HUNTINGWOOD

Huntingwood is a predominant industrial area, with residential areas north of the Great Western Highway in Prospect. Huntingwood Park is bounded by Bungaribbee Creek, Holbeche Road, Reservoir Road, the Western Motorway, the Great Western Highway, Flushcombe Road and the suburb of Blacktown in the north, Blacktown Road in the east, Holroyd City and Fairfield City in the south and the locality of Eastern Creek, the Western Motorway, Brabham Road and Doonside Road in the west. Prospect is named for the ‘prospect' of the Blue Mountains that were once seen from a hill in the area. Huntingwood is named for the first English-style hunting that took place and the 'Woods Estate' in the area. Arndell Park is named after Thomas Arndell, Assistant Surgeon, who arrived with the First Fleet.

Major features of the area include Home Base Shopping Centre, Prospect Nature Reserve, Prospect Reservoir, H Laybutt Sporting Complex, The Boiler Paddock, Peckys Playground, the Royal Cricketers Arms Hotel and William Lawson Park.