Colonel Light Gardens, South Australia

Colonel Light Gardens Adelaide, South Australia
Lincoln Avenue
Colonel Light Gardens
Coordinates	34°58′55″S 138°35′31″E / 34.982°S 138.592°E / -34.982; 138.592
Population	3,349 (SAL 2016)[1]
Postcode(s)	5041
LGA(s)	City of Mitcham
State electorate(s)	Elder
Federal division(s)	Boothby
Suburbs around Colonel Light Gardens: Melrose Park, Daw Park Daw Park, Westbourne Park Hawthorn Melrose Park Colonel Light Gardens Lower Mitcham, Clapham Daw Park Daw Park, Panorama Clapham

Colonel Light Gardens is a suburb located within the Australian City of Mitcham in the greater Adelaide region, approximately 7 km (4 mi) south of the Adelaide city centre. The area is 1.58 km² (0.61 sq mi). Planned as a garden suburb, it is known for wide, tree-lined streets, presentable postwar bungalow homes, rounded street corners, and much manicured, well maintained open space.

It contains Colonel Light Gardens Primary School,^[2] the Colonel Light Gardens RSL Sub-Branch,^[3] a number of sporting clubs using the name Reade Park, and a multitude of historical parks and gardens.^{[citation needed]} It also contains many paved and unpaved laneways, alleyways and bike tracks.

The suburb is of irregular shape and follows Goodwood Road. The major part of the suburb is east of Goodwood Road and is bounded by Grange Road (north), Goodwood Road (west), and Springbank Road (south), and the suburbs of Westbourne Park, Lower Mitcham, Clapham and Panorama. A smaller part of the suburb is west of Goodwood Road and divides the neighbouring Daw Park into two unjoined parts which are the northern and southern boundaries of this smaller part.^[4]