Colyton, New South Wales

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Colyton
Sydney, NSW

Established:

1842

Postcode:

2760

Location:

43 km (27 mi) from Sydney

LGA:

Penrith City Council

State District:

Mulgoa

Federal Division:

Lindsay

Suburbs around Colyton:
St Marys	Oxley Park	Mount Druitt
St Marys	Colyton	Minchinbury
St Clair	St Clair	Erskine Park

Colyton is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Colyton is located 43kilometres west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Penrith and is part of the Greater Western Sydney region.

Colyton is the easternmost suburb of the City of Penrith. Its boundary is Ropes Creek, the Great Western Highway, Marsden Road and the M4 Western Motorway. Colyton is one of the older established suburbs in the St Marys area with older homes on large blocks of land. Colyton is a mainly residential area which also features large sporting fields, a primary school, high school, shopping centre and a Life Education Centre. There is some industrial activity along Roper Road.

1 History
2 Transport
3 Schools
4 References
5 External links

[edit] History

Colyton is named after Colyton House in Devon, England, which had been the family home of the wife of William Cox Junior, son of the famous builder of the road across the Blue Mountains, also named William. The property of 800 acres had been granted to Cox on the 17 August 1819 by Governor Macquarie. It was located on the southern side of the Western Highway opposite the present Colyton Primary School. The land was only used for grazing and wheat growing. On 9 April 1842, a notice appeared in the Sydney Herald advertising the auction sale of William Cox's estate to form the 'Village of Colyton' with surrounding farmlets. The land was described as partly forest and partly alluvial with grass on it being 'abundant and nutritious'. The timber on the land was described as being fit for 'building and farming purposes' and the water 'abundant and never failing' from nearby Rope's Creek. ^[1]

Historically, the name Colyton generally referred to the area east of Ropes Creek. The present site of Colyton was originally part of St Marys.

[edit] Transport

With convenient access to both the Great Western Highway and the M4 Motorway, Colyton residents are easily able to travel to work and to leisure activities. Bus services are provided by Westbus to St Clair shops, St Marys railway station, Mt Druitt shops and Mt Druitt railway station.

[edit] Schools

Bennett Road Public School and Colyton High School are the two schools in the suburb. Bennett Road Public School was first established on 14 October 1961, serving the growing suburb of St Marys, with 230 pupils, and Mr Warren Kennedy as the first principal. The library was opened during 1984 and the hall and a new canteen were later opened during 1986.

[edit] References

^ http://www.penrithcity.nsw.gov.au/index.asp?id=969 Penrith Local Suburb Profiles

[edit] External links

Colyton, New South Wales is at coordinates 33°46′55″S 150°47′53″E / -33.782, 150.798 (Colyton, New South Wales)Coordinates: 33°46′55″S 150°47′53″E / -33.782, 150.798 (Colyton, New South Wales)

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