Stanwell Park

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.

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Type: Suburb with 1,710 residents
Description: suburb of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia
Also known as: “Stanwell Park, New South Wales” and “Stanwell Park, New South Wales, Australia”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Bald Hill and Stanwell Park railway station.

Bald Hill

Peak

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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 Park railway station

Railway station

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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.

Coalcliff railway station

Railway station

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Coalcliff railway station is located on the South Coast railway line in New South Wales, Australia. It serves the seaside village of Coalcliff opening in August 1920.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Helensburgh and Otford.

Helensburgh

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Helensburgh is a small town, located 45 kilometres south of Sydney and 35 kilometres north of Wollongong and north and above the Illawarra escarpment and region.

Otford

Suburb

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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.