Castle Cove, New South Wales
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| Castle Cove | |
|---|---|
 |
|
| Postcode | 2069 |
| Location | Sydney, N.S.W. |
| LGA | Willoughby City Council |
| Established | 1858 |
| Population | 3,270 (2001 census) inc. Middle Cove |
| Area | 319 hectares inc. Middle Cove |
| Neighbouring suburbs | |
| Middle Cove, Chatswood, Willoughby | |
Castle Cove is a suburb in Sydney's Lower North Shore, situated on the western side of Middle Harbour within the City of Willoughby. The suburb (postcode 2069) has spectacular views and is the most expensive of Willoughby's areas. It is believed that Castle Cove was named after an estate of Henry Willis built in 1905, Willis was a prominent member of the Parliament of New South Wales at the time. The suburb is home to Castle Cove Park and the Castle Cove Golf Links. The local school is Castle Cove Public School and the principal is Jeanette Cope.
During the mid 1980's, a plan by the NSW Roads and Traffic authority to extend the Warringah Freeway along the north edge of Castle Cove was abandoned following an outcry from local residents. This would have extended the Warringah freeway to the area of its name, and bypassed the heavily congested Military Rd and Warringah Rd links to the northern beaches of Sydney. The plan involved the construction of a bridge from the eastern end of Castle cove over Middle Harbour to Seaforth.
Around 1985, the descendants of Henry Willis attempted to subdivide the land around the Castle, to be used for construction of several town houses, and turn the Castle into a wedding reception center. As the land earmarked for the town houses was previously donated to the Castle owners by the government to enhance the Castle grounds, it was felt that profiteering from this was inappropriate. As a result, the Willoughby council rejected the rezoning required to build the townhouses. Permission to run a business from the Castle was also rejected. The Castle owners then sold the property for approx $4 million, via an onsite public auction.
[edit] External links
-
- Street map from Street Directory, MSN Maps and Multimap.
- Satellite image from Google Maps, WikiMapia and Terraserver.
- Castle Cove/Middle Cove, Willoughby City Council - community profile
| Suburbs of City of Willoughby | North Shore | Sydney |
|---|
| Artarmon | Castlecrag | Castle Cove | Chatswood | Gore Hill | Middle Cove | Naremburn | Northbridge | Roseville | St Leonards | Willoughby |
| List of Sydney suburbs |
 |
This article related to the geography of Sydney is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
