highway.
Caroline Chisholm College
Caroline Chisholm College is a Roman Catholic girls school for years 7-12 located in Glenmore Park, New South Wales. It is under the direction of the Catholic Education, Parramatta Diocese. The school is named in honor of Caroline Chisholm, a pioneer in Australian history and social reformer.
Nepean Hospital
Nepean Hospital is a 520-bed teaching hospital in Kingswood. Nepean Hospital is located at the base of the Blue Mountains in Penrith, New South Wales, Australia. Nepean Emergency Department is one of the busiest in Australia, treating over 54,000 patients annually. The Emergency Department is a modern, well-equipped, purpose built facility with an adjacent short stay unit.
Sydney International Regatta Centre
The Sydney International Regatta Centre, located in Penrith, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, is a rowing and canoe sprint venue built for the 2000 Summer Olympics. It is now a popular sporting venue, with the Head of the River Regatta held annually here. Defqon.1 Festival is also held here; as a newly established and reasonably popular hard dance music event Defqon.1 Festival requires a large venue which is somewhat removed from residences, making the Regatta Centre an ideal location.
Cambridge Park High School
Cambridge Park High School is located in Western Sydney, at the base of the Blue Mountains. The school offers a comprehensive education to the approximately 700 students enrolled, who come primarily from the surrounding suburbs of Werrington, Werrington County, Cambridge Park and Cambridge Gardens.
Nepean Creative and Performing Arts High School
Nepean High School, now named Nepean Creative and Performing Arts High School, is a comprehensive public high school in Emu Plains, New South Wales, Australia, named after Sir Evan Nepean of Saltash, England. As of 2010 student enrolment was 550 in years 7 through 12. The school's motto is "Aspire the Heights", and the school aims to grow even more, now specalising in the performing and creative arts.
Jamison High School
Jamison High School is located in South Penrith in Western Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It is located on the corner of Evan and Maxwell streets, and stands adjacent to the Southlands Shopping Centre. Currently enrolled at this comprehensive high school is an average of 950–1000 students, ranging from grade 7 to 12. The school's motto is, "Achieve through co-operation".
Penrith Stadium
Penrith Stadium (also currently known by its sponsorship name of Centrebet Stadium Penrith, and known for one week until 28 June 2011 as McGrath Foundation Stadium) is a rugby league and soccer stadium located on Mulgoa Road, Penrith, New South Wales, Australia. The 22,500 seat venue is the home ground for the Penrith Panthers who play in the National Rugby League (NRL). The all-time attendance record for the venue is 22,582 in a match between Penrith v Parramatta on 17 July 2010.