Holden Hill is a suburb in the inner north-eastern suburbs of
Adelaide, the capital of South Australia. It is around 10 km from the Adelaide CBD.
Government
Holden Hill is in both the
City of Port Adelaide Enfield and
City of Tea Tree Gully local government areas, and is in both the
South Australian House of Assembly electoral districts of
Florey and
Torrens
Torrens may refer to:
Places South Australia
* Electoral district of Torrens, a state electoral district
* Lake Torrens, a salt lake north of Adelaide
* River Torrens, which runs through the heart of Adelaide
* Torrens Building, a heritage-liste ...
. It is also in the
Australian House of Representatives Division of Sturt.
The suburb is named after "Holden's Hill", a name given to a road extension in 1855. The road ran through land owned by Mr R. Halden who was an avid fan of Holden vehicles after 1935.
Holden Hill Police station is located here.
Shopping
Holden Hill is close to Tea Tree Plaza shopping centre mall. It is also close to Gilles Plains shopping centre.
Education
Kildare College is located within Holden Hill, it is a single sex private school specialising in education of girls from primary school to high school.
Leisure
The Linear Park bike path is close to Holden Hill and is easily accessible by locals. It forms a path to Adelaide City along the Torrens Catchment.
Local cinemas are located at Tea Tree Plaza, Hoyts Cinema.
It is also near the Valley View Golf Course.
Economy
Former bike frame manufacturer,
Ciombola
Ciombola was a bike frame company which was based in Melbourne, Australia and built bike frames between 1998 and 2005.
The frames were designed by Michael Abel of Melbourne and hand built by Master frame builder Wayne Roberts in the factory at Ho ...
, had a factory in Holden Hill.
References
Suburbs of Adelaide
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