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Springwood, Blue Mountains — Area Guide & Where to Stay
Springwood is a town about halfway up the Blue Mountains, west of the Sydney CBD in the City of Blue Mountains, New South Wales.
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Where to stay in Springwood
The right area depends on your trip — here's what each neighbourhood is best for.
Springwood sits on the way up rather than at the top, which makes it a base for the Blue Mountains that keeps the Sydney CBD 72 kilometres down the road. The climb continues above. Rooms here suit anyone working the Blue Mountains in stages, with Christ Church Anglican Church and the town streets at hand and the higher country still ahead.
Sydney is a drive down.
Few places to stay in Springwood — most visitors book in Blue Mountains nearby.
About Springwood
What are the main landmarks in Springwood?
One church holds the list. Christ Church Anglican Church is the single named site the record gives Springwood, a church building in a town that sits partway up the Blue Mountains rather than at any famous lookout. The range does the rest.
Walks and views belong to the wider City of Blue Mountains in New South Wales, and Springwood's own contribution is a stop partway along that climb.
What is the history of Springwood?
How old Springwood is, the record does not say. What the entry fixes is position: a town 72 kilometres west of the Sydney CBD, about halfway up the Blue Mountains, inside the local government area called the City of Blue Mountains. The rest is thin.
Christ Church Anglican Church stands as the one named building the record carries for Springwood, New South Wales, and a census in 2021 is the other date it keeps.
Where is Springwood?
The Blue Mountains carry Springwood about halfway up their climb west of the Sydney CBD, a mountain town of New South Wales, Australia.
Common questions
What is the best area to stay in Springwood?
Springwood: a Blue Mountains base kept within reach of Sydney. the upper City of