9 Favenc Circle, Griffith ACT 2603, Australia
The closest bus shelter is the Stuart Street shelter, located about 0.2 km away. It provides a convenient stop for local bus services.
Janzs Park (0.6 km) and Captain Cook Park (0.7 km) are both nearby, offering green space for recreation. Willem Janszoon Commemorative Park is also close, at roughly 0.9 km.
St Paul’s Church, an Inter‑War Gothic building with Art Deco influences, is about 0.9 km away. The Manuka Shopping Centre and the former Petrov residence are also within the immediate suburb, reflecting Griffith’s early‑20th‑century history.
Yes, the Alejandro Malaspina Resource Centre, a public library, is approximately 0.7 km from the property, providing easy access to books and community events.
Griffith sits on Silurian‑age rocks, with dark grey to green-grey dacitic tuff of the Mount Painter Volcanics to the southwest and calcareous shale of the Canberra Formation to the northeast. The Deakin Fault runs through the suburb, marking a notable geological boundary.
Griffith is one of Canberra’s oldest inner‑south suburbs, designed partly on Walter Burley Griffin’s original plans and featuring about 20 parks covering 12 % of its area. It developed in the late 1920s to house public servants for the new Parliament House and retains heritage‑listed sites and early‑twentieth‑century architecture.
The Capitol Theatre, a historic cinema, is about 1.0 km away, and there are several hotels such as Oxley Court Serviced Apartments and East Hotel & Apartments within the same 1 km radius, offering both leisure and lodging options.
