* Location
Berkshire Park is a suburb of Sydney, in New South Wales, Australia. It covers 19.3 square kilometres within the local government area of City of Penrith. The suburb has a diverse range of activity, including a pet cemetery, correctional facility, nature reserve, waste management centre and a racehorse education centre.
* History
The suburb’s name is believed to have come from the English county of Berkshire. The land was given to Richard Rouse as a land grant in 1838. Rouse may have chosen this name because he had been married in North Hinksey, which was then part of Berkshire.
Berkshire Park Post Office opened on 1 May 1936 and closed in 1961.
* Berkshire Park Timeline by Penrith City Council
Places of Interest
Pet Cemetery & Crematorium
Berkshire Park
Homestead
Berkshire Park