Stanwell Tops

Stanwell Tops is an exurban locality between the cities of Sydney and Wollongong on the New South Wales, Australia coastline. It lies northwest of Stanwell Park and southwest of Otford.

Type: Suburb with 483 residents
Description: locality in New South Wales, Australia
Also known as: “Stanwell Tops, New South Wales” and “Stanwell Tops, New South Wales, Australia”
Neighbors: Helensburgh and Stanwell Park

Places of Interest

Highlights include Stanwell Park railway station and Bald Hill.

Stanwell Park railway station

Railway station

Photo: Abesty, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Stanwell Park railway station is located on the South Coast railway line in New South Wales, Australia. It serves the seaside village of Stanwell Park opening on 23 December 1901, relocating to its current location on 10 October 1920.

Bald Hill

Peak

Photo: Strata8, CC BY 4.0.

Bald Hill is a hill on the Illawarra Range, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. With an elevation of approximately 180 metres AMSL, Bald Hill is one of the best known and most popular lookouts in the Illawarra region providing panoramic vistas across the Illawarra escarpment and over the Illawarra plain and the Tasman Sea of the South Pacific Ocean.

Stanwell Creek railway viaduct

Bridge

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

The Stanwell Creek railway viaduct is a heritage-listed railway bridge on the Illawarra railway line at Stanwell Park, City of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Stanwell Park and Otford.

Stanwell Park

Photo: Maxim75, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Stanwell Park is a northern suburb of Wollongong, the centre of the Illawarra region of New South Wales. The settlement is home to about 1400 people, a dormitory and satellite suburb for commuters to the nearby cities of Sydney and Wollongong, and a popular tourist destination.

Otford

Suburb

Photo: Maxim75, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Otford is a village in the Otford Valley located 55 km south of the Sydney and 30 km north of the Wollongong CBD in New South Wales, Australia. Otford is within the local government area of the City of Wollongong.