Valley Heights, New South Wales
- Valley Heights, New South Wales
Infobox Australian Place | type = town
name = Valley Heights
state = NSW
caption =
lga = City of Blue Mountains
county =
postcode =
pop = 1356 (Census 2001)
est =
elevation= 375
stategov =
fedgov =
dist1 = 86 | location1 = Sydney
dist2 =
fedgov = Macquarie
near-nw = Springwood
near-n = Springwood
near-ne = Hawkesbury Heights
near-w = Springwood
near-e = Warrimoo
near-sw = Springwood
near-s = "Megalong Valley"
near-se = Warrimoo
dist1 =
dir1 =
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Valley Heights is a small suburb, or township of the City of Blue Mountains in New South Wales, Australia. It is approximately convert|86|km|mi|0|abbr=on from Sydney and is located east of the suburb of Springwood. Valley Heights developed its own piece of the ridgeline that has been the main route west from Sydney since colonial history, and has some strong evidence of a rich pre-colonial inhabitance. At an elevation of 350 to 400 meters (1,150–1,300 ft) above sea level, the climate has been considered very conducive to a huge range of plants. The native ecological communities are fairly typical of other Hawkesbury sandstone with shale transition forests, yet exhibit the local specificness we have come to expect in the Blue Mountains, NSW. Current development is restricted by council reserves and National Park
Valley Heights has a railway station, rail museum and the historic Gatekeepers cottage where the railway guard lived in the steam era. The Preparatory Campus of the Blue Mountains Grammar School was built in Valley Heights in 2003.
The current population of Valley Heights is 1356 (Census 2001).
Transport
Valley Heights is the start of the steeply graded, 1 in 33 (3%) section to Katoomba. The gradient approaching Valley Heights from Sydney is 1 in 60 (1.67%). In older times, assistant engines were attached here to uphill trains, which explains the existence of the roundhouse.
See also
Valley Heights Locomotive Depot Heritage Museum
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