Turrella is located 10 km south-west of the Sydney central business district on the southern bank of Wolli Creek in the local government area of Bayside Council.

A footbridge from Turrella over Wolli Creek links Henderson Street to the eastern side of Earlwood, formerly known as Undercliffe.

The footbridge was closed in 2012 by Canterbury Council after it was deemed to be structurally unsound but was repaired and re-opened in November 2013.

[citation needed] In 1842, William Favell and his wife Eleanor were farming a property named Hillside on this site.

[citation needed] Turrella railway station is on the Airport & South Line of the Sydney Trains network.

The nearest entrances to travel south-west towards Beverly Hills and Liverpool are located at Arncliffe and Bexley North.