and the land sold off by the state government to build housing. The nearest high school, to the suburb's northwest, is Belmont City College. Three community centres are located in Cloverdale, the City of Belmont Youth and Family Centre, Miles Park Community Centre, and Forster Hall, as well as a recreation centre near Belmont Oval. Belmont Oval has facilities for lawn bowls and tennis as well as a soccer pitch and dog exercise area. Gerry Archer Athletic Centre, next to the oval, caters for all athletic events and has a 400-metre grassed running track. Numerous other small parks, most of them named, are scattered through Cloverdale but they are for the most part simply grassed areas with no distinguishing features. Transport The suburb is connected to the rest of Perth's metropolitan area by two routes - Leach Highway, which links to Tonkin Highway, Bayswater/Morley, Forrestfield and the Perth Airport; and Abernethy Road which links to Great Eastern Highway in the direction of Perth CBD. Cloverdale is served by Transperth buses operated by Path Transit. A small bus transfer stop at Belmont Forum is host to several bus routes including the 998-999 CircleRoute and various other routes. Routes 39 and 935 travel to Redcliffe Station along various streets while the 270 and 293 routes service Abernethy Road travelling to High Wycombe Station. The 37 bus route travels through between Perth Airport Terminal 1-2 and Oats Street Station on weekdays. Route 284 is a scarcer service proving a connection to Curtin University, while route 285 provides an early morning connection to the Kewdale Industrial Area. The nearest train stations linked by bus are Carlisle (38 & 284), Oats Street (37, 998 & 999), Redcliffe (39, 293 & 935), Airport Central (37) and High Wycombe (270 & 293). References Suburbs of Perth, Western Australia Suburbs in the City of Belmont