Windy Hill
Windy Hill is an Australian rules football and cricket ground located in the Melbourne suburb of Essendon. Windy Hill is most notable as the former home base of the Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League; the club used the ground for home matches from 1922 until 1991, and then as its primary administrative and training base until 2013.Photo: Rulesfan, Public domain.
- Type: Sports venue
- Description: Australian rules football ground in the Melbourne area
- Also known as: “Windy Hill, Essendon”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Essendon railway station and Glenbervie railway station.
Essendon railway station
Railway station
Photo: Josh Parris, Public domain.
Essendon station is a railway station operated by Metro Trains Melbourne on the Craigieburn and Seymour lines, part of the Melbourne and Victorian railway networks. Essendon railway station is situated 550 metres southwest of Windy Hill.
Glenbervie railway station
Railway station
Photo: Alex1991, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Glenbervie station is a railway station operated by Metro Trains Melbourne on the Craigieburn line, part of the Melbourne rail network. It serves the northern suburb of Essendon in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Glenbervie railway station is situated 540 metres north of Windy Hill.
St Columba’s College
School
St Columba's College is an all-female Roman Catholic secondary school in Essendon, a suburb of Melbourne, Australia. It is one of four Sisters of Charity of Australia educational establishments, with St Vincent's College, Potts Point, Mt St Michael's College, Brisbane, and Catholic Ladies College, Eltham. St Columba’s College is situated 770 metres southwest of Windy Hill.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Inner north and Little Italy.
Inner north
Melbourne's inner north is a vibrant and diverse area, home to a number of cultural and social icons of Melbourne. It is famed for the popular Lygon Street Italian district, while next door lies the University of Melbourne, the best university in Australia by many rankings.
Little Italy
Neighborhood
Photo: Sgroey, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Little Italy in Victoria, Australia, is a Little Italy cultural precinct of the Italian community of Melbourne. It is situated along Lygon Street in the inner-Melbourne suburb of Carlton. Little Italy is situated 7 km southeast of Windy Hill.
Westgarth
Neighborhood
Photo: Batterbu, Public domain.
Westgarth is a neighbourhood within the suburb of Northcote, about 4 or 5 kilometres north-east of Melbourne's central business district in Victoria, Australia. Westgarth is situated 7 km southeast of Windy Hill.
Windy Hill
- Categories: recreation area and sports location
- Location: City of Moonee Valley, Victoria, Australia, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-37.75198° or 37° 45′ 7″ southLongitude
144.91964° or 144° 55′ 11″ eastOpen location code
4RJ66WX9+6VOpenStreetMap ID
way 26275746OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=sports_centreOpenStreetMap feature
sport=australian_footballOpenStreetMap feature
sport=bowlsOpenStreetMap feature
sport=cricketWikidata ID
Q8024841
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