Jells Park

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Jells Park is a public park in Wheelers Hill, a suburb in south-east Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The park opened on 30 April 1976 and is named after Joseph Jell, a cattle grazier who worked in the area in the mid-late 1800s. The park attracts in excess of 900,000 visitors a year. It covers around 127 hectares and contains 9 kilometres of paths for cycling and walking, including Scotchmans Creek Trail, EastLink Trail, and Dandenong Creek Trail which connects to Blind Creek Trail. ()

Created: 30 April 1976Visitors per year: 900 thous.Elevation: 194 ft a.s.l.Coordinates: 37°53'58"S, 145°11'60"E

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Nearby attractions include: Westfield Knox, The Glen Shopping Centre, Kingsway, Victoria Police Academy.

3.1 miNE
Shopping, Shopping centre
Westfield Knox
79 min walk • Nestled in the eastern suburbs of Melbourne, Westfield Knox stands as a shopping haven for locals and visitors alike. This sprawling centre, with its wide array of retail stores, dining options, and entertainment facilities, caters to a diverse crowd looking for a...
2.5 miNW
Shopping, Shopping centre, Shop
The Glen Shopping Centre, Melbourne
64 min walk • The Glen Shopping Centre is a major regional shopping centre located in Glen Waverley, Victoria, Australia. The head offices of MYOB are located in the centre.
2.3 miNW
Shopping, Shopping district
Kingsway, Melbourne
60 min walk • Kingsway is a shopping, dining and entertainment precinct at the town center of Glen Waverley, a southeastern suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
1.5 miW
Church, Police
Victoria Police Academy
39 min walk • The Victoria Police Academy is the main induction training establishment for the Victoria Police. It is located at 1 View Mount Road, in Glen Waverley, in the south-eastern suburbs of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The grounds encompass 16 hectares.
3.3 miN
Park
Koomba Park
84 min walk • Koomba Park is one of the parks comprising the Dandenong Valley Parklands in the eastern suburbs of Melbourne, Australia. It consists of 92 hectares of which 33 hectares are publicly accessible, and is bounded by Dandenong Creek, Boronia Road, EastLink, Mountain Highway and Burwood Highway in a clockwise direction.
3.2 miNW
Street, Entertainment
Ramsay Street, Melbourne
82 min walk • Ramsay Street is the fictional cul-de-sac in which the characters of the Australian soap opera Neighbours live. The street is set in the equally fictional Melbourne suburb of Erinsborough.
2.6 miS
Shopping, Shopping centre
Waverley Gardens Shopping Centre
66 min walk • Waverley Gardens, is a shopping centre with approximately 110 shops, located 25 km south-east of Melbourne, Australia, in the suburb of Mulgrave, Victoria.
3.2 miS
Cemetery
Springvale Botanical Cemetery
83 min walk • The Springvale Botanical Cemetery is the largest crematorium and memorial park in Victoria, Australia. It is located in Springvale, in the south-eastern suburbs of Melbourne.
1.7 miNE
Church
CityLife Church
43 min walk • CityLife Church is a multi-site, Pentecostal church located in Melbourne, Australia, with weekly services in the municipalities of Knox, Casey, Manningham and Whittlesea. Weekly services are also held in Mandarin and Cantonese at the Knox site. CityLife is the largest church in Melbourne and second-largest in Australia.
3.3 miNW
Church
Crossway Baptist Church, Melbourne
85 min walk • Crossway Baptist Church is one of Australia’s largest Baptist churches. It is an Evangelical multi-site megachurch, affiliated with Australian Baptist Ministries, headquartered in Burwood East, Melbourne’s eastern suburbs.
1 miN
Cycling, Bike path
Blind Creek Trail
26 min walk • The Blind Creek Trail, in the outer eastern suburbs of Melbourne, in the Australian state of Victoria, is a shared-use path for cyclists and pedestrians, which follows the Blind Creek from the Dandenong Creek Trail in Wantirna South to the Ringwood - Belgrave Rail Trail in Boronia.