ABOUT US
A unique Inner West hub that provides indoor and outdoor spaces for a variety of dining experiences and good times or to host your next event.
Providing plenty of open air and green space it is a place where everyone can gather to relax or celebrate, grab a bite and a drink
or attend a workshop in an urban oasis in the city. Also home to a working urban farm providing fair food, education and fresh produce, by Pocket City Farms.
Formally Camperdown Bowling Club, the site was revitalised by Canterbury-Hurlstone Park RSL in consultation with Inner West Council.
The Green space was retained, and the site now offers a variety of relevant offers to its community.
Since opening in 1947 as a place to gather and belong, CHP RSL has grown
from one place to many, as we evolve with the needs of the community.
Camperdown Tennis & Camperdown Commons, Canterbury-Hurlstone Park RSL Club,
Anytime Fitness Hurlstone Park, CMNL Academy (RTO 6871), Magpie Sports Club, Bargo Sports Club, Marrickville RSL Club
We are officially launching CMNL – our group brand that connects our
people, places and community across our venues and establishments.
CMNL is our new masthead to create great experiences across all venues.
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The Camperdown Commons Story
Camperdown Commons is a community revitalisation project by Canterbury-Hurlstone Park RSL Club, with an ongoing vision to provide our community relevant venues and spaces.
The Camperdown Project was developed in 2013 in response to appoint a new lessee for the Camperdown Bowling Club Site.
What is Camperdown Project?
Camperdown Project Pty Ltd is a wholly owned subsidiary of Canterbury-Hurlstone Park RSL Club which was established as a standalone company to develop and operate the Camperdown Bowling Club site into a relevant hub for the community.
Canterbury-Hurlstone Park RSL Club is a registered not-for-profit club that has been operating in the inner west since 1947 with a long proud history of supporting the community in Sydney’s inner west.
As the site lessee, Camperdown Project oversees all operations and adherence to its commitment to ensure the space operates for the benefit of the community through access to the facility and free space hire opportunities for ‘The Commons Spaces’. Pocket City Farms (‘PCF’) operates an independent on-site urban farm, recreational activities and urban farming workshops.
Our Journey
In June 2016 Camperdown Commons opened the unique recreation space to provide the Community with: a café; restaurant; functions & events spaces; community spaces for hire; urban farm; open green space and an outdoor kid’s play space - in Partnership with our urban farm operator (Pocket City Farms) and the inaugural hospitality operator (acre)
From June 2021 as we reach our 5th Birthday, Camperdown Commons continues to provide the Community with recreational spaces to gather, relax, experience and learn, providing; a café ‘THE COMMONS container’, unique spaces for ‘functions & events’, community spaces for hire ‘THE COMMONS spaces’, urban farm ‘Pocket City Farms’; open green space; kids play space
A new ‘farm to table’ dining venue will be opening soon, as the site is reinvigorated with a ‘new experience’, and Camperdown Commons manages the sites hospitality operations.
With the restaurant, outdoor terraces and bar reopening dates & exciting news to be announced soon!
The original vision for the revitalised site was to create a facility that is accessible to all walks of life: a space where locals could meet, where community could access free and subsidised meeting spaces, participate in recreational programmes, savour open green space, engage with a working urban farm, and enjoy farm to table dining experiences.
“In the past 5 years, we have never wavered from that vision,”
- Mr Dean Thomas Company Secretary of Camperdown Project Pty Ltd and CEO of Canterbury Hurlstone Park RSL Club.