Melbourne Cup, Melbourne

#742 among attractions in Melbourne

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The Melbourne Cup is Australia's most famous annual Thoroughbred horse race. It is a 3200-metre race for three-year-olds and over, conducted by the Victoria Racing Club on the Flemington Racecourse in Melbourne, Victoria as part of the Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival. It is the richest "two-mile" handicap in the world and one of the richest turf races. The event starts at 3:00 pm on the first Tuesday of November and is known locally as "the race that stops the nation". ()

Alternative names: Coordinates: 37°47'27"S, 144°54'43"E

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City of Melbourne (Flemington)Melbourne Australia

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Melbourne Cup – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: St. Prophet Ilija, Footscray Park, Heavenly Queen Temple, J.J. Holland Park.

1.4 miSW
Church
St. Prophet Ilija, Melbourne
37 min walk • The St. Prophet Ilija Macedonian Orthodox Church is a Macedonian Orthodox church serving the inner western Melbourne suburb of Footscray, Victoria, Australia.
0.4 miSW
Park
Footscray Park, Melbourne
11 min walk • Footscray Park is one of the largest and most intact examples of an Edwardian park in Australia. The 15-hectare park is located on the south bank of the Maribyrnong River in Footscray in Victoria.
0.6 miS
Sacred and religious sites, Temple
Heavenly Queen Temple, Melbourne
15 min walk • The Heavenly Queen Temple is a temple dedicated to Mazu or Tian Shang Sheng Mu, Chinese Goddess of Sea and Patron Deity of fishermen, sailors and any occupations related to sea/ocean, also regarded as Ancestral Deity for Lim Clan.
0.8 miSE
Park
J.J. Holland Park, Melbourne
21 min walk • J.J. Holland Park is a large multi-use park in the Melbourne suburb of Kensington. It is named after John Joseph Holland, who was the Member of the Legislative Assembly for Flemington for over 30 years from 1925.
0.9 miSW
Area
Melbourne/Footscray, Melbourne
23 min walk • Footscray is an inner-western suburb of Melbourne, Australia, 5 km from Melbourne's Central Business District. Its local government area is the City of Maribyrnong. At the 2016 census, Footscray had a population of 16,345.
1.3 miNW
Park
Pipemakers Park, Melbourne
35 min walk • Pipemakers Park is located in the inner western suburbs of Melbourne in the city of Maribyrnong, on the western bank of the Maribyrnong River near Highpoint Shopping Centre.
0.9 miE
City hall
Kensington Town Hall, Melbourne
24 min walk • Kensington Town Hall is a former municipal hall in Kensington, Victoria, Australia. The classical style building, located in Bellair Street was first constructed in 1901. During World War II it was used as a command post. It served as a legal centre in the 1980s.
1.2 miSE
Shopping, Market
Melbourne Markets, Melbourne
32 min walk • Melbourne Market, more formally the Melbourne Wholesale Fruit & Vegetable Markets, is the main wholesale produce market for Melbourne, Australia, and the wider state of Victoria.
0.6 miSE
Bridge
Saltwater River Rail Bridge, Melbourne
15 min walk • The Saltwater River Rail Bridge is a large steel arch truss railway bridge completed in 1858 and crossing the Maribyrnong River on the Melbourne to Footscray railway in Melbourne, Victoria.
1 miN
Area
Melbourne/Ascot Vale, Melbourne
26 min walk • Ascot Vale is an inner suburb 6 km north-west of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia in the local government area of the City of Moonee Valley.
1.4 miNW
Museum, History museum
Melbourne's Living Museum of the West, Melbourne
36 min walk • Melbourne's Living Museum of the West is an ecomuseum and community social history museum in Melbourne's western suburb of Maribyrnong.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Which popular attractions are close to Melbourne Cup?

Nearby attractions include Footscray Park, Melbourne (11 min walk), Flemington Post Office, Melbourne (13 min walk), Heavenly Queen Temple, Melbourne (15 min walk), Saltwater River Rail Bridge, Melbourne (15 min walk).

How to get to Melbourne Cup by public transport?

The nearest stations to Melbourne Cup:

Train

Flemington Racecourse (9 min walk)
Showgrounds (14 min walk)

Bus

Epsom Road • Lines: 404 (14 min walk)
RAS Showgrounds/Langs Rd • Lines: 472 (16 min walk)

Tram

Stop 30: Flemington Drive • Lines: 57, 57a (14 min walk)
Stop 31: Racing Victoria • Lines: 57, 57a (15 min walk)