Tennyson Point, NSW 2111

Small, quiet riverside suburb on a peninsula on the northern bank of the Parramatta River, sitting between Morrisons Bay and Glades Bay roughly 10 km west of the Sydney CBD, in the City of Ryde LGA. The suburb takes its name from the Tennyson Estate — named after the poet Alfred Tennyson — which was subdivided in 1887, and was renamed from 'Tennyson' to 'Tennyson Point' in 2001, with the tip of the peninsula into the river still known as Raven Point. At the 2021 census it had 1,247 residents, 68.6% born in Australia, in an established low-density pocket of family homes on quiet streets. Agents describe it as a 'secret waterside pocket... in search of an idyllic peninsula lifestyle' on the Ryde riverfront, the western gateway to the leafy Hunters Hill peninsula across the mouth of Tarban Creek (Belle Property).

At a Glance

Transport

Tennyson Point has no railway station, light rail or ferry wharf within the suburb, and no bus route runs through it; public transport is reached on its borders. The nearest ferry access is Kissing Point wharf in the adjacent suburb of Putney to the west — served by Sydney Ferries' F3 Parramatta River service between Circular Quay and Parramatta. Bus services run along the bordering main roads of adjacent suburbs — Morrison Road in Putney (route 507 to Gladesville and Meadowbank wharf) and Victoria Road in Gladesville with its frequent CBD services — with stops at the suburb's northern edge. The nearest T9 line stations are Meadowbank and West Ryde, a short bus ride north.

Schools

There is no school within Tennyson Point itself — the suburb is too small to host one. Government primary schooling is provided by the immediately adjacent suburbs: Putney Public School in Putney to the west and Gladesville Public School in Gladesville to the east (school websites). For secondary education, the nearest government option is Ryde Secondary College in the adjacent suburb of Ryde, which serves the area.

Shopping & Amenities

Tennyson Point is purely residential and has no shops, cafes or commercial strip of its own. Everyday retail is in the immediately adjacent suburbs: Putney's small village shopping area (post office, shops, sporting fields and a few restaurants) lies just to the west, and Gladesville's larger Victoria Road retail centre and Gladesville Shopping Village sit immediately east. The major Top Ryde City shopping centre is a few minutes' drive north in Ryde.

Parks & Outdoors

The Parramatta River is Tennyson Point's defining feature: the suburb occupies a small peninsula between Morrisons Bay to the west and Glades Bay to the east, with Raven Point at the river tip and Grove Creek running into Morrisons Bay along the western boundary. The foreshore parks and reserves at the two bays — Morrisons Bay Park and Glades Bay Park — are linked by the Ryde River Walk, whose Tennyson Point precinct (from Morrisons Bay Park to Glades Bay Park via Raven Point) offers level, open ground with good aspect over the water and easy walking and cycling along the riverfront (City of Ryde Ryde River Walk Masterplan, Precinct 6). Water views sweep across to Breakfast Point and Cabarita on the southern bank, and Glades Bay Park provides walking trails, barbecue areas and river access nearby (micropest suburb profile; Ryde River Walk Masterplan).

Property Market

The median house price in Tennyson Point was around ~$4.65–4.9M on 12-month sold medians (realestate.com.au $4,750,000; property.com.au $4,852,500; YIP/CoreLogic $4,888,000; auspropertyfinder $4.65M); Cotality/OnTheHouse's automated median house value is lower at $3,525,444 (mid-2026). See our full Sydney property price map for how the suburb compares across the city. A very thin market: only around 17 house sales in 12 months, so medians swing on individual sales and trackers diverge — Cotality's automated valuation median sits near $3.5M while 12-month sold medians cluster around $4.65–4.9M. The suburb is a tightly held riverside pocket of family homes where individual riverside properties are estimated well above the median — Domain's estimate on a Champion Road home runs to about $4.6M with a range to $5.2M. Treat any single median with caution in this micro-market.

New Developments

Development in Tennyson Point is minimal — the established low-density riverside suburb has no large masterplanned precincts or major projects under way, and new supply is confined to occasional infill homes and renovations in a tightly held pocket where most land was subdivided by the early 20th century.

Jobs & Local Economy

Tennyson Point has no commercial or employment precinct of its own — it is an overwhelmingly residential suburb whose working residents commute out, mainly to Sydney CBD professional jobs via the Victoria Road/Gladesville Bridge corridor, with local retail and services employment centred in the adjacent suburbs of Putney, Gladesville and Ryde.

Nearby Suburbs

Ryde (north), Gladesville (north-east and east), Putney (west) — land-adjacent; across the Parramatta River to the south: Breakfast Point, Cabarita and Abbotsford (Wikipedia infobox adjacencies)

Sources & method

Researched 4 September 2026 from named public sources — census and government records, transport authorities, council and planning documents — plus published sales data. Where sources disagree on a figure, the guide says so rather than picking one.

Sources cited in this guide:

• Wikipedia — City of Ryde
• Wikipedia — Putney
• Transport for NSW
• NSW Government

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