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Parks and gardens of Sydney

A fig-lined avenue in Hyde Park, Sydney
The Domain

Sydney is well endowed with open spaces and has many natural areas. Many of these exist even within the compact city centre. These include the Chinese Garden of Friendship and Hyde Park (which is named after London's Hyde Park).[1] The metropolitan area contains several national parks, including the Royal National Park, the second oldest national park in the world (after Yellowstone National Park), which occupies an area of 132 square kilometres (51 sq mi; 13,200 ha; 33,000 acres).[2] Completing Sydney's wide array of green spaces, the leader is the Royal Botanic Garden, with its large amount of green spaces, lush plants and colourful flowers.

Although Sydney developed organically after the arrival of the First Fleet, the city parks and open spaces were a part of early town planning to provide relief from the bustle and monotony of the city streets. Hyde Park is the oldest park in the city.

"Lover's Walk", Hyde Park, circa 1912.

Largest parks in Sydney metropolitan area

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Ordinal Park name Area Notes
ha acres
1 Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park 15,400 38,054
2 Royal National Park 13,200 32,618
3 Western Sydney Parklands 5,280 13,047
4 Heathcote National Park 2,250 5,560
5 Garigal National Park 2,200 5,436
6 Lane Cove National Park 600 1,483
7 Sydney Harbour National Park 411 1,016 comprising ten smaller parks
8 Georges River National Park 340 840

Largest parks in the City of Sydney area

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Centennial Park
Queen's Park
Ordinal Park name Area Notes
ha acres
1 Centennial Park 189 467
2 Moore Park 115 284
3 Sydney Park 45 111
4 The Domain 34 84
5 Royal Botanic Garden 30 74

Parks and reserves

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The following is an incomplete list of parks and reserves in Sydney:

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Sydney's Hyde Park
  2. ^ NPWS website, Royal National Park Archived August 20, 2006, at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ "First Fleet Park". The Rocks. Government of New South Wales. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
  4. ^ "The history of Frog Hollow Reserve". Parks histories. City of Sydney. 27 March 2013. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
  5. ^ "The history of Harmony Park". Parks histories. City of Sydney. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
  6. ^ "St Leonards Park". New South Wales State Heritage Register. Department of Planning & Environment. H01941. Retrieved 2 June 2018. Text is licensed by State of New South Wales (Department of Planning and Environment) under CC BY 4.0 licence.
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