The Concord Foreshore Trail is a walking track in the inner-west of Sydney

Sydney

Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...

, Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

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Description

The Concord Foreshore Trail is located entirely within the local government area of the City of Canada Bay

City of Canada Bay

The City of Canada Bay is a Local Government Area of New South Wales, Australia and located in the metropolitan area of Sydney. The city was formed in December 2000, following the merger of Concord and Drummoyne councils...

 and stretches from McIlwaine Park in the suburb of Rhodes

Rhodes, New South Wales

Rhodes is a suburb in the inner-west of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Rhodes is located 16 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Canada Bay...

 to Majors Bay Reserve in Concord

Concord, New South Wales

Concord is a suburb in the inner west of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is located 15 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Canada Bay....

. The trail encircles the mangrove-fringed Brays Bay, Yaralla Bay and Majors Bay on the Parramatta River

Parramatta River

The Parramatta River is a waterway in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The Parramatta River is the main tributary of Sydney Harbour, a branch of Port Jackson, along with the smaller Lane Cove and Duck Rivers....

. The Foreshore Trail takes about an hour to walk and is known for its quiet country setting within a city environment.

After McIlwaine Park, the trail goes around the fringes of the former Thomas Walker Hospital, a heritage-listed building now used as the Rivendell Child, Adolescent and Family Unit

Rivendell Child, Adolescent and Family Unit

Rivendell Child, Adolescent and Family Unit is a mental health facility specialising in the problems of young people. It is located at Hospital Road, Concord West, New South Wales, Australia.-Description and history:...

. It then continues around Concord Repatriation General Hospital

Concord Repatriation General Hospital

Concord Repatriation General Hospital , commonly referred to as simply Concord Hospital, is a major hospital in Sydney, Australia, located on Hospital Road in Concord...

, located on Yaralla Bay, and past the Yaralla Estate

Yaralla Estate

The Yaralla Estate, also known as the Dame Eadith Walker Estate, is located in Concord West, New South Wales, Australia.-History:Yaralla was the home of Eadith Walker and her father Thomas. The estate is historically significant as one of the last large nineteenth century estates remaining in...

, one of the oldest estates in Sydney, dating back to 1797. Yaralla was the family home of Thomas Walker, the philanthropist whose estate financed the building of the Thomas Walker hospital. The walk then finishes at Majors Bay, Concord.