Lane Cove West is a suburb on the Lower North Shore of

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, in the state of

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, Australia. Lane Cove West is located nine kilometres north-west of the

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, in the

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of the

Municipality of Lane Cove The Lane Cove Council is a Local government in Australia, local government area located on the North Shore (Sydney), Lower North Shore of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The administrative seat of Lane Cove is located north-west of the Sydn ...

. Lane Cove and

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are separate suburbs.

History

The land in the area was originally used for agriculture and owned by John Blackman. From the mid-1950s Lane Cove West was home to the national head office, pressing plant, warehouse and recording studios of the

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label

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. Lane Cove West Public School was also built at this time. Lane Cove West split off from Lane Cove to become a separate suburb on 6 September 2002.

Population

In the 2021 Census, there were 3,146 people in Lane Cove West. 58.3% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.6% and China 3.8%. 67.6% of people only spoke English at home. The most common responses for religion were No Religion 37.0%, Catholic 26.7% and Anglican 10.1%.

Commercial area

Lane Cove West Business Park is an industrial area with factories and warehouses. Most of these are located on Mars Road and Sam Johnson Way. There are also a number of small businesses situated at Figtree Plaza on Cullen Street and Burns Bay Road. These include a hair salon, cafe, beautician, fish and chip shop, award winning fruit & vegetable market, and butcher shop. Close by is the Metropolitan Baptist Church.

Heritage listing

* Lane Cove House (c. 1850), at 38 Myee Crescent, is listed on the

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. In the early twentieth century it was a private psychiatric hospital.

Parks and recreation

Blackman Park is situated on the

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and was originally a small valley used for landfill. It features a number of recreation facilities including

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courts at the Lane Cove West Tennis Club,

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pitches, bike tracks, basketball court, skate park and bush walking tracks. Smaller reserves include Cullen Street Reserve, Henley Reserve, Penrose Street Park, Garthowen Street Cricket Nets and

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Reserve.

References

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{{Sydney Lane Cove suburbs Suburbs of Sydney North Shore (Sydney)