Canterbury

Canterbury is a suburb in the state of , Australia. Canterbury is located 10.5 kilometres south-west of the in the City of Canterbury Bankstown.
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  • Type: Suburb with 7,200 residents
  • Description: suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
  • Also known as: Canterbury, New South Wales” and “Canterbury, New South Wales, Australia

Places of Interest

Highlights include Canterbury railway station and Canterbury Olympic Ice Rink.

Metro station
is a heritage-listed railway station located on the Bankstown line at Canterbury, , Australia. The station was designed by New South Wales Government Railways and built from 1895 to 1915 by J.

Ice rink
is an ice sports and public ice skating centre, located in the suburb of Canterbury, New South Wales.

Sports venue
is a racecourse for horse racing in , , . It is located 11 km from the Sydney Central Business District, in King Street in the suburb of Canterbury, adjacent to .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Inner West and Newtown.

The of Sydney stretches from the small inner city suburb of Chippendale to the secondary railway hub and business-retail centre of Strathfield and also to the west.

Suburb
, a suburb of , is located approximately four kilometres south-west of the , straddling the local government areas of the and Inner West Council in the state of , Australia. is situated 6 km east of Canterbury.

Southwestern Sydney is a large residential area to the south and west of , including the centres of Cabramatta and Liverpool. The district also covers the Canterbury-Bankstown area, but not the suburbs.

Canterbury

Latitude
-33.91302° or 33° 54′ 47″ south
Longitude
151.11702° or 151° 7′ 1″ east
Population
7,200
Elevation
13 metres (43 feet)
United Nations Location Code
AU NCT
Open location code
4RRH34P8+QR
Open­Street­Map ID
node 117157493
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
6949377
Wiki­data ID
Q3350503
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Bengali to Urdu—“Canterbury” goes by many names.
  • Bengali: ক্যান্টারবেরি, নিউ সাউথ ওয়েল্স
  • Bengali: ক্যান্টারবেরি, নিউ সাউথ ওয়েল্‌স
  • Bengali: ক্যান্টারবেরি
  • Cebuano: Canterbury
  • Chinese: 間打巴利 (新南威爾斯州)
  • Chinese: 間打巴利
  • French: Canterbury
  • German: Canterbury
  • Greek: Καντέρμπερι
  • Hebrew: Canterbury, New South Wales, Australia
  • Hebrew: Canterbury, New South Wales
  • Hebrew: קנטרברי (ניו סאות׳ ויילס)
  • Hebrew: קנטרברי, ניו סאות׳ ויילס
  • Hebrew: קנטרברי
  • Irish: Canterbury
  • Japanese: カンタベリー (ニューサウスウェールズ州)
  • Japanese: カンタベリー
  • Persian: کانتربری، نیو ساوت ولز
  • Polish: Canterbury
  • Romanian: Canterbury, New South Wales
  • Romanian: Canterbury
  • Spanish: Canterbury (Nueva Gales del Sur)
  • Spanish: Canterbury
  • Swedish: Canterbury, New South Wales
  • Swedish: Canterbury
  • Urdu: کینٹربری، نیو ساؤتھ ویلز
  • Urdu: کینٹربری

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Benchmark Canterbury and Saint Mary Mckillop Reserve.

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