Wattle Park is located at the eastern end of Kensington Road and is well known for its small shopping centre on the right-hand side as you head towards the round about at Penfolds Road.
The small shopping centre has a fantastic butcher, IGA grocer and the Wattle Park Bakery. It doesn’t matter what day of the week you go by the bakery it is always full of happy customers. Weekends it is busy with cyclists and families. Getting fresh pies and pasties is what they do best, and our Master Plumbers can vouch for that!
Mayfair Plumbing the local plumbers in Wattle Park
As a preferred plumbing company in Adelaide’s eastern suburbs, we often get phone calls to attend a plumbing job in Wattle Park. There are a variety of jobs which we often get asked to help with and these can be some of the following:
- Blocked trade waste lines in a Bakery/Café
- Running toilets
- Dripping shower heads
- Stiff taps
- Gas cook top installations
- Burst water pipes in the front yard
- Leaky hot water services
- Warm water only from the hot water system
- Pre purchase plumbing inspections
- Drain camera inspections of sewer and storm water pipes
- Slow draining hand basin
- Stuck pop up waste plug
- Gas leak investigations
No matter how big or small the plumbing job is we are willing to help you. Emergency plumber call outs is another service we offer in Rosslyn Park, Stonyfell, Erindale, and Wattle Park. If you have a plumbing emergency in the council area of Burnside, we are the plumbers for you! Locally owned and operated plumbing company means we are here to focus on you not up sell you products you don’t need.
Interesting facts about Wattle Park in South Australia
Originally named George Scarfe for the 68 acres he purchased in 1880. His residence was named Scarfe house. It was then turned into the Wattle Park Teachers College. In 1972 its name was changed to the Wattle Park Teachers Centre and then was sold to the education department. In 1991 it became part of the retirement village of the Southern Cross Homes on Wattle Grove.
Wattle Park is bordered by Kensington Road, Clark Street, Stonyfell, and Hallett Road. Off Penfold Road you will find the SA Water Pump Station for the suburb of Wattle Park. Surrounding suburbs are Skye, Auldana, Stonyfell, and Erindale. Wattle Park is home to 1,885 people according to the 2021 Sensis.
In August 1932 Wattle Park was home to the largest producer of Olive Oil. The company was called Stonyfell Olive Company. They worked in conjunction with Bickford’s who would do all the bottling of the oil. At the western end of Crompton Drive is where the plant was located. Unfortunately, with the expansion of the eastern suburbs the land was sold off to developers and is now a place many residents call home.
There once was a Post Office in Wattle Park. It opened in April 1965 and closed in 1967. Today there are no schools in this suburb with the nearest being St Peters Girls School on Hallett Road and Norwood Morialta High School in Magill.
Another interesting fact is that Mayfair Plumbing have been involved with the plumbing industry for 25 years and know the eastern suburbs inside out. If you need a plumber fast call the team at Mayfair today 0429 361 819.