Norwest is a

suburb A suburb (more broadly suburban area) is an area within a metropolitan area. They are oftentimes where most of a metropolitan areas jobs are located with some being predominantly residential. They can either be denser or less densely populated ...

of the Hills District within

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, in the state of

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, located 35 kilometres north-west of the

Sydney central business district The Sydney central business district (CBD) is the historical and main Central business district, commercial centre of Sydney. The CBD is Sydney's city centre, or Sydney City, and the two terms are used interchangeably. Colloquially, the CBD or ...

. The

Norwest Business Park The Norwest Business Park is a business park in the suburbs of Norwest, New South Wales, Norwest and Bella Vista, New South Wales, Bella Vista in the Local government areas of New South Wales, local government area of The Hills Shire in Sydney, N ...

is located within Norwest and the adjacent suburb of Bella Vista and Baulkham Hills. The council chambers for The Hills Shire Council are also located within this suburb.

History

Norwest was officially proclaimed a suburb on 29 June 2018. Previously, it had been part of the older suburbs of

Baulkham Hills Baulkham Hills (;) is a suburb in the Hills District, New South Wales, Hills District of Greater Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is located within north-west of the Sydney central business district mostly within the Loca ...

and Kellyville. The Geographical Names Board, in June 2018, amended the suburb boundaries of Kellyville,

, Bella Vista and Rouse Hill resulting in the creation of two new suburbs named North Kellyville and Norwest. From 2018 to 2019, in preparation for the Norwest metro station which opened in May 2019, Norwest underwent an urban transformation, building up apartments and commercial retail stores around Norwest Lake, while also transforming what was previously "Coles Norwest" into Norwest Marketown.

Commercial areas

Norwest Marketown is a

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featuring a Coles and dozens of specialty stores, small electronic and clothing stores, banks, restaurants and a day care centre.

Residential areas

Norwest features two main residential areas along boundaries of the suburb. Within Norwest, there is a variety of housing including low density housing, townhouses and apartments. Most of the housing within Norwest is close to retail, employment, recreation and transport within the suburb and the neighbouring suburbs of Kellyville, Castle Hill and

. The area to the north of the suburb is part of the Balmoral Road release area and is within proximity of roads such as Fairway Drive, Stone Mason Drive and Spurway Drive. This area has a wide range from high rise apartments close to the lake to low density housing to the north of the golf course. The area to the south of the suburb is located along Barina Downs Road and features mainly low density housing and townhouses, with one apartment complex File:Norwest Lake.jpg, Norwest Lake File:Sydney Metro Norwest Station worksite, August 2015.jpg, Sydney Metro Norwest Station File:BellaVistaNSWnorwest.jpg, Norwest, Bella Vista File:Driving westbound on Norwest Boulevard.jpg, Norwest Boulevard

Transport

Road

Windsor Road Windsor Road is a notable road in the Hills District, New South Wales, Hills District of Sydney, linking Windsor, New South Wales, Windsor and North Parramatta, New South Wales, North Parramatta in Sydney's west. It is a constituent part of ro ...

connects Norwest to

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and

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from the eastern end of the suburb. Within the suburb, Norwest Boulevard connects Norwest with Bella Vista, the

Westlink M7 The Westlink M7 is a tolled urban motorway in Sydney, New South Wales that is part of the Sydney Orbital Network. Owned by the NorthWestern Roads (NWR) Group, it connects three motorways: the M5 South-West Motorway at Prestons, the M4 We ...

and

Old Windsor Road Old Windsor Road is a notable and historic road in Sydney, Australia. It starts from Kellyville, New South Wales and ends at Northmead, New South Wales, just north of Parramatta, and acts as part of a main arterial between Parramatta and Winds ...

, which connects Norwest with other locations such as Penrith,

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and Campbelltown.

Metro

Norwest is serviced by Norwest Metro Station which is located on the

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line of the

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. Opened in 2019, the station links Norwest to locations between Tallawong and Chatswood stations. The line will be extended by 2024 through the

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and to

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via the existing

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Buses

Norwest is serviced by multiple bus routes run by

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and

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. These include:
613X
Bella Vista to the City via M2 Motorway &

Lane Cove Tunnel The Lane Cove Tunnel is a twin-tunnel tollway in Sydney, Australia that is part of the Sydney Orbital Network. Owned by Transurban, It connects the M2 Motorway at North Ryde with the Gore Hill Freeway at Artarmon and forms part of Sydney's ...

632
Rouse Hill to

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via Norwest and Castle Hill
660
Castlewood to

via T-Way
662
Castle Hill to

via Norwest, Bella Vista & the T-Way
664
Rouse Hill to

via Kellyville, Norwest, Bella Vista & the T-Way
714
Bella Vista to Seven Hills via Crestwood
715
Castle Hill to Seven Hills via Norwest and Bella Vista
730
Castle Hill to

Blacktown Blacktown is a suburb in New South Wales, Australia, west of the Sydney central business district. It is one of the most multicultural places within Sydney, Greater Sydney. History Before the arrival of the First Fleet in 1788, the area of ...

via Norwest, Bella Vista, Glenwood & the T-Way
N92

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to Tallawong via Epping, Norwest, Castle Hill & Rouse Hill (night service)

Places of worship

The site of the first Hillsong church is located within Norwest, a megachurch which now has over 150,000 followers globally in over 30 countries, and 38 churches in Australia.

References

External links

Suburb Changes – North Kellyville, Norwest & Bella Vista
- Hills Shire {{Sydney The Hills Shire suburbs Suburbs of Sydney The Hills Shire Populated places established in 2018 2018 establishments in Australia