Sydney Sydney is the capital city of the States and territories of Australia, state of New South Wales and the List of cities in Australia by population, most populous city in Australia. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds Syd ...

is well endowed with open spaces and has many natural areas. Many of these exist even within the compact

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. These include the Chinese Garden of Friendship and Hyde Park (which is named after

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's Hyde Park). The metropolitan area contains several

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s, including the

Royal National Park The Royal National Park is a state park, protected national park that is located in the Sutherland Shire local government area in Southern Sydney and in the City of Wollongong local government area in the Illawarra region of New South Wales, Au ...

, the second oldest national park in the world (after

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), which occupies an area of . Completing Sydney's wide array of green spaces, the leader is the Royal Botanic Garden, with its large amount of green spaces, lush plants and colourful flowers. Although Sydney developed organically after the arrival of the

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, the city parks and open spaces were a part of early town planning to provide relief from the bustle and monotony of the city streets. Hyde Park is the oldest park in the city.

Largest parks in Sydney metropolitan area

Largest parks in the City of Sydney area

Parks and reserves

The following is an incomplete list of parks and reserves in Sydney: * Alexandria Park * Anderson Park, Neutral Bay * Angophora Reserve * Arthur McElhone Reserve * Auburn Botanic Gardens *

Australian Botanic Garden Mount Annan The Australian Botanic Garden Mount Annan is a botanical garden located in a hilly area of the South-western Sydney, southwestern Sydney suburb of , between Campbelltown, New South Wales, Campbelltown and Camden, New South Wales, Camden, New S ...

* Badangi Reserve *

Balfour Street Park Balfour Street Park is a public pocket park located in an inner-city suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. The park is located in the suburb of Chippendale, at the corner of Balfour Street and O’Connor Street. Balfour ...

* Ballast Point * Balls Head Reserve * Barangaroo Reserve * Beare Park * Bede Spillane Gardens * Belmore Park * Ben Buckler Gun Battery * Bents Basin State Conservation Area *

Berowra Valley Regional Park The Berowra Valley Regional Park is in the Hornsby Shire in Sydney, Australia. Most of what was previously the regional park was placed in the Berowra Valley National Park in September 2012. Only a small portion remains as the regional park. Se ...

* Berry Island Reserve * Bicentennial Park ** Brickpit Ring Walk **

Louise Sauvage Pathway Louise Sauvage Pathway runs alongside the suburb of Newington, New South Wales, and is named in honour of Australian paralympic wheelchair racer Louise Sauvage. The Pathway is the longest continuous section of pathway in Sydney Olympic Park. Th ...

* Bicentennial Square * Birchgrove Park *

Botany Bay National Park The Kamay Botany Bay National Park is a Heritage register, heritage-listed state park, protected national park that is located in the eastern part of Botany Bay in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The national park is situated approximately ...

* Bradley's Head * Brenan Park * Brightmore Reserve *

Burwood Park Burwood Park is a historic private estate located in Hersham, Surrey, England. Spanning six miles of road, Burwood Park is situated in a former Deer park (England), deer park that belonged to Henry VIII. The 360 acre estate is known both for it ...

* Carss Cottage * Centenary Park *

Centennial Parklands Centennial Parklands is the name given to a group of three urban parklands located in the eastern suburbs of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Comprising approximately , the lands encompass Centennial Park, Moore Park and Queens Park. Th ...

** Centennial Park ** Moore Park ** Queens Park * Central Gardens Nature Reserve * Chinese Garden of Friendship * Cremorne Point Reserve **Robertsons Point * Chipping Norton Lake * Cooks River/Castlereagh Ironbark ecological community * The Domain * Fagan Park * Fairfield Park Precinct * Ferndale Park * First Fleet Park, * Fred Hollows Reserve * Frog Hollow Reserve,

Surry Hills Surry Hills is an Eastern Suburbs (Sydney), inner-east suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Surry Hills is immediately south-east of the Sydney central business district in the Local government in Australia, local gover ...

