Sheidow Park, is a suburb in the south of Adelaide, South Australia. The suburb is approximately 30 minutes from the central business district and is situated on coastal hills above the Adelaide Plains . Bordered by Hallet Cove , Trott Park , O'Halloran Hill and Morphett Vale , the suburb has the post code 5158.

Named after the once prominent Sheidow pastoralist family, that once owned nearly all the land in the area, Sheidow Park is a relatively new suburb; residential development only really taking off in the late 1980's. The Sheidow family, formerly resident at a mansion over-looking Holdfast Bay , now reside on a large estate beside Hallet Cove Beach. Reflecting the suburb's agricultural past is the former railway track that winds through the area - an agricultural route in times gone by.

The suburb has been growing progressively larger, absorbing much of Trott Park. The first major residential development in Sheidow Park, was that of the Hickenbotham Group's Woodend Estate. The estate, like other planned developments, was released in stages, finishing with the final release in the late 1990's. The estate was essentially square-shaped, bordered by four main boulevards. A curious point is the naming of the streets; it is often a difficult area for vistors to navigate on account of confusing street names, with unsually high proportion named after either fruit or apparent 'somebodies'. Originally, there was a community centre with shops located centrally on Edward Beck Drive and Lemmon Road, opposite the sales centre. However, the centre closed after the owner wished to convert it into a tavern. The proposal was met with fierce community opposition culminating in the State Government's decision to purchase it and convert it into a primary school.

As of 2005, the suburb is still growing, expanding into the the Field River Valley (locally know as 'the Gully') with the Southbank Estate development.

Schools

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There are three schools located within Sheidow Park, all primary schools. Sheidow Park Primary School is public and caters for students Reception to Year 7. The school is the oldest within the suburb, and is located on Adams Road. Woodend Primary School is the other public school in the suburb and teaches students Reception to Year 7. It is the newest school in Sheidow Park, built in the 1990's and has state-of-the-art amenities. Students from the two public schools, upon finsihing Year 7, generally attend secondary school at nearby Hallet Cove South School. The only private school in Sheidow Park is St. Martin de Porres, a Catholic school that teaches Years Reception to 5. Students from St. Martin's are generally channelled to other south-west Adelaide Catholic schools, including Sacred Heart College Middle School, Marymount College and Cabra Dominican College.