Unley Road

Unley Road is a road in the City of Unley, located south of the City of Adelaide, the capital of South Australia. It runs from South Terrace to Cross Road, where it becomes Belair Road.^[3] The road was named after the family name of the wife of Thomas Whistler, owner of land in Unley which was laid out around 1857.^[4]

Unley Road South Australia
Corner of Unley Road and Arthur Street, 2012
Coordinates	34.935362°S 138.606514°E / -34.935362; 138.606514 (North end) 34.965470°S 138.608613°E / -34.965470; 138.608613 (South end)
General information
Type	Road
Location	Adelaide
Length	3.4 km (2.1 mi)[1]
Route number(s)	B29 (2020–present) (Unley–Unley Park)
Major junctions
North end	Pulteney Street Adelaide
	South Terrace Greenhill Road Cross Road
South end	Belair Road Kingswood, Adelaide
Location(s)
Region	Eastern Adelaide[2]

Unley Road from outside St Augustine's Church in 1921

The road contains numerous cafés, restaurants, shops and churches. It is known for its boutique shopping scene selling designer fashion and artisan gifts and homewares. The road is two-lane with parking on both sides plus bicycle lanes. A tramline ran through the road up until the 1960s.^[5]

Notable traders

Pubs include The Unley^[6] and the Cremorne Hotel.^[7]

Major intersections

LGA[8]	Location[1][9]	km[1]	mi	Destinations	Notes
Adelaide	Adelaide	0.0	0.0	Pulteney Street – Adelaide CBD	Northern terminus of road
				South Terrace – Adelaide CBD
Adelaide–Unley boundary	Adelaide–Unley–Parkside boundary	0.6	0.37	Greenhill Road (R1) – Wayville, Burnside	Northern terminus of route B29
Unley–Mitcham boundary	Unley Park–Malvern–Hawthorn–Kingswood quadripoint	3.3	2.1	Cross Road (A3) – Plympton, Glen Osmond
				Belair Road (B29) – Torrens Park, Belair	Route B29 continues south along Belair Road
Route transition

See also

Australian Roads portal

References

1. "Unley Road" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
2. "Location SA Map viewer with regional layers". Government of South Australia. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
3. 2003 Adelaide Street Directory, 41st Edition. UBD (A Division of Universal Press Pty Ltd). 2003. ISBN 0-7319-1441-4.
4. Unley: ECSA
5. Mitcham Local History Service and Heritage Research Centre (2 March 2010). Tram Lines around Mitcham – Chronology (PDF). Mitcham, SA: City of Mitcham. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
6. "The Unley". www.theunley.com.au. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
7. "Eat". The Cremorne Hotel. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
8. "Location SA Map viewer with LGA layers". Government of South Australia. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
9. "Location SA Map viewer with suburb layers". Government of South Australia. Retrieved 16 June 2022.