St Leonards, New South Wales

St Leonards Sydney, New South Wales
Aerial view of Longueville, Riverview, St Leonards
Population	4,467 (2011 census)
• Density	3,873.68/km2 (10,032.8/sq mi)
Established	1853
Postcode(s)	2065
Area	0.8 km2 (0.3 sq mi)
Location	5 km (3 mi) north of Sydney CBD
LGA(s)	Municipality of Lane Cove, North Sydney Council, City of Willoughby
State electorate(s)	Lane Cove, North Shore, Willoughby
Federal Division(s)	North Sydney
Suburbs around St Leonards: Artarmon Artarmon Naremburn Gore Hill Osborne Park St Leonards Crows Nest Greenwich Wollstonecraft Crows Nest

St Leonards is a suburb on the lower North Shore of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. St Leonards is located 5 km north-west of the Sydney central business district and lies across the local government areas of Municipality of Lane Cove, North Sydney Council and the City of Willoughby.

St Leonards was named after English statesman Thomas Townshend, 1st Viscount Sydney of St Leonards. Originally, St Leonards applied to the whole area from the present suburb of North Sydney to Gore Hill. The township of St Leonards in 1883 is now North Sydney.

The oldest railway station on the North Shore line opened in 1890 in St Leonards and originally only ran to Hornsby.

The Gore Hill cemetery was established on the Pacific Highway in 1868 and was the main burial site for the area until its closure in 1975. It is still maintained as a heritage site by the Department of Local Government and Lands, Willoughby Municipal Council and the Heritage Council of New South Wales.

St Leonards has a commercial centre that complements the role of Chatswood, Lane Cove and North Sydney as one of the centres for business on the North Shore of Sydney. St Leonards contains one of Sydney's suburban skyscraper clusters, with major offices for many large companies including Toyota Financial Services, IBM, Lenovo, Oporto Chicken & Burgers, Manchester Unity, 3, Savvytel, CIMIC Group, Forum Group, Macquarie Media Group and Channel 31 TV Studio . The NSW Department of Education and Training host their Information Technology Directorate in Herbert Street. Gore Hill Technology Park is the site of current Fox Sports television studios.