Lanes

Redan has a number of lanes which serviced the rear of properties built along the main streets. Since the 1990s many of these lanes have provided access for new properties being built on blocks that have been subdivided.

In the northern section of Redan, the lanes running north south are named as lanes, such as Quarry Lane. The lanes running east west have been named as places, such as Milkmaid Place.

There are a couple of odd places where the lanes have been blocked by property. Sometimes this is legitimate, so the Quarry House property extends and blocks Quarry Lane, but this "blockage" is on the original title documents. Quarry Lane is also blocked by Peter Kohl's original house on the south side of Darling Street, but then begins again. A house on La Trobe Street had Quarry Lane fenced off and a pool erected in the 1980s, but they were forced to remove it, even though the lane is not formed at that point.

The lanes provided access for horses, and probably the night cart service as well. Several of the older buildings along the lanes have been built as stables. There was a big barn in Quarry Lane that had also been a SP bookie establishment during the 1930s, complete with window into the lane for business. Locals have said that when they were kids, they were paid to keep watch at the ends of the lane for the police.

Lanes

 * List of lanes in Redan