Garawarra State Conservation Area The Garawarra State Conservation Area is a protected conservation area that is located on the southern suburban fringe of Greater Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, in eastern Australia. The reserve abuts the Royal National Park and is ...

Garigal National Park The Garigal National Park is a protected national park that is located within the North Shore and Forest District regions of Sydney, New South Wales, in eastern Australia. The national park is situated approximately north of the Sydney ce ...

* Garrison Point *

George Kendall Riverside Park George Kendall Riverside Park is a recreational park in Ermington, New South Wales, on the northern bank of the Parramatta River. The park is named after George Frederick Kendall, an alderman of the Ermington/Rydalmere Municipality from 1944 ...

* Georges River National Park * Gipps Road and Hyland Road Regional Parklands * The Goods Line * Green Park,

Darlinghurst Darlinghurst is an inner-city suburb in the eastern suburbs of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Darlinghurst is located immediately east of the Sydney central business district (CBD) and Hyde Park, within the local government area of the Ci ...

* Harmony Park,

Heathcote National Park Heathcote National Park is a protected national park that is located in the southern area of Sydney, New South Wales in eastern Australia, and is situated on Dharawal country. The national park is situated approximately southwest of the Sydne ...

* Hyde Park * Iloura Reserve * Jessie Street Gardens * Joseph Banks Native Plants Reserve, Kareela * Kellys Bush Park * Koala Park Sanctuary *

Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park is a national park on the northern side of Sydney in New South Wales, Australia. The park is north of the Sydney central business district and generally comprises the land east of the Highway 1 (New South Wales ...

* Lake Parramatta Reserve * Lane Cove Bushland Park * Lane Cove National Park * Leacock Regional Park *

Lower Prospect Canal Reserve The Lower Prospect Canal Reserve is a Heritage register, heritage-listed former farm and public water supply canal and now bushy corridor and nature reserve stretching through the heart of suburban Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The lineal ...

* Macquarie Place Park * Magdala Park * McKell Park *

McLeod Reserve McLeod Reserve is a park situated along the Hume Highway in Bankstown, New South Wales, Australia. Bankstown's First Public School In 1862 the Church of England School was first opened and was commissioned as a public school in 1867. Banks ...

Moore Reserve Moore Reserve is a 14.2 hectare park surrounded by the Sydney suburbs of Oatley, Mortdale and Hurstville Grove. It is a public space in the Georges River Council. Originally part of the north west arm, Moore Reserve was created in the 1960s ...

* Mortdale Memorial Park * Neild Park *

Nielsen Park Nielsen Park is a Heritage register, heritage-listed historic site, park and nature reserve located at Greycliffe Avenue, Vaucluse, New South Wales, Vaucluse in the Municipality of Woollahra local government area of New South Wales, Australia. T ...

* Nurragingy Reserve * Oatley Park *

Oatley Pleasure Grounds Oatley Pleasure Grounds is a bush park located in Oatley, New South Wales. The whole park is . History A private park was started by Harry Linmark before 1934. A band, weekly on Sunday, previously held entertaining shows at the park. Chinese N ...

Oatley Point Reserve Oatley Point Reserve is a reserve located in the Sydney suburb of Oatley. It has panoramic views of Georges River and Oatley Bay, as well as some of the highest quality remnant coastal forest in the Municipality of Kogarah. It is home to a ...

Observatory Park, Sydney Observatory Park is a park located in the heart of the Sydney central business district, City of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It is near the Sydney Harbour Bridge, Harbour Bridge and is bounded by Kent Street, Sydney, Kent Street, Watson ...

* Oxford Falls Peace Park *

Paddington Reservoir The Paddington Reservoir is a heritage-listed public park located at 255a Oxford Street in the inner eastern Sydney suburb of Paddington. It was designed by Edward Bell and built from 1864 to 1866 and operated as a water reservoir which accept ...

* Parramatta River Regional Park * Penrith Lakes Regional Park *

Prince Alfred Park Prince Alfred Park is an urban park in Surry Hills, Sydney, Australia. It is bounded by Chalmers Street to the east, Cleveland Street to the south and the Main Suburban railway line to the west. History In December 1865, part of Cleveland Paddo ...

