Hospital. In the near future, a hospital will be built in Rouse Hill, which will be less than a kilometre away. Churches There are a number of churches nearby, including The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Every Nation Christian Church, Blessed John XXIII Catholic Church, Our Lady of the Rosary, Rouse Hill Anglican Church, The Salvation Army – Rouse Hill Region, Hillsong Church, NewHope Baptist Church and Life Anglican Church Quakers Hill. Transport Road The main roads in the ponds are The Ponds Boulevard, Riverbank Drive, Ridgeline Drive, Hambledon Road, Stanhope Parkway and Schofields Road. Both the Westlink M7 and the M2 Hills Motorway provide easy road access to the suburb from the south and east, respectively. Bus The Ponds is serviced by Busways which provides services to Blacktown (734, 752), Rouse Hill (752), Schofields and Riverstone (734). Rail Tallawong station on the North West Rail Line is the closest station to The Ponds, providing services every 4 minutes to Norwest Business Park, Castle Hill, Macquarie Park and Chatswood, with connecting Sydney Trains services to Sydney CBD. The line opened on 26 May 2019. Cooee Busways provides an on demand service connecting The Ponds with Tallawong and Rouse Hill stations, whilst route 752 connects The Ponds with Rouse Hill station. The nearest Sydney Trains stations are located at Schofields and Quakers Hill with services to Blacktown, Parramatta, Richmond, Leppington and the Sydney central business district. Shopping The Ponds shopping centre opened in 2015 adjacent to John Palmer Public School. It contains Woolworths as the anchor tenant, a number of cafes and restaurants, a newsagency, a pharmacy and approximately 20 speciality shops as well as a car park. It connects with the former sales and display centre which was renovated and turned into a community resource centre. Rouse Hill Town Centre is located about 1 km away, and features over 250 stores in addition to Coles, Woolworths, Kmart, Big W and Reading Cinemas. Stanhope Village is located 3 km from The Ponds, with Coles, Kmart, Aldi and several speciality stores. Additional shopping can be found nearby at Marsden Park, Castle Towers and Westpoint Blacktown, located about away. Based on the data from Australia Post and StarTrack couriers, residents in The Ponds receive the most online purchases in NSW. References Suburbs of Sydney City of Blacktown Populated places established in 2007 2007 establishments in Australia