Woodford, New South Wales
- Woodford, New South Wales
Infobox Australian Place | type = town
name = Woodford
state = NSW
caption = View from Woodford Station
lga = City of Blue Mountains
county =
postcode = 2778
pop = 2389 (Census 2001)Fact|date=March 2008
est = circa 1830s
elevation= 609
stategov =
fedgov =
dist1 = 90
location1 = Sydney
dist2 =
near-nw = Hazelbrook
near-n = "Blue Mountains National Park"
near-ne = Linden
near-w = Hazelbrook
near-e = Linden
near-sw =
near-s =
near-se = Woodford is a village in the Blue Mountains in New South Wales, Australia, approximately 90 kilometres west of Sydney (Elevation: 609 metres). It is situated on the Great Western Highway and has a station (opened in 1868 as Buss's Platform) [cite web
publisher = www.nswrail.net
title=Woodford Railway Station
url = http://www.nswrail.net/locations/show.php?name=NSW:Woodford&line=NSW:main_west:0
accessdate = 2006-11-29 ] on the Main Western railway line served by CityRail's Blue Mountains services.
History and Description
The site was originally known as Twenty Mile Hollow. In the 1830s an inn called The Woodman was built there. Ten years later the inn became known as the King's Arms, later popularly known as Buss's Inn after 1855. Sydney businessman Alfred Fairfax converted the building into a private home some time later and renamed it Woodford House. The railway station adopted the name Woodford in 1871 ["Origin of Blue Mountains Town Names" [http://www.bmcc.nsw.gov.au Blue Mountains City Council] ] . Woodford House later became Woodford Academy, a private boys' school and is now a heritage listed building.
In 2001, the population of Woodford and adjoining Linden was 2,317 (Census 2001).
Woodford is well known to mountain bike riders and walkers as the start point for the famous Oaks and St Helena tracks. It is also the finish point for Anderson's and Ingar fire trails, also popular with mountain bike riders and walkers. Each June or July, Careflight (helicopter rescue service) raises money by conducting the Woodford to Glenbrook Classic, a cycling and running race from Woodford railway station to Euroka picnic area at Glenbrook in the Blue Mountains National Park. The Classic follows the Oaks and Bennett's Ridge fire trails, and is 25 km in length.
The area also presents opportunities for bushwalking and photography in places like Wilson Glen (on the south side) and Mabel Falls Reserve (on the north side). [Sydney and Blue Mountains Bushwalks, Neil Paton (Kangaroo Press) 2004, pp.181-182, 196-200]
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