Richmond, NSW 2753

Richmond is a great town which has all the shops and professionals you need.

Richmond has a lot to offer with its friendly, respectful, caring community to its beautiful views of the Mountains and rivers. It is a great place to live and a great place for a break. I love the weekend markets and the feeling of taking a break from busy traffic.

This is truly a country town that is full of charm, it's people have manners and are so polite always. On my daily walk I'm always greeted with a MORNING! Richmond is a safe suburb to raise children, there is so much to do, from feeding the ducks or picnics at Pughs Lagoon, to the many local parks, the Saturday markets that is an event in itself. Looking for a fancy restaurant the newest Copperstone Restaurant has incredible food and great service. So much to do in Richmond, feel like a movie?

Having lived in Richmond from 13-20 years old, and again for a small amount of time in my late 20’s, I feel I am allowed to comment.
Richmond is a small-medium sized town at the end of the railway line, which boasts McDonalds as the main feature. The demographic I’d say is low-middle income earners and very Anglo.
The railway runs every 30min (peak) or 1h (off peak). There is no express service to the city, as there isn’t dual rail lines till you get to Riverstone/Schofields, so a trip to the CBD will take you 1h 20m (although regularly delayed).
As kids living in the Hawkesbury are fairly isolated from large malls (Closest is Rouse Hill or Penrith), theatres (Richmond has a small, renovated twin cinema from the 1900’s), attractions, and dining precincts, I feel boredom (mixed with some regions of low income/education families) may be behind why the McDonald’s carpark, the train station and the cricket oval are littered with loitering gangs of smoking minors in tracksuits, and often sans shoes.
Transport is a joke.
There are a few school options - some private (especially towards Penrith/the Nepean) - which have a decent wrap.
Food options in Richmond are usually small family businesses: Thai, Chinese, Pizza, Indian, 4 pubs, several cafes, McDonald’s, KFC and a small food court in the Woolies marketplace that’s open during the day.
Traffic includes a road to Penrith, two roads back east (Richmond Rd into Blacktown and Windsor Rd into Windsor) and Bells Line of Road up the mountains. Richmond Rd and Bells Line of Road are disgustingly packed during peak afternoon time. It jams up Richmond and can sometimes take 30min+ to drive the 1.5km into North Richmond. Recent attempts to create a very short merging lane where people from Penrith way can merge just before North Richmond has just caused more people from Richmond to take a short detour to this in an effort just cut in line.
Driving to the CBD takes 1h 15m completely off peak, with a spend of $18.44 in tolls (off peak prices, one way).
Affordable - yet old - housing is probably this areas only pro. The town hasn’t changed in 20 years, except for the addition of a speed camera.

Picturesque surroundings of rivers and mountains with all conviences at your door stop. Very affordable housing for buying and renting. Community values adds to a great place to raise a family.