The Parade (and its western section as The Parade West, and its eastern section as Connell Road), often referred to as Norwood Parade[citation needed], is a major arterial road in the South Australian capital of Adelaide, connecting its inner eastern suburbs to the western foot of the Mount Lofty Ranges.

The Parade

The Parade West, Connell Road

Coordinates
General information
TypeRoad
LocationAdelaide
Length6.6 km (4.1 mi)[1]
Major junctions
West endRundle Street
Kent Town, Adelaide
 
East end Magill Road
Old Norton Summit Road
Auldana, Adelaide
Location(s)
RegionEastern Adelaide[2]
Major suburbsNorwood, Kensington Park, Kensington Gardens, Magill

Route

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The Parade West starts in the inner eastern suburb of Kent Town and runs south-east and then east to Fullarton Road, where it changes name to The Parade and continues east through Norwood, Kensington Park, Kensington Gardens to Auldana, where it heads north-east for a short distance, before heading north as Connell Road and ending shortly afterwards where Magill Road became Old Norton Summit Road.[3]

The shopping precinct on The Parade in Norwood sees the road turn into a thin, tree lined, four-laned road with various shops, hotels, movie theatres and restaurants on both sides.[4][5][6][7] Of note is the heritage-listed Norwood Town Hall.[8] A significant landmark on The Parade is the Clayton Wesley Uniting Church on the corner of Portrush Road and The Parade in Beulah Park. The church that is visible along the road from Norwood was built in 1883, although an earlier building (still behind the present church) was built in 1856.[9]

The Parade is served by a number of Adelaide Metro bus services including H20, H22, H24 (peak services only) and After Midnight N22 (Friday PM/Saturday AM).[10]

Major intersections

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LGA[11]Location[1][3]km[1]miDestinationsNotes
Norwood Payneham & St PetersKent Town0.00.0Rundle Street – Adelaide CBDWestern terminus of The Parade West
Kent TownNorwood0.50.31Fullarton Road – Dulwich, Fullarton, SpringfieldName change: The Parade West (west), The Parade (east)
Norwood1.30.81Osmond Terrace – Stepney, Rose Park
Norwood Payneham & St PetersBurnside boundaryNorwoodBeulah ParkKensington tripoint2.11.3  Portrush Road (A17) – Northfield, Payneham, Glen Osmond
BurnsideKensington ParkKensington Gardens boundary3.72.3Glynburn Road – Hectorville, Beaumont
Kensington GardensMagillRosslyn Park tripoint5.33.3Penfold Road – Rostrevor, Wattle Park
MagillTeringieAuldana tripoint6.64.1  Magill Road (west) – Norwood, Magill
  Old Norton Summit Road (east) – Norton Summit, Lobethal
Eastern terminus of The Parade, named as Connell Road for final 150 metres
  •       Route transition

References

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  1. ^ a b c "The Parade" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 7 July 2022.
  2. ^ "Location SA Map viewer with regional layers". Government of South Australia. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
  3. ^ a b "Location SA Map viewer with suburb layers". Government of South Australia. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
  4. ^ "Shop". The Parade. Retrieved 15 August 2021.
  5. ^ "Norwood". South Australia. South Australian Tourism Commission. 21 January 2021. Retrieved 15 August 2021.
  6. ^ "Restaurants & Cafes". The Parade. Retrieved 15 August 2021.
  7. ^ "Norwood Restaurants - Adelaide". WeekendNotes (in Afrikaans). Retrieved 15 August 2021.
  8. ^ "175 The Parade Norwood". The South Australia Heritage Places database. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
  9. ^ "History". Clayton Wesley Uniting Church. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
  10. ^ "Search Results [Norwood]". Adelaide Metro. 12 February 2020. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
  11. ^ "Location SA Map viewer with LGA layers". Government of South Australia. Retrieved 16 June 2022.