Forest Lodge

Forest Lodge is a small, inner-city suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia.

Forest Lodge is a small, inner-city suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Forest Lodge is located 4 kilometres south-west of the Sydney central business district and is part of the local government area of the City of Sydney.

Forest Lodge was named after a house built in the area in 1836 by Ambrose Foss. The house stood on the present site of 208-210 Bridge Road until it was demolished in 1912.

Historic points of interest include the Forest Lodge Public School and the Chapman Steps. The former Alexandra Hospital is past the southern boundary in Camperdown and the Glebe Town Hall is just over the eastern boundary of the suburb at Mount Vernon Street, Glebe.

At the intersection of Wigram Road and Minogue Crescent can be found the Lew Hoad Reserve, a small park named in honour of Lew Hoad. Hoad was born in 1934 and grew up at 43 Wigram Road. He learned to play tennis in the area and from the age of nine was a daily visitor to the Police Boy's Club next to the reserve where he participated in boxing, wrestling, gymnastics, athletics, cricket and rugby league. Hoad went on to be a member of Australia's four Davis Cup winning squads in 1952 to 1956, won Wimbledon twice and was the world's number one tennis player in 1956 before turning professional. The reserve was named after him in 1965.The Forest Lodge Hotel has become an institution in the area (commonly referred to as 'The Flodge'),hailing multitudes of students and families alike. Having won the TimeOut Pub Awards in 2015, 2016 and being nominated in 2017.