West Pymble, New South Wales

West Pymble Sydney, New South Wales
Ku-ring-gai area
Population	4,826 (2001 census)
• Density
Postcode(s)	2073
Area	3.58 km2 (1.4 sq mi)
LGA(s)	Ku-ring-gai Council
Suburbs around West Pymble: South Turramurra Turramurra Pymble North Epping West Pymble Gordon Macquarie Park Killara

West Pymble is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It lies adjacent to Pymble surrounded by Lane Cove National Park. The Bicentennial Park oval complex in West Pymble consists of netball courts, a public swimming pool and barbecue facilities.

Parks

• Bicentennial Park
• Lane Cove National Park
• Frogmore Park

Schools

• Gordon West Public School, a government primary school
• West Pymble Public School, a government primary school
• Our Lady of Perpetual Succour, a Catholic primary school

Shops

In the heart of West Pymble, located on Kendall St, are the Philip Mall shops. It is an outdoor "strip-mall" type arrangement, with the two strips of shops facing each other, with a garden and paved area between. Philip Mall includes a video store, takeaway, greengrocer, newsagent, IGA supermarket, butcher, Chinese and Italian restaurants, pharmacy, restaurant, cafe, deli, art and craft shop, bread shop, chocolate shop, bottle shop, children's gift and toy store, dentist, party supplies shop and physiotherapist.

Philip Mall shops were redeveloped in the 1990s. The deveopment included the removal of gardens between two shops which had become largely dilapidated, and home to a locally famous and ear-less feral cat which begged mall patrons for food or a scratch. Some of the gardens were retained and replanted with the rest of the area being paved, which significantly increased space in the mall. Seating and additional bicycle stands were installed. At the same time the large children's playground was upgraded with improved safety features and playsets.

In 1998 the Boonah Creative Arts Centre was established in the old community centre, operated by the Sisters of Mercy. The Boonah Centre provides fine arts education to mentally disabled persons. Its establishment was a subject of contention between Council, local business owners and local residents, with a petition being established to stop council leasing the premises to Sisters of Mercy. Reasons for the petition cited by those opposed to the centre were that the supposedly large number of mentally disabled persons in the mall would deter other customers from shopping there. When the lease expired in 2003 council recommended that the premises be re-leased to the operators of the Boonah Centre, despite proposals to open a veterinary surgery in its place .

In Duneba Ave are the West Pymble Shops (often erroneously called the West Gordon Shops). They include a dentist, butcher, hair salon, bottle shop, German bakery and German restaurant. West Pymble Shops are significantly smaller than Philip Mall shops.

Transportation

The closest railway station is Pymble railway station located about 2.5 km from the centre of West Pymble. Buses such as Shorelink's Route 560, proceed from Gordon railway station to West Pymble.