Parks and gardens of Sydney

Sydney is well endowed with open spaces and has many natural areas. Many of these exist even within the compact city centre. These include the Chinese Garden of Friendship and Hyde Park (which is named after London's Hyde Park).^[1] The metropolitan area contains several national parks, including the Royal National Park, the second oldest national park in the world (after Yellowstone National Park), which occupies an area of 132 square kilometres (51 sq mi; 13,200 ha; 33,000 acres).^[2] Completing Sydney's wide array of green spaces, the leader is the Royal Botanic Garden, with its large amount of green spaces, lush plants and colourful flowers.

Although Sydney developed organically after the arrival of the First Fleet, the city parks and open spaces were a part of early town planning to provide relief from the bustle and monotony of the city streets. Hyde Park is the oldest park in the city.

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Ordinal	Park name	Area		Notes
Ordinal	Park name	ha	acres	Notes
1	Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park	15,400	38,054
2	Royal National Park	13,200	32,618
3	Western Sydney Parklands	5,280	13,047
4	Heathcote National Park	2,250	5,560
5	Garigal National Park	2,200	5,436
6	Lane Cove National Park	600	1,483
7	Sydney Harbour National Park	411	1,016	comprising ten smaller parks
8	Georges River National Park	340	840

Ordinal	Park name	Area		Notes
Ordinal	Park name	ha	acres	Notes
1	Centennial Park	189	467
2	Moore Park	115	284
3	Sydney Park	45	111
4	The Domain	34	84
5	Royal Botanic Garden	30	74

Parks and gardens of Sydney

Largest parks in Sydney metropolitan area

Largest parks in the City of Sydney area

Parks and reserves

See also

References

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