Ridleyton Adelaide, South Australia
Gateway to Ridleyton Sign on Hawker Street
Established:	1878
Postcode:	5008
Location:	10 km (6 mi) from Adelaide
LGA:	City of Charles Sturt
Federal Division:	Adelaide

Greenshields Reserve in Ridleyton

Ridleyton is an inner northwestern suburb of Adelaide, the capital of South Australia, a state of Australia. It is located in the City of Charles Sturt.

This suburb has working class and industrial origins, but has been redeveloped recently to become a prime residential suburb under five kilometres from the Adelaide Central Business District and less than two kilometres from wealthy and cosmopolitan North Adelaide.

[edit] History

Osmond Gilles originally purchased the land where the suburb stands in March 1839 and later sold it to John Ridley, inventor of the agricultural striper or reaping machine, in June 1842. [1] In 1878, Ridley subdivided the land and named the new town Ridleyton.

[edit] Main Roads

The suburb is serviced by the following Main Roads:

• South Road, running North-South from the far north of Adelaide to the far south
• Torrens Road, running NorthWest-SouthEast to Pennington and North Adelaide
• Hawker Street, running NorthWest-SouthEast to terminating at South Road Croydon, to North Adelaide

[edit] Postcode

The local post code is 5008

[edit] Parklands

Parks exist at the following locations

Corner of Hythe Street and Wood Avenue a small tree lined reserve about the size of two local blocks

Greenshields Reserve on Torrens Road Including Girl Guide Hall, public toilets, playground area and creek, with laneway to Wright Street

[edit] Commercial Districts

The Ridleyton Shopping Centre accessible from Hawker Street and South Road services many of the neighboring suburbs, it includes

• Foodland IGA Supermarket
• Local Vietnamese Family Bakery
• Family owned Newsagency
• Guardian Pharmacy
• Browse in and Save Discount Store

There is adequate parking and hours of opening include some late night and seven days a week for most stores

The BP on South Road houses the following services

• Fuel Sales for both large and small vehicles
• Car Wash
• Grocery Sales
• Wok in a Box: Asian foods
• Espresso Coffee

The McDonald's Family Restaurant on the Corner of South and Torrens Road

• Fast Food
• Playground
• McCafe
• Dine In, Takeaway and Drive Through

The BWS Liquor Store on the corner of Hawker and South Road

• Beer, Wine and Spirits
• Large Variety of fine wine
• Ice

[edit] Public Transport

Ridleyton is well serviced by public transport run by the Adelaide Metro

Adelaide Metro Search on Ridleyton

[edit] Train

Although there is no stop in Ridleyton itself, the Outer Harbour Railway Line does run through Ridleyton. The closest station is Croydon.

• Route Map for Outer Harbour Line
• Complete Timetable for Outer Harbour Line

Nearby railway line is the Gawler Railway Line, with Ovingham as the nearest station

• Route Map for Galwer Line
• Complete Timetable for Galwer Line

[edit] Buses

• Hawker Street and South Road have the following bus numbers 251 252 253 and 254
• Torrens Road services include 231

[edit] External links

• Demographics of Ridleyton from domain.com.au
• Ridleyton at the Manning Index

• Ridleyton, South Australia is at coordinates 34°54′07″S 138°34′55″E / 34.902°S 138.582°E / -34.902; 138.582Coordinates: 34°54′07″S 138°34′55″E / 34.902°S 138.582°E / -34.902; 138.582