Leda
Leda is in the City of Kwinana, south of the Kwinana town centre along Wellard Road. It is a suburb of detached houses bordered by a large area of protected bushland and wetland.
The housing
Leda is almost entirely detached houses. Much of the Crown land around the wetland was released for residential subdivision in 1977.
Shops and cafes
The City of Kwinana lists a small local shopping area in Leda. Wellard Square beside Wellard Station and Kwinana Marketplace in the Kwinana town centre are the larger centres close by.
Parks and open space
Leda Nature Reserve on Wellard Road was gazetted in December 1994 as an A class reserve for flora and fauna conservation, protecting tuart, jarrah and banksia woodland and wetland. It is part of Bush Forever Site 349, Leda and Adjacent Bushland. Sloan’s Reserve, on the corner of Sloan’s Drive and Harman Street, has a playground, a half court, barbecues and toilets, and Djilba View Park has a basketball half court, a playground and a barbecue.
Getting around
Bus route 541 runs between Kwinana Station and Wellard Station by way of Dalrymple Drive and the Kwinana bus station.
Education
Leda Primary School on Feilman Drive teaches kindergarten to Year 6. Leda Education Support Centre, opened in 1992, shares the site and teaches students with disability and developmental needs from kindergarten to Year 6.
The history of Leda
How Leda got its name and how it grew: read our Leda history.
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