Sefton Park is a suburb about 6 km north east of the

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CBD,

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and lies in both the

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and the

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. It borders the suburbs

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, Prospect and Broadview. Sefton Park is a minor shopping district of Adelaide and is also one of Adelaide's smallest suburbs.

Housing

Sefton Park is one of the older Adelaide suburbs and as such contains many Californian bungalows and some

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homes. There are also Australian colonial style houses. In recent times, some of these older homes have been demolished to make way for new housing. New developments are typically higher density, fitting two or three homes on one block of land. The suburb's proximity to the CBD means that this is a more lucrative option for developers.

Shopping

Sefton Park has three main shopping centres located only metres from each other. * Regency Plaza – The smallest of the centres, with just a Lincraft and specialty shops. * Sefton Plaza – The oldest and largest of the three, containing

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, Foodland (previously Arrow), Best and Less in addition to specialty shops *

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– technically in the neighbouring suburb of Prospect is located directly across

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from Sefton Plaza. Northpark contains both Woolworths and

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and a number of smaller specialty stores. Northpark has recently been expanded and refurbished, after looking outdated for many years.

Transport

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line routes 222, 224, 225F, 228, 229 and N224 (after-midnight service) service Sefton Park along

, these routes travel between Adelaide's northern suburbs and the Adelaide CBD. This stretch of

is an

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Go Zone, this means that the maximum wait for a bus is fifteen minutes between 07:30am and 18:30pm on weekdays.

line route 100 services Sefton Park along Regency Road. The 100 route circles the Adelaide CBD via the outer bypass. This service does not operate on Sundays or public holidays.

References

External links

City of Port Adelaide Enfield
{{City of Prospect suburbs Suburbs of Adelaide

Housing

Shopping

Transport

See also

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