Elizabeth Bay House

Address

7 Onslow Avenue, Elizabeth Bay NSW 2011
Phone +61 2 9356 3022

By public transport

We are located about 4.5km east of the Sydney CBD.

For up-to-date timetables or to find the quickest public transport routes visit the Transport Infoline or call 131500.

Train

Elizabeth Bay House is a 7-minute walk from Kings Cross train station, which is on the Eastern Suburbs/Illawarra line.

Bus

The 311 bus will bring you to Greenknowe Avenue, a 10-minute walk from Elizabeth Bay House.

By road

Onslow Avenue is a one-way street, so from Elizabeth Bay Road you need to turn into Ithaca Road.

Parking

The nearest reliable parking to Elizabeth Bay House is the Kings Cross Car Park, located on Ward Ave, approximately 500m walk from the house.

Rates vary depending on the time and day of your visit, but range from $8 for an hour to $15-$40 for up to 12 hours.

For full details and to book, please refer to the Kings Cross Car Park website.

Cycling

We do not have secure parking for bikes at Elizabeth Bay House.

You can explore the house on your own or ask our staff for information.

An introductory video (17 minutes, with subtitles) plays on a loop in the exhibition room on the first floor.

Groups of 10 or larger must pre-book their visit through our bookings team on +61 2 8239 2211 or bookings@mhnsw.au.

For visitors with limited mobility

There is one designated accessible parking space outside the southeast corner of the property. There are 9 steps into the house via the front entrance but for people in wheelchairs or with limited mobility we can open the back gate, which has level access into the house from the road. Please ask at reception or call beforehand to arrange.

Inside the house, only the ground floor is accessible to people with low mobility, and ground-floor only tours can be arranged on request. For visitors who are unable to access other areas directly, folders with captioned images are provided. Accessible toilets are located on the ground floor.

For visitors with limited vision or hearing

The introductory video is subtitled. Bold-print maps of the house are available from the reception desk.

Tours

We are always happy to try and accommodate individual visitors with specific needs into our regular guided tours, but we are best able to do that if you call ahead to let us know about any particular requirements you have. For groups with specific needs, we can develop customised tours to support those needs. Please call ahead to arrange on +61 2 9356 3022.

Conveniently close to the city, Elizabeth Bay House is ideal venue for elegant business lunches, cocktail parties, dinners or events; its outstanding architecture and positioning also make it a highly desirable location for smaller, more intimate wedding ceremonies and receptions, including the increasingly popular cocktail-style wedding celebrations.

Visit venue hire for more information.