* Prince Alfred Square * Prospect Hill *

Prospect Nature Reserve Prospect Nature Reserve is a nature reserve and recreational area that is situated in the Greater Western Sydney, western suburbs of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, which incorporates the Prospect Reservoir, and also features picnic spots, ...

* Pyrmont Point Park * Queen Elizabeth Park * Redfern Park * Rockdale Bicentennial Park * Rofe Park * Rosford Street Reserve * Rouse Hill Regional Park * Royal Botanical Garden * Rushcutters Bay Park * Smoothey Park *

St Leonards Park St Leonards Park is a heritage-listed bowling club, urban park, rugby field and cricket oval at 283a Miller Street, North Sydney, New South Wales, North Sydney, North Sydney Council, New South Wales, Australia. It was designed by William Tunks ...

* St Thomas Rest Park * Sydney Cove West Archaeological Precinct *

Sydney Harbour National Park The Sydney Harbour National Park is an List of national parks of Australia, Australian national park comprising parts of Port Jackson, Sydney and its foreshores and various islands. The national park lies in New South Wales and was created progr ...

* Sydney Park *

Sydney Zoo Sydney Zoo is a zoo in Bungarribee in Greater Western Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Sydney Zoo is located west of the Sydney central business district (Sydney City Centre). It occupies a site. Sydney Zoo is a member of the Zoo and Aqua ...

* Tania Park *

Taronga Zoo Taronga Zoo Sydney is a government-run public zoo located in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, in the Lower North Shore suburb of Mosman, New South Wales, Mosman, on the shores of Port Jackson, Sydney Harbour. It offers great views of Sydney ...

Terry Lamb Complex The Terry Lamb Complex is a series of grass sporting fields located on the corner of Waldron and Miller Roads, , Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The complex is the home ground of the Chester Hill Hornets who compete in the Canterbury-Bankst ...

* Victoria Park, Camperdown * Wadim (Bill) Jegorow Reserve *

Wallumatta Nature Reserve Wallumatta Nature Reserve, also called the Macquarie Hospital Bushland, is a nature reserve bushland area, surrounded by the residential suburb of East Ryde, in suburban Sydney, Australia. Once part of the Field of Mars of 1804, the reserve is ...

* Walter Burley Griffin Incinerator, Willoughby *

Waverley Cemetery The Waverley Cemetery is a Heritage register, heritage-listed cemetery on top of the cliffs at Bronte, New South Wales, Bronte in the eastern suburbs of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Opened in 1877 and built by R. Watkins (cemetery lodge, ...

* Waverley Park *

Wentworth Park Wentworth Park is a park near the suburbs of Glebe and Ultimo in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The park contains several multi-purpose sporting pitches, cricket nets and a number of fitness installations. There is a playground in the s ...

Western Sydney Parklands The Western Sydney Parklands is an urban park system and a nature reserve located in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The NSW government has spent around $400 million for the park. The park is governed by the NSW National Parks and Wildli ...

* Wetherill Park Nature Reserve *

Wild Life Sydney Wild Life Sydney Zoo (formerly Sydney Wildlife World) is a zoo, wildlife park in the Darling Harbour precinct, on the western edge of the Sydney central business district, Australia. Opened in September 2006, the zoo is located adjacent to a le ...

* William Howe Regional Park * Wolli Creek Regional Park *

Wynyard Park, Sydney Wynyard Park is a urban park in the Sydney central business district, in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Wynyard Park is bounded by York, Carrington, Margaret and Wynyard Streets. Surrounded by modern high-rise buildings it is one of the mo ...

* Yellomundee Regional Park *

Yurulbin Park Yurulbin Park (formerly Long Nose Park) is a public open space located at the end of Yurulbin Point on the Balmain Peninsula in the suburb of Birchgrove in the Inner West Council local government area in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. De ...

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Lists of gardens

Largest parks in Sydney metropolitan area

Largest parks in the City of Sydney area

Parks and reserves

See also

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