Cremorne, New South Wales

Cremorne, New South Wales
Cremorne
SydneyNew South Wales
Cremorne 2.JPG
Open-air cafes on the square on Military Road
Postcode: 2090
Location: 6 km (4 mi) north of Sydney CBD
LGA: North Sydney Council
State District: North Shore, Willoughby
Federal Division: North Sydney, Warringah
Suburbs around Cremorne:
Cammeray Mosman
Neutral Bay Cremorne Mosman
Neutral Bay Cremorne Point
Willoughby Bay

Cremorne is a suburb on the lower North Shore of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Cremorne is located 6 kilometres north of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of North Sydney Council.

Cremorne Junction is a locality within the suburb. Immediately adjacent to the suburb, to the south, is the small residential suburb of Cremorne Point. Cremorne is situated between Mosman and Neutral Bay.

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History

Cremorne was named after the Cremorne Gardens, a popular pleasure ground in London, United Kingdom. [1]

Commercial area

Cremorne is a mainly residential area with its commercial area centred along Military Road, around as Cremorne Junction. Cremorne has a supermarket, a high-rise hotel known as Park Regis Concierge Apartments, a number of restaurants and shops. The Cremorne Town Centre includes the Cremorne Hotel. The commercial zone is smaller than neighbouring Neutral Bay. Small companies lease office space in this area.

Cremorne features an historic cinema, the Hayden Orpheum Picture Palace. In an Art Deco style, it features a Wurlitzer pipe-organ that is played at selected film screenings. The cinema was designed by G.N.Kenworthy and constructed in 1935. Its restoration was undertaken in 1987 by its new owner, television personality Mike Walsh.[2]

Schools

A co-educational private school, SCECGS Redlands, has its senior campus on Military Road and its junior and middle campus on Murdoch Street.

Transport

All transport to and from Cremorne is by road or water. Military Road connects Cremorne to Neutral Bay and the Sydney Harbour Bridge to the West, and to Mosman to the East.

Transport between Military Road and Sydney CBD is available via Sydney Buses routes L80, L85, 178, 180 and 244 to 249. Other bus routes on Military Road provide regular services to the business districts in North Sydney and Chatswood and to Sydney's Northern Beaches. The Sydney Ferries Mosman route runs to Cremorne's two wharves, Cremorne Point and Old Cremorne, to Sydney CBD's Circular Quay.

References

  1. ^ The Book of Sydney Suburbs, Frances Pollon, Angus & Robertson Publishers, 1990, Published in Australia ISBN 0-207-14495-8, page 72
  2. ^ Sydney Architecture, Graham Jahn (Watermark Press) 1997

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