Hurlstone Park, NSW 2193

Hurlstone Park is a quiet, leafy inner-west suburb known for its strong community feel, period homes and access to green spaces.
Residents enjoy access to the Cooks River via Ewen Park and shared walking and cycling paths, adding lifestyle appeal without the suburb feeling busy or overdeveloped.
While the former T3 train line is currently closed, the area is undergoing a major transport upgrade as part of the Sydney Metro City & Southwest project, which will deliver more frequent, modern services once complete.
With limited supply, strong owner-occupier presence and improving infrastructure, Hurlstone Park remains a long-term, lifestyle-driven suburb for residents and investors alike.

A cute little suburb 10km from the CBD and next to the eateries of Marrickville and Dulwich Hill. Large blocks and federation homes, golf course, metro and train station. Ewen Park is stunning with the new Cooks to Iron Cove bridge greenway.

We bought an apartment here just over a year ago (start of 2020). We knew very little about Hurlstone Park when we moved here, we were looking at the inner west as a whole and chose based on a list of requirements we had and Hurlstone Park ticked the most boxes.

Getting to the city: During peak hour/day traffic, it's just a 17 minute train ride. During after hours, a 15-20 minute uber/drive. Hurlstone Park feels very quiet and suburban at times, but you are still very close to the city.

Parks & Schools: No matter where you live here, there will be nice parks & schools within walking distance in any direction. Yeo park or Ewen park in particular.

Hurlstone Park Village: We were pleasantly surprised by this, there's only 3 cafes and about half a dozen shops, but the 3 cafes are all amazing. Great food, great coffee, great atmosphere. All feel very local with everybody talking to everybody and the staff learn your names quickly. There's 2 pubs in Hurlstone Park (HP Hotel & HP-Canterbury RSL). Both are sports bars with very sports bar vibes. They both do great food though oddly enough, and are both nice enough to have a drink at. If you're into sports bars you will love them, if not then they are good enough if you don't want to travel.

Nightlife: One of our requirements was to be walking distance to a nice area with bars/restaurants/etc. Hurlstone park has none of this yet, in 5 or 10 (maybe 20) years it will as New Canterbury Road slowly gets redeveloped, but in the meantime Dulwich Hill is a lovely little town that's only a 10 minute walk away. It only has a handful of bars and restaurants worth going to, but they are there none the less. Friday/Saturday night they are all busy with a very nice city atmosphere.

Nightlife Part2: Summer Hill, Petersham & Marrickville are only a 5 minute drive/uber. Summer Hill is essentially a more gentrified Dulwich Hill, with a nicer selection of bars & restaurants. Marrickville was voted the best suburb in Australia and Petersham is always nice for a change. After these local places, you are only a 10 minute drive to Newtown or Leichhardt, and a 20 minute drive to the City/Surry Hills/Darlinghurst, so you have plenty of choice here.

Redevelopment: All the redevelopment is being done along New Canterbury Road/Canterbury Road, so Hurlstone Park itself will change very little over the coming years. There will be no through traffic, there will be change to the village feel of the area, there will just be more apartments, more shops/restaurants, more people and more money in the area.

Beaches: Probably the only downside. Botany Bay is 20 minutes away, but it's not really worth going to. The Eastern Suburbs beaches are only a 30 minute drive normally, but on nice days when the traffic to the beach picks up it can easy be 40 or 50 minutes.

Shopping: There's plenty around - Both supermarkets and retail. Ashfield is a 5 minute drive (Woolies/Coles/Aldi), Burwood Westfield/Marrickville Metro are 10 minutes, Broadway/Hurstville/Sydney CBD are 20 minutes. There's also local supermarkets closer.

10/10 - Recommend living here.

10/10

Love living in HP. It has the river, the shops, the train station and most importantly, our lovely neighbours.

Where do I start ..Hurlstone park is great for professionals and families. It has everything you need and more with the park nearby. There are buses to the city from Canterbury station that take you there via Marrickville and Newtown and Sydney University. It's a 5-10 min drive to Marrickville eateries, and organic markets. There is Aldi and Woolworths supermarkets in Canterbury, (with parking) you can also walk there. Don't forget Charlie's Bakery for great haloumi, spinach or meat and cheese pizzas they make the best ! Located on Canterbury road near Aldi and there is also the famous Baalbek lebanese bakery fresh pita break baked daily. Local cafes - Baked by Dora and her amazing cakes. There is also the Canterbury Hurlstone Park RSL with restaurants, events, fitness classes and pilates at great prices. A great little community. There is Canterbury hospital and medical centres not far away. The cooks river for exercise and fresh air. All up ...you have great transport options, access to schools (Trinity Grammar School,, Canterbury Boys and Girls High School) and universities, you can walk to the supermarket, train station and bus stops.

the best subburb in the inner west! It's not a matter of what it has, but a matter of what does not have? It's got everything you can think of, ticks all the boxes, so close to the city and everything and yet, i wake up with the birds! Amazing! Some people on the reviews say that it's not good for night life!??? How can you complain when you're so close to the city???! Catch a bus, a cab, a train, light rail and you are litteraly anywhere you want in 5 min. You can even walk to dulwich hil or summer hill! Best place ever! Beautiful suburb for all ages!

A hidden gem of the Inner West! While searching the Inner West looking to buy, we fell in love with Hurlstone Park and ended up buying here almost a year ago. It has the perfect balance of peace and practicality, and we love the quiet streets, friendly neighbours and leafy parks, while having the convenience of a 20-minute drive or train trip into the city.

Having lived in Marrickville for 5 years previously, what attracted us most to Hurlstone Park were the larger block sizes and better value for money, and we've been rewarded with some nice perks, too, such as the Cooks River Parklands which is great for cycling, walking and picnics etc. The light rail from Dulwich Hill station (10 mins' walk) is great, with easy stress-free access to the Fish Markets, Darling Harbour and the City. There's virtually no through-traffic which makes it quite and safe. The shopping village is small but has a nice feel to it with all the essentials - handy little supermarket, great butcher, tasty pizza joint, good barber, newsagent and an awesome bottle shop.

The only downside so far is the lack of dining and coffee options in the main street at present, but with the zoning changes and many new apartment blocks going up along Canterbury Rd, this will surely change in the next few years as more young people move into the area. Having said that, there are plenty of great eating and cafe options very close by, along Canterbury Rd, in Dulwich Hill and Canterbury Hurlstone Park RSL, plus Marrickville is only 2 stations away and Newtown only 15 mins by train via either St Peters or Erskineville.

Highly recommended for anyone looking for a quite, leafy and friendly suburb that is still an easy commute in to the city.

We moved here from eastern suburbs and I just love how quiet it is! Even living close to the railway I'm just amazed to hear birds and cicadas instead of traffic and people noise we experienced in a place before. It has a very quiet and peaceful feel to it even though it's only 18min from the city! I love going for walks near the river and cycle up to Lilyfield/Five dock or Botany cycle path. New Dulwich hill light rail is 10min walk, Ashfield and Marrickville shopping centers 5min drive, Newtown 10min drive, beaches 15-25min drive (depending which one you go to). there are also talks about Canterbury development and creating a residential hub there with the new buildings going up and shopping center coming. Hurlstone park would still remain quiet and peaceful while still having access to all the areas nearby. People are super friendly, loads of families and very clean (apart from canterbury rd but I've heard they are going to lift it up a bit).