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All Roads Lead to Ryde 
The City of Ryde is an ideal base for visitors to Sydney. Located 12 kilometres west of the City of Sydney, it is easily accessible by bus, train or Rivercat. And it's just a short and picturesque trip along the Parramatta River to historic Parramatta.
Visitors to Ryde have a wide choice of accommodation, restaurants and shopping to suit all tastes and budgets. The natural bush setting, beautiful parks and waterways ensure a range of outdoor activities including bushwalking, cycling and water activities.
Stay close to Sydney ... But away from city hassles
There are lots of great places to stay in Ryde. Choose from one of the many fine hotels, motels or serviced apartments or a bushland cabin in Lane Cove National Park.
There is always something happening!
The Granny Smith Festival, held in the Spring leads a busy calendar of art shows, community and sporting events and festivals throughout the year, ensuring that visitors to the area are entertained in style.
Explore Ryde's many dining, shopping and entertainment precincts. You will find everything you want at the major shopping centres of Top Ryde, North Ryde, West Ryde, Eastwood and Gladesville.
Relax and be entertained in the Eastwood Shopping Plaza or rediscover village atmosphere in Putney and Meadowbank.
Centre for sporting excellence
The Ryde Aquatic Leisure Centre, constructed as a venue for the Olympic Water polo events and a training facility for the Paralympics Games, is a world class swimming and sporting facility to be enjoyed by families and sporting enthusiasts alike.
Ryde caters for all sporting interests - golf, tennis, squash, fitness, walking and swimming.
Try ice skating at Macquarie Centre.
Picnic in our riverside parks
On weekends yachts, sailing dinghies and fishing boats ply the Parramatta River, while families enjoy the many parks which line the foreshore.
Lane Cove National Park is one of Sydney's favourite places for picnics, barbecues or bushwalks. Hire a rowboat or canoe and meander through this picturesque river park.
Relax into the evening
During your stay you can enjoy some rock'n'roll in a pub or club, jazz in the Eastwood Plaza, or a quiet dinner in a riverside, bushland or historic setting.
Whatever your taste you will find something to your liking in the many fine dining restaurants, family bistros, modern bars and cosy taverns that abound in Ryde.
Need to know more?
Customer Service Centre, 1 Devlin Street, Ryde
Weekdays 8.30am - 4.30pm
Telephone: (02) 9952 8222
Ryde Library Service, 1 Devlin Street, Ryde
Weekdays 10am - 9pm, Saturday 9.30am - 5pm, Sunday 2pm - 5pm
Telephone: (02) 9952 8340
Local Media
Radio: 2SER-FM 107.3 and 2RRR-FM 88.577
Weekly Community Newspapers: The Weekly Times and Northern District Times.
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