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Located 12 kilometres south of the Sydney CBD is Kingsgrove. It is a very conveniently located suburb which my husband and three kids would like to move into in the near future due to its array of schools, both private and state, and excellent transport services. Kingsgrove is easily accessible to the city and other high density commercial areas such as Newtown and the Eastern Suburbs thanks to the M5 and other various main roads of Kingsgrove leading to these places.

Kingsgrove has some great eating places and cafes in the main Kingsgrove Road commercial area and has other restaurants such as 'Giorgio's', on the Earlwood side on Kingsgrove Road and William Street. There is also an upmarket chocolate cafe on the Hurstville side of the suburb.

Kingsgrove also has some great neighboring suburbs with a lot of atmosphere - Earlwood (patisseries, cafes and upscale, designer boutiques and bridal couture shops), Beverly Hills (restaurants) and close proximity to other dining hot spots such as Brighton Le Sands and The Entertainment Quarter (15 minute drive).

Kingsgrove is growing and this is reflected in the high degree of development in the area. Residents continue to renovate the Red-Brick pre-war homes and construct new homes, implying that they proudly call this busy yet at the same time, quiet area home.

Kingsgrove has great access to major shopping centres, fantastic for grocery and retail shopping - Hurstville, Roselands, Burwood and Marrickville Metro. Also, thanks to the M5, Bondi Junction is easily accessible. Due to Kingsgrove's close proximity to the city, one can be at The Broadway Shopping - via Wardell Rd, Earlwood, then onto Dulwich Hill and Petersham. It is easy for the average resident to be shopping in the city. Kingsgrove's train and bus services to the CDB are also regular and quick.

If you are like me and my husband and wish for your children to go to private schools in the nearby Inner West, private bus services to this school are available. It is a fact that Trinity Grammar School, MLC Burwood and PLC Croydon school buses drive down Kingsgrove Road every morning. There is also a Newington College Bus only a few steps away in Earlwood.

Kingsgrove has a great culture, still boasting a strong Australian community, Italian, Greek and some Asian residents are proud to call Kingsgrove homes. An average street in Kingsgrove see's the Ferrari and the Holden unite, people are at peace and their is this great sense of community. It seems like everyone is there for one another.

Many notable Australians also call this suburb home, including renowned fashion designer - Alex Perry, who grew up in Maroubra in the southern Eastern Suburbs. Actor Bryan Brown was also educated in the area, as we're children's super-group, the Wiggles.