The Ashwood Football Club is an Australian rules football club located in the south-eastern suburbs of Melbourne, Victoria. Ashwood Football Club was formed in 1985 by means of a merger between Burwood and Essex Heights Football Clubs. The club is a member of the Southern Football League where the club currently competes in the third division. Ashwood play their home games at Essex Heights Reserve which is on the border of Ashwood and Mount Waverley in Melbourne, Victoria. The club currently has a senior and reserves team and plan to have a junior team in the future.