Denistone East Sydney, New South Wales |
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Midway Shopping Centre
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Population | 2,098 (2011 census) | ||||||||||||
Established | 5 February 1999 | ||||||||||||
Postcode(s) | 2112 | ||||||||||||
Location | 16 km (10 mi) north west of Sydney CBD | ||||||||||||
LGA(s) | City of Ryde | ||||||||||||
State electorate(s) | Ryde | ||||||||||||
Federal Division(s) | Bennelong | ||||||||||||
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Denistone East is a suburb in the Northern Suburbs of Sydney, Australia. Denistone East is 16 kilometres north-west of the Sydney central business district in the local government area of the City of Ryde. Denistone and Denistone West are separate suburbs; Denistone East was gazetted as a suburb in its own right on 5 February 1999.
Denistone East's retail area is Midway Shopping Centre, built in 1960 with 5 shops. Today it has expanded to a variety of 20 retail premises, an important community hub with a friendly village atmosphere serving the local community.
Larger regional shopping centres such as Macquarie Centre and Top Ryde City are located nearby.
Denistone East Public School was established in 1950, and is a large local primary school with over 800 students from Kindergarten to Grade 6. It was rebuilt in 2005 with completely new administrative, assembly and classroom blocks.
Denistone East is centred at the intersection of Cecil Street, Lovell Road, Quarry Road and North Road, where Midway Shopping Centre is situated. These roads converge into an elongated figure of 8 roundabout.
At present the following routes service Denistone East. All are provided by Sydney Buses:
Coordinates: 33°47′56″S 151°05′58″E / 33.79885°S 151.09948°E