Take a walking tour seeing historical sites of interest in the streets of the City of Burnside. Download a series of eight self-guided historical walks.
Each is between two and seven kilometres in distance, and around one to three hours to complete.
These walks have been produced in conjunction with the City of Burnside.
Beaumont
The walk begins and ends at Beaumont House, at Stop 20, 631 Glynburn Road, Beaumont. A public bus service terminates a few hundred metres north on Glynburn Road and there is usually car parking outside Beaumont House.
For more information on bus routes and timetables please refer to www.adelaidemetro.com.au. The distance covered by this walk is 2.5 km and takes approximately 1.5 hours to complete.
There is a moderately steep uphill grade on the return from the Beaumont Common to Beaumont House.
Beulah Park
This walk starts near Bus Stop 10, The Parade, Norwood (near intersection with Portrush Road). For more information on bus routes and timetables please refer to www.adelaidemetro.com.au. The distance covered by this walk is 5 km and takes approximately 2 hours to complete.
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Burnside
This walk starts at Bus Stop 17 on Glynburn Road. For more information on bus routes and timetables please refer to www.adelaidemetro.com.au. The distance covered by this walk is 2.5 km and takes approximately 1.5 hours to complete.
Eastwood and Parkside
This walk starts at Eastwood Community Centre, Glen Osmond Road. For more information on bus routes and timetables please refer to www.adelaidemetro.com.au. The distance covered by this walk is 2 km and takes approximately 1 hour to complete.
Glen Osmond
This walk starts at the carpark on the corner of Gill Terrace and the Adelaide – Crafers Highway. For information on bus routes and timetables please refer to www.adelaidemetro.com.au. The distance covered by this walk is 6.7 km and takes 3 hours to complete.
Knightsbridge
Knightsbridge, now in Leabrook and Hazelwood Park.
The distance covered by this walk is 3 km and takes approximately 1.5 hours to complete.
This walk starts at Bus Stop 17 on Glynburn Road. For more information on bus routes and timetables please refer to www.adelaidemetro.com.au.
Magill
Your walk starts on the south side of Magill Road, Magill. Bus stop 19 is on either side of Magill Road outside Magill Shopping Centre. For information on bus routes and timetables please refer to adelaidemetro.com.au.
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Historic Magill Wesleyan Cemetery
A walk through this heritage-listed Historic Magill Wesleyan Cemetery illustrates over 150 years of life in Magill: its industries, its people and their occupations.
The Kaurna people, the Traditional Owners of the Adelaide Plains, were the first to live in this area and have cared for the land for thousands of years.
When the village of Makgill (now known as the suburb of Magill) was subdivided in 1838, Alexander Cock set aside part of his land for a chapel and cemetery. The chapel, however, was never built. It is thought that a chapel was considered unnecessary because the Wesleyan Chapel had been built in 1855 nearby on Chapel Street.
In 1878 the Cock family donated the site to the Magill Wesleyan Chapel, which established a group of Trustees to manage the land. In March 1974, the land was transferred to the City of Burnside.
Rose Park
This walk starts on Prescott Terrace. For more information on bus routes and timetables please refer to www.adelaidemetro.com.au. The distance covered by this walk is 2.5 km and takes approximately 1.5 hours to complete.
Waterfall Gully
This walk starts at Langman Reserve, Waterfall Gully Road. For more information on bus routes and timetables please refer to www.adelaidemetro.com.au. The distance covered by this walk is 7.5 km and takes approximately 3.5 hours to complete.