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Surrey Hills is a
suburb of
Melbourne,
Australia, in the
state of
Victoria. It is split between two
local government areas, where roughly over a half of it (to the west) lies within the
City of Boroondara and under a half of it (to the east) lies within the
City of Whitehorse.
History
The Surrey Hills area was first developed by real estate consortia following the extension of the railway line from
Camberwell to
Lilydale in 1882. Housing estates were laid out and streets were given impressive names such as Balmoral, Windsor and Albert Crescents, but the area was considered too distant from the nearest shopping districts;
Camberwell to the west and
Box Hill to the east. The economic depression of the 1890s brought development to a halt and the next major phase of suburban development didn't take place until after the
First World War.
During the 1990s, the last bank branch in the Union Road shopping strip closed, which caused some concern within both the local community and local traders. On 24 February 2003, the Surrey Hills Community Bank (a community bank branch of
Bendigo Bank) opened for business in Union Road.
Today
Surrey Hills contains the "English counties district", which is a small area between Canterbury and Riversdale Roads where the streets are named after English counties, including Durham, Kent, Middlesex, Essex, Suffolk roads.
Its local primary school is called Surrey Hills Primary. Surrey Hills's central business district is relatively small consisting of a 250 metre strip of shops along Union Road which features
Surrey Hills railway station (on the
Lilydale and
Belgrave lines), five cafes, two bakers, two chemists, neighbourhood centre, community Bank, a post office and a large bottle shop. Coming out from Melbourne, Union road is the first railway level crossing on the Lilydale/Belgrave line.
Surrey Hills also has
Chatham railway station just off Canterbury road. Most working residents of Surrey Hills commute to Melbourne either by car or train. To reach a safe bicycle path for the city commute cyclists must travel south to the
Gardiners Creek Trail or north to the
Yarra River Trail, via the
Anniversary Outer Circle Trail.
To the north, Surrey Hills is also serviced by the
109 tram route which continues from
Port Melbourne, on to
Box Hill and in the south the 70 tram line which travels from the city to Wattle Park.
Parks and gardens
The major parks and gardens in Surrey Hills are
Surrey Gardens and
South Surrey Park. Surrey Hills is also adjacent to
Wattle Park which is just across
Riversdale Road to the South in
Burwood.
Further Information
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