Glenwood is a suburb

Suburb

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 of Sydney

Sydney

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, in the state of New South Wales

New South Wales

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, Australia

Australia

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. Glenwood is located 40 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district

Sydney central business district

The Sydney central business district is the main commercial centre of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It extends southwards for about 3 kilometres from Sydney Cove, the point of first European settlement. Its north–south axis runs from Circular Quay in the north to Central railway station in...

 in the local government area of the City of Blacktown

City of Blacktown

The City of Blacktown is a Local Government Area in the heart of Western Sydney, situated on the Cumberland Plain, approximately 35 km from Sydney CBD. It is bounded by the Local Government Areas of Penrith, Parramatta, Fairfield, Holroyd, Hawkesbury and The Hills Shire. It occupies an area...

. Glenwood is part of the Greater Western Sydney

Greater Western Sydney

Greater Western Sydney is a term used to describe the western region of the metropolitan area of Sydney, Australia. The University of Western Sydney defines Greater Western Sydney as comprising 14 local government areas...

 region and is considered to be part of the Hills District.

History

Glenwood takes its name from an historic property in the area, named 'Glenwood Park' in the 1940s, but previously known as Norfolk Vale (1846-1882), and Sorrento (1882-1941). It was formally recognised as a suburb in 1996.

It is noted as the first site to be developed within the Rouse Hill Development area.

Transport

The M2 Hills Motorway

M2 Hills Motorway

The M2 Hills Motorway is a motorway in north-western Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It forms part of Sydney Metroad 2 and the 110 km Sydney Orbital Network. West of Pennant Hills Road, the M2 is also part of the National Highway.-History:Previously, Sydney's western suburbs were poorly served...

 runs along the southern border of the suburb and provides a link to the Westlink M7

Westlink M7

Westlink M7 - formerly Western Sydney Orbital - is one of Sydney, Australia's urban motorways and a part of Metroad 7 and the Sydney Orbital Network. It connects three Metroads: M5 at Prestons, M4 at Eastern Creek and M2 at Baulkham Hills...

 Motorway. Old Windsor Road borders the suburb to the east & Sunnyholt Rd borders the suburb to the west & north.

Hillsbus provides services to Rouse Hill (616/616X, 617X, T63 - note that the 617X does not stop at the Rouse Hill Town Centre

Rouse Hill Town Centre

Rouse Hill Town Centre is a sub-regional shopping centre in north-western Sydney, in the suburb of Rouse Hill. The centre is part of a larger development proposal for the Rouse Hill Regional Centre....

, rather, it terminates at Adelphi St), Parramatta (T63, T65, T66) and Sydney CBD (616/616X, 617X) whilst Busways provides regular services to Norwest Business Park

Norwest Business Park

The Norwest Business Park is a business park in the suburb of Bella Vista, New South Wales in Australia. Norwest Business is bordered by Windsor Road to the East, and Old Windsor Road to the West, with Norwest Boulevard stretching the length of the park between the two main arterial roads. It is...

 (T70), Blacktown (T70), Castle Hill

Castle Hill, New South Wales

Castle Hill is a suburb in the north-west of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Castle Hill is located 31 kilometres north-west of the Sydney central business district, in the Hills District of the Greater Western Sydney region...

 (T70, 745) and Macquarie Park (740).

The suburb is serviced by Burns and Sorrento stations on the Blacktown-Parklea branch of the North-West T-way

North-West T-way

The North-West T-way is a bus rapid transit line in the north-western suburbs of Sydney, Australia. T-way is short for rapid bus transitway.The T-way consists of two sections, one linking Parramatta railway station and Rouse Hill, the other linking Blacktown and Parklea. The lines intersect at...

, and Burns, Balmoral, Celebration, Meurants and Norbrik stations on the Rouse Hill-Parramatta section of the T-way.

Schools

Glenwood High School, Caddies Creek Public School, Parklea Public School and Holy Cross Primary School.

Rugby League

• Holy Cross Hurricanes Junior Rugby League Club
• St Patricks Blacktown Junior Rugby League Club (despite the name, this club is based in Glenwood.)