Parks in Sydney

Sydney is well endowed with open spaces and has many natural areas. Many of these exist even within the compact city centre. These include the Chinese Garden of Friendship and Hyde Park (which is named after London's Hyde Park).[1] The metropolitan area contains several national parks, including the Royal National Park, the second oldest national park in the world (after Yellowstone National Park), which occupies an area of 132 square kilometres (51 sq mi; 13,200 ha; 33,000 acres).[2] Completing Sydney's wide array of green spaces, the leader is the Royal Botanical Gardens, with its large amount of green spaces, lush plants and colourful flowers.

A fig-lined avenue in Hyde Park, Sydney

Although Sydney developed organically after the arrival of the First Fleet, 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
OrdinalPark nameAreaNotes
haacres
1Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park15,400 38,054
2Royal National Park13,200 32,618
3Western Sydney Parklands5,280 13,047
4Heathcote National Park2,250 5,560
5Garigal National Park2,200 5,436
6Lane Cove National Park600 1,483
7Sydney Harbour National Park411 1,016comprising ten smaller parks
8Georges River National Park340 840

Largest parks in the City of Sydney area
"Lover's Walk", Hyde Park, circa 1912.
OrdinalPark nameAreaNotes
haacres
1Centennial Park189 467
2Moore Park115 284
3Sydney Park45 111
4The Domain34 84
5Royal Botanic Gardens30 74

Parks and reserves

The following is an incomplete list of parks and reserves in Sydney:

See also

References
  1. Sydney's Hyde Park
  2. NPWS website, Royal National Park Archived August 20, 2006, at the Wayback Machine
  3. "First Fleet Park". The Rocks. Government of New South Wales. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
  4. "The history of Frog Hollow Reserve". Parks histories. City of Sydney. 27 March 2013. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
  5. "The history of Harmony Park". Parks histories. City of Sydney. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
  6. "St Leonards Park". New South Wales State Heritage Register. Office of Environment and Heritage. H01941. Retrieved 2 June 2018.
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