Ashford is an inner southwestern suburb of

Adelaide Adelaide ( ) is the capital city of South Australia, the state's largest city and the fifth-most populous city in Australia. "Adelaide" may refer to either Greater Adelaide (including the Adelaide Hills) or the Adelaide city centre. The dem ...

, in the

City of West Torrens The City of West Torrens is a local government area in the western suburbs of Adelaide, South Australia. Since the 1970s the area was mainly home to many open spaces and parks, however after the mid-1990s (1993-1995) the LGA became more resident ...

. It is triangular in shape and bordered by

South Road South Road and its southern section as Main South Road outside of Adelaide is a major north–south conduit connecting Adelaide and the Fleurieu Peninsula, in South Australia. It is one of Adelaide's most important arterial and bypass roads. As ...

(west),

Anzac Highway Anzac Highway is an main arterial road heading southwest from the city of Adelaide, the capital of South Australia, to the beachside suburb of Glenelg. Originally named the Bay Road (which remains an informal synonym), it mostly follows the t ...

(southeast) and Everard Avenue (north). Two of the main features of the suburb are

Ashford Hospital Ashford Hospital is a general hospital in Ashford, Surrey. It is managed by the Ashford and St Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. History The hospital has its origins in the Staines Poor Law Union Infirmary which opened in the mid-19th cen ...

and Ashford Special School.Ashford Special School
ashfordsp.sa.edu.au Brownhill Creek flows through Ashford in a cement channel behind the school. The name commemorates the property and

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(now part of Ashford Special School) of Dr.

Charles George Everard Dr Charles George Everard MD (29 August 1794 – 30 March 1876) was a physician, pioneer farmer and Member of the Legislative Council, in the early days of South Australia. Early life Charles was born in Marshfield Gloucestershire on 29 Au ...

, who settled in the area in 1838, and named it for

Ashford Ashford may refer to: Places Australia *Ashford, New South Wales *Ashford, South Australia *Electoral district of Ashford, South Australia Ireland *Ashford, County Wicklow *Ashford Castle, County Galway United Kingdom * Ashford, Kent, a town ** ...

Kent Kent is a county in South East England and one of the home counties. It borders Greater London to the north-west, Surrey to the west and East Sussex to the south-west, and Essex to the north across the estuary of the River Thames; it faces ...

Notable people

Notable people from Ashford: * Victoria Balomenos (born 1988), soccer player * Nick J. Benton (born 1991), cricketer *

Simon Birmingham Simon John Birmingham (born 14 June 1974) is an Australian politician who has been a Senator for South Australia since 2007. A member of the Liberal Party, he served in the Morrison Government as Minister for Finance from 2020 to 2022 and as Min ...

(born 1974), politician *

Craig Bradley Craig Edwin Bradley (born 23 October 1963) is a former Australian rules footballer and first-class cricketer. He is the games record holder at Carlton in the AFL/VFL, and in elite Australian rules football (the AFL/VFL, SANFL and WAFL). Early ...

(born 1963), baseballer *

Emma Checker Emma Kay Checker (born 11 March 1996) is an Australian soccer player who plays as a defender for Umeå IK. She has represented Australia at under-17, under-20 and senior levels. She made her senior international debut for Australia in Novem ...

(born 1996), soccer player *

Leanne Choo Nyuk Lian "Leanne" Choo (born 5 June 1991) is a badminton player from Australia. She is the reigning Oceania Champion in women's and mixed doubles. She represented Australia at the 2012 Summer Olympics, alongside former women's doubles partner, ...

(born 1991), badminton *

Louis D'Arrigo Louis Joseph D'Arrigo (born 23 September 2001), is an Australian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Adelaide United. He is of Maltese descent. Club career Adelaide United D'Arrigo made his professional debut in a Round 21 clas ...

(born 2001), footballer * Harry Nielsen (born 1995), cricketer *

Morgan Yaeger Morgan Yaeger (born 18 April 1998) is an Australian professional basketball player. College Yaeger played college basketball at the University of Oregon in Eugene, Oregon for the Ducks in NCAA Division I. Yaeger began her career in 2016 as par ...

(born 1998), basketballer

References

File:SAAS Ashford.jpg , The SA Ambulance Service station, located at the intersection of Everard Avenue and Alexander Avenue File:Anzac Highway NE from South Rd Ashford.jpg , Anzac Highway, looking NE towards the city, with Ashford on the left and Everard Park on the right Suburbs of Adelaide {{Adelaide-geo-stub