Clifton Gardens is an urban locality in the suburb of Mosman in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

Clifton Gardens is located in the local government area of the Municipality of Mosman and is part of the Lower North Shore.

Clifton Gardens features an affluent residential area and is home to several beaches and wharves on Sydney Harbour.

[1] In 1906, Sydney Ferries Limited purchased the Thompson estate comprising land, the three-storey hotel, wharf dancing pavilion and skating rink.

The company built a large circular swimming enclosure that could hold 3,000 spectators, a boatshed and a tramway from the wharf to the hotel.