Landscaping West Pennant Hills

About West Pennant Hills, NSW

West Pennant Hills is a suburb in the Hills District of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. West Pennant Hills is located 27 km north-west of the Sydney central business district in the local government areas of The Hills Shire and Hornsby Shire. It is located within Greater Western Sydney halfway between Parramatta and Hornsby overlapping Berowra Creek on the border of Northern Sydney. Pennant Hills is a separate suburb to the east within Northern Sydney with its own postcode.== Commercial area == West Pennant Hills is a residential suburb with a commercial area located at Thompsons Corner, also the site of the suburb's government primary school, West Pennant Hills Public School. Cherrybrook railway station is located to the north of West Pennant Hills near Castle Hill Road and nearby there is another shopping complex on Coonara Avenue, where a Woolworths, restaurants and several other small shops are located.== History == Thompsons Corner is named after Andrew Thompson (1773-1810), a convict (see Scotland Island), who received a grant of 100 acres (0.40 km2) in 1796 opposite the signal station in Pennant Hills. Workmen on the railway from Strathfield to Hornsby established a camp and stores depot there in about 1890. During Lachlan Macquarie's governorship (1810–21), a timbersawing establishment stood near today's Thompsons Corner. In those early days the pit-sawyers roamed the countryside, and the saw pits were set up at various places close to forest areas.