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Fruit Bowl & Pie Shop Bilpin
A popular roadside pie shop and fruit stand on the Bells Line of Road through the Blue Mountains, famous for its apple pies and mountain views.
20 km · about 25 min drive
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Richmond
New South Wales, Australia · Oceania
About Richmond
Richmond is worth a stop: 5 minutes from North Richmond, 43km from Blue Mountains National Park.
Richmond is in New South Wales, Australia, with about 5,400 people. You drive on the left here. The nearest town is North Richmond, about 4 km away.
Richmond is an outer suburb of northwest Sydney in New South Wales, Australia. Once a historic town, Richmond is in the local government area of the City of Hawkesbury and is part of the Sydney metropolitan area. It is located 19 metres above sea level on the alluvial Hawkesbury River flats, at the foot of the BlueRead more
Mountains. It is about 62 km by road from the Sydney CBD, 22 km from Penrith, 25 km from Blacktown, 39 km from Parramatta, 78 km from Lithgow and 7 km from Windsor. Richmond is now part of the Sydney urban area, and has access to various amenities including supermarkets, cafes, a Sydney train line, shopping centres, schools, a TAFE campus and a Western Sydney University Campus called the Hawkesbury Campus
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What is there to see near Richmond?
Within an hour or so of Richmond: Fruit Bowl & Pie Shop Bilpin (20 km), Blue Mountains Botanic Garden Mount Tomah (31 km), Pie in the Sky (41 km), Blue Mountains National Park (43 km).
Are there any good drives near Richmond?
The nearest famous roads are Grand Pacific Drive and Macquarie Pass.
Where is Richmond?
Richmond is in New South Wales, Australia, about 4 km from North Richmond.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 5,418
- Continent
- Oceania
- Country
- Australia
- Region
- New South Wales
- Timezone
- Australia/Sydney
- Coordinates
- -33.5996, 150.7514
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Worth the detour from Richmond
8 notable places within an hour's drive.
landmark
Blue Mountains Botanic Garden Mount Tomah
Cool-climate botanic garden on Bells Line of Road, a scenic alternative crossing of the Blue Mountains, with parking and escarpment views.
31 km · about 35 min drive
cafe
Pie in the Sky
A legendary biker and car enthusiast cafe on the Old Pacific Highway north of Sydney, the essential pit stop on Australia's most popular motorcycle road.
41 km · about 45 min drive
national park
Blue Mountains National Park
Dramatic eucalyptus-clad valleys, towering sandstone cliffs, and the iconic Three Sisters rock formation.
43 km · about 50 min drive
scenic viewpoint
Three Sisters, Echo Point (Blue Mountains)
Sandstone rock formation above the Jamison Valley in the Blue Mountains, viewed from Echo Point which has a large car park and visitor centre.
43 km · about 50 min drive
natural wonder
Three Sisters, Blue Mountains
Three towering sandstone pillars rising from the Jamison Valley, sacred to the local Gundungurra Aboriginal people.
43 km · about 50 min drive
cafe
Deus Ex Machina Camperdown
The original Temple of Enthusiasm in Sydney, a pioneering cafe-motorcycle-surfboard-fashion concept that spawned a global cult following.
51 km · about 60 min drive
landmark
Sydney Harbour Bridge
Massive steel arch bridge spanning Sydney Harbour, affectionately nicknamed 'the Coathanger' and open for bridge climbs.
51 km · about 60 min drive
Driving roads near Richmond
- 43 kmThree Sisters, Echo Point (Blue Mountains)Sandstone rock formation above the Jamison Valley in the Blue Mountains, viewed from Echo Point which has a large car park and visitor centre.
- 51 kmSydney Harbour TunnelA 2.3 km immersed-tube tunnel opened in 1992 that dives beneath Sydney Harbour, the underwater twin to the Harbour Bridge linking the CBD with North Sydney.
- 72 kmGrand Pacific Drive140 km coastal route from the Royal National Park to Wollongong and beyond, sweeping past Bald Hill's hang-glider lookout, seaside villages and the famous Sea Cliff Bridge.
- 73 kmBald Hill LookoutClifftop lookout and hang-gliding launch at Stanwell Tops overlooking the Sea Cliff Bridge and Illawarra coastline, with roadside parking.
- 73 kmKanangra WallsA 200-metre sandstone escarpment at the wild western edge of the Blue Mountains, reached by a long gravel road from Oberon and a 20-minute clifftop walk. Vastly emptier than Echo Point.
- 75 kmSea Cliff BridgeA 665 m balanced-cantilever bridge that curves off the Illawarra escarpment and hangs over the Pacific, the photogenic centrepiece of Grand Pacific Drive south of Sydney.
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