About this property
Alternate search: Unit 7, 63 Bridge Street.
63 Bridge Street, Kensington SA 5068, Australia
Alternate search: Unit 7, 63 Bridge Street.
The unit is located about 5 km (approximately 3 mi) east of Adelaide’s city centre, making it a short drive or bus ride into the central business district.
Close by are the historic Rising Sun Inn on Bridge Street and several other heritage‑listed dwellings that date back to the 19th century, as well as the listed Norwood Swimming Pool.
Borthwick Park is just 0.1 km away, and Kensington Pioneer Park and Mary MacKillop Park are each roughly 0.3 km from the unit, providing green space and walking trails nearby.
Kensington was the terminus of Adelaide’s first tram line, originally a horse‑drawn service launched in 1878 and later electrified, running along High Street to the city centre.
The Norwood Swimming Centre on Phillips Street is a short distance away, offering an outdoor pool and leisure facilities for residents.
Kensington’s streets are laid out diagonally rather than the typical grid, a design intended to minimise crossings of Second Creek and give the suburb its distinctive pattern.
The area has connections to several notable early residents, including Saint Mary MacKillop, who lived and worked there in the 1870s, as well as early settlers like George Brunskill and Bishop Augustus Short.