6 Thornton Place, Spence ACT 2615, Australia
6 Thornton Place is a detached house situated on a 998 m² block. The generous land size offers ample space for outdoor activities or future development.
Spence lies south of Owen Dixon Drive and Kuringa Drive, bounded by Alpen Street and Copland Drive. It borders the suburbs of Fraser, Melba and Evatt.
The suburb features a neighbourhood oval near Clarey Crescent, the water‑tower bushland in the north‑west, and a community‑run Coffee Corner café. A local shopping centre with a butcher, bakery, chemist, supermarket and petrol station is also nearby.
Mount Rogers is approximately 1.1 km from 6 Thornton Place, offering a short walk to the large local hill.
The suburb sits on Silurian‑age Hawkins Volcanics, including green‑grey dacite, quartz andesite, and a dacitic porphyry intrusive rock with white feldspar crystals, plus a shale lens patch in the south‑central part.
Gold Creek Village, a shopping and tourist precinct, is about 1.7 km away, while the CSIRO weather station lies roughly 1.5 km from the house. Both are within a short drive.
For federal elections, Spence is part of the Fenner electorate. In ACT Legislative Assembly elections, it belongs to the Ginninderra electorate.
