Newell’s Paddocks Wetlands Park

Newell’s Paddocks Wetlands Park is a park in Melbourne, Victoria. Newell’s Paddocks Wetlands Park is situated nearby to Lynchs Bridge, as well as near Stock Bridge.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Footscray Park and Flemington Racecourse.

Footscray Park

Park

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Footscray Park is one of the largest and most intact examples of an Edwardian park in Australia. The 15-hectare park is located on the south bank of the Maribyrnong River in Footscray in Victoria. Footscray Park is situated 680 metres northwest of Newell’s Paddocks Wetlands Park.

Flemington Racecourse

Sports venue

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Flemington Racecourse is a major horse racing venue located in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It is most notable for hosting the Melbourne Cup, which is the world's richest handicap and the world's richest 3200-metre horse race. Flemington Racecourse is situated 1 km north of Newell’s Paddocks Wetlands Park.

Footscray railway station

Railway station

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Footscray station is a railway station operated by Metro Trains Melbourne and V/Line on the metropolitan Sunbury, Werribee and Williamstown lines and the regional Ballarat, Bendigo and Geelong lines, part of the Melbourne and Victorian rail networks. Footscray railway station is situated 1 km southwest of Newell’s Paddocks Wetlands Park.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Docklands and Inner north.

Docklands

Suburb

Photo: Massimo Telò, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Docklands is an inner-city suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, on the western end of the central business district. Docklands had a population of 15,495 at the 2021 census. Docklands is situated 3½ km southeast of Newell’s Paddocks Wetlands Park.

Inner north

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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 5 km east of Newell’s Paddocks Wetlands Park.

Newell’s Paddocks Wetlands Park

Type: Park
Category: recreation area
Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Oceania
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Latitude

-37.79676° or 37° 47′ 48″ south

Longitude

144.91283° or 144° 54′ 46″ east

Open location code

4RJ66W37+74

OpenStreetMap ID

way 45792852

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=park

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Lynchs Bridge and Stock Bridge.

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