Ascot Vale

“Ascot Vale remains an unheralded favourite among the city’s most savvy.”

• Quick CBD and airport access
• Alluring array of architecture
• Suburban refinement
• Abundant parklands
• Lauded shopping strips

Transport and Proximity

Its entire western boundary covered by the Maribyrnong River, Ascot Vale borders Moonee Ponds, Travancore, Parkville, Maribyrnong, Footscray, and Flemington, while projecting a persona that is entirely its own. Humbly prestigious, the suburb is served by Ascot Vale and Showgrounds Railway Stations, with multiple CBD-bound trams ensuring easy access to the centre of Melbourne (5km at its closest point). Its proximity to both city and Melbourne International Airport a reason for its popularity among high achievers, Ascot Vale shares traits with its counterparts from across the Yarra, offering a multitude of similar benefits at a more reasonable, while affluent, price point. Celebrated for the first time in 1855, the Melbourne Showgrounds play host to the Victorian icon, the Royal Melbourne Show, along with various major exhibitions and events.

Aesthetic, Appeal, and History

As Melbourne’s inner suburbs usually offer small blocks and limited parking, Ascot Vale charms buyers who want rapid access to the city bustle, while valuing suburban space and leafy streetscapes. With an assortment including single- fronted cottages, mid-Victorian terraces, boom-style mansions, contemporary showpieces, and mid-century double- fronts, the suburb spans a vast footprint, with each pocket known for its own character. Together holding Ascot Vale price records after changing hands in recent years, the 1860-built Ascot House headlines a tree-lined Travancore edge, while 1904-built Rothwell Hill jewel Gladswood affords stunning views of the valley below. Adored for its sensational home designs, absence of traffic, and substantial lots, Whisky Hill sits atop the glistening Maribyrnong, sloping down to prized Angler Parade and Doncaster Street, which deliver breathtaking views of Riverside Golf Course and Parklands.

Revered city-wide, Kingston Avenue and Fisher Parade’s seldom-offered homes provide private jetties and absolute river frontage, a trait shared only by Yarra-fronting inner-eastern mansions.