The Best Sydney Streets To See Christmas Lights - 2019

Light up your Christmas night with these amazing Christmas displays in your suburb. You don't have to search far to see a festive light display, although some of them are worth travelling to see! Please let us know if there's a magical light display in your street. 

Eastern Suburbs

North Bondi: At 5 Waratah Street the lights go on each night from 7.30pm, and they’re raising money for CareFlight.

Bondi: If you head to Avoca Street, you’ll find an entire street full of Christmas lights! Last year there were around 50 houses that participated, so this year is sure to be a spectacle.

Clovelly: 71 Arden Street has their lights on until late into the night, with reindeer!

Bondi Junction: Denison Street

Mascot: Coward Street, Alfred Street and David Street. 

Randwick: Frederick Street is narrow and quiet, and goes all out! Families can be found walking up and down checking out all the cool ornaments as house residents have dinner on their front lawns.

Matraville: Barwon Crescent, Larose Street, Gwydir Avenue, Knowles Street, Flanders Avenue and Franklin Street have some big, spectacularly lit-up homes.

Image via Sydney Morning Herald

Greater West

St Clair: Benaud Street has a beautiful story behind it: a wonderful lady named Mona puts on a Christmas lights display every Christmas with her husband and family, attracting people from all over Sydney. Despite learning she had cancer and undergoing chemotherapy in 2016, she spent months preparing the Christmas display to bring joy to children and to keep the spirit of Christmas alive. We're hoping she'll be back this year to put on another spectacular display!

Winston Hills: 5 Caledonian Avenue is decked to the halls!

Guildford: Strickland Road, residents say there are so many Christmas lights they're  sure it can be seen from space!

Glenmore Park: 3 Troon Court Glenmore Park you'll find a fantastic display with tons of lights, inflatables and lasers.

Greystanes: On Camellia Street, Patricia and George Coleman have been putting on a wonderful display for over 30 years including light-up decorations on the roof, a boat full of Christmas characters, more than 30 reindeer and a front window display of a Christmas village (see image above). 60 Harris Street is another house you can rely on for all the sparkles in Greystanes.

Quakers Hill: 7 Mallee St is decked out in splendour!

Guilford: Strickland Road has several houses decorated with magnificent lights. Also Vulcan Street!

Erskine Park: You can walk into this one and hop into a sleigh! Check out 74 Warbler Street.

Chipping Norton: Faversham Crescent. Amazing lights display set to music, a snow machine, plus they are raising funds for Sydney Children’s Hospital.

Mount Druitt: At 66 & 68 Emily Street you'll find two houses teaming up. They have a Santa sleigh for photos and regular Santa visits (see above). You may even get a visit from the firefighters. Keep an eye on the Emily Street Mount Druitt Christmas Lights Facebook page for more.

St Marys: Head to Carpenter Street to see dazzling lights and apparently there have even been yummy cakes for sale in previous years!

Inner West

Concord: There’s one family at 191 Burwood Rd that have been displaying Christmas lights for over 20 years. With over 100,000 LED lights synchronised to 5 different songs, kids and adults will be amazed.

Birchgrove: The incredible decorations of 48 Cameron St will be on from the 1st December until 6th January, 8:30PM until 11:30PM.

Ashbury: Second Street

Strathfield: 71 South Street (see below)

North Shore

Hornsby: Sydney Street, with more than 50 houses getting in the spirit from 8pm. Surrounding roads like Ulolo Avenue are worth checking out too.

Lane Cove: The Light Up Lane Cove Competition says it all- definitely check out Sutherland Street, and Fox Street and Illawong Avenue (in Riverview). And 38 Myee Crescent which just won the 2019 best house comp in the Comp! 

West Pennant Hills: 77 Westmore Drive will be decked out until January. They also raised money for The Cancer Council in 2016, so might be supporting another worthy charity in 2017. 

Cremorne: The lights on Rangers Road are phenomenal.

Willoughby: First, Second, Third and Fourth Avenues in Willoughby are all going off with festive fun. 

Asquith: Synchronised lights to music with 5-metre mega trees at 28 Lockwood Street. 
 

North West

Stanhope Gardens: Tilbury Avenue is off the hook this year! One family has put on a display with 12,000 lights that put on a musical show timed to songs like a Star Wars medley and Hallelujah (see pic above).

Baulkham Hills: Marcel Place have Santa coming on Saturday 23rd December from 7:30pm. There will be a sausage sizzle to raise money for the Westmead Children's hospital and live Christmas Carols! Also, at 2C Hilda Road there is a huge display raising money for the children's hospital.  

Westleigh: Quarter Sessions Road.

Constitution Hill: 1 Elm Place is promising their biggest and brightest display ever with new lights and inflatables including the Sydney Harbour Bridge and Sydney Tower. There is a walk-in area, a tour and Christmas music.

Kellyville: Down on 76 Arnold Avenue Kellyville you’ll see an impressive display from 7:30pm, and 44 Mawarra Crescent has a gorgeous themed display and a few inflatable decorations too. Also, 6 Litchfield Avenue Kellyville has lights and music for extra festive cheer! A house on Karinya Place has over 20000 lights all set to music. Also number 10 Hector Court has its own Christmas village and a massive Christmas tree! 

Castle Hill: 136 Excelsior Avenue has over 25,000 lights that will be on from 8pm until 10:30pm. This is in aid of Sofia's Battle and raises awareness and funds for Heart Kids NSW & 22q Foundation Australia & New Zealand. Also 13 Grand Oaks Place needs to be seen to be believed!

Thornleigh: Check out Oakleigh Avenue- you can’t miss the 3 houses side by side that get crazily into the spirit, Check out Paling Street too.

Glenhaven: 24 Mills Road has an eye-watering display until 30th December.

North Ryde: Chauvel Street gets into the Christmas spirit and this year most of the residents are raising money for the drought appeal. 

Lindfield: 22 Bradfield Road is definitely worth a visit: great lights and fantastic music to go with it using Light-O-Rama software and computer equipment broadcasting music to FM 91.1. Awesome! 

Northmead: 45 Grasmere Road and Dorset Avenue.

Northern Beaches

Davidson: 10 Cambage Court Davidson has a phenomenal display with the entire garden covered with Christmas lights. Expect over 100,000 Christmas Lights, Front and Backyard display, 3 window displays, Carols, BBQs and Santa. Starting November 30 at 10 Cambage Court Davidson. In Support of Red Nose, Cure Brain Cancer Foundation and the Humpty Dumpty Foundation. If you would like to enter the charity raffle you can go into the draw to win a holiday in Nelson Bay (2 nights for 4 people) and loads of other amazing prizes.

Find out more here.

While in Davidson, check out Borgnis Street, there are some amazing houses on this street who are raising money for Bear Cottage. Lights turn on Saturday 7th December at 7pm.

Beacon Hill: 12 Egan Place have their decorations on throughout December. Check out their Winter Wonderland theme with a virtual Santa in the front window.

Freshwater: Coles Road- a sight to behold!

Belrose: Synchronised lights to music with 5-metre mega trees at 36 Childs Circuit.

Ingleside: One of the biggest Christmas lights displays on the Beaches (including a walk-through light tunnel!) is at 4 Ingleside Road.

South Sydney/St George

Narwee: 4 Podmore Avenue has a gorgeous display with little Christmas lights-deers and a tree.

Carlton: Jubilee Avenue has Santa with Kangaroos and other awesome light displays!

South Hurstville: 29 Grosvenor Road. The lights will be on at 6:00pm from the 30th of November until the end of December and they will also be playing movies every Saturday until the 21st of December. This house is raising money for the kids at Starlight. 

Kogarah: Don’t miss the display at 3 Souter Street It will be on from 1st December until 3rd January, from 8pm until 10pm. Also, check out Madrers Avenue (especially number 36) - they have over 50,000 lights, two window displays, a singing Bear, Reindeer there’s lots to ogle at here!

Barden Ridge: Dalrymple Place

Sutherland Shire

Engadine: 131 Ridge Road is covered from top to bottom in lights.

Sutherland: 13/50 Glencoe Street has a stunning display that you just can’t miss, and 9 Aldgate Street is pretty much glowing!

Menai: 42 The Woods Circuit is shining with its colour coordinated lights and rooftop decors. Mathews Place and McKenzie Place too.

Yarrawarrah: Kimbar Place is another popular Sutherland Shire location to spot some twinkly lights.

South West

Roselands: The good people at 124 Karne Street got into the Christmas spirit by raising money for the children hospital at Westmead. This year there is a three-metre high Teddy Bear, ice-cream truck, entertainment and they even sell goodies for your children with all of the proceeds going directly to the children's hospital.

The Cascades: In Mount Annan, you’ll be blown away by all the colours and lights, especially number 77 where kids are known to take a photo with Santa on a motorbike! We hope they put up the snow machine again at the Chain-O-Ponds Circuit.

Padstow Heights: Carter Street there's a house which is decorated outside and you can visit the ground floor inside for viewing too.

Oran Park:  South Circuit will have eight houses aglow with Christmas light displays. Santa will be visiting three nights a week and an ice cream van on weekends, all to raise for Sydney Children’s Hospital. Find out more about South Circuit Christmas Lights.

Punchbowl: If you're out and about in Punchbowl from 1 December, 7 Carrisbrook Avenue will really wow your socks off. The whole house will be covered in Christmas lights and don't miss their festive showstopper: a 7 metre Christmas tree made entirely of lights!

There's also a house at 11 Debenham Street (see above) which raises much needed funds for the Sydney Children's Hospital and Westmead Children's Hospital.

Further Afield

Head to the Hunter Valley for the Southern hemisphere’s largest lights display, Christmas Lights Spectacular will be spreading holiday magic to families and friends from 8 November 2019 until 26 January 2020 (see pic above). This year, Hunter Valley Gardens will dazzle guests with stunning lights like never before with a series of newly created immersive displays. Find out more about the Christmas Lights Spectacular here.

Know a great house or street in Sydney that outs on a show during Christmas? Have an update to make to our list? We want to know! Comment on here or through Facebook. 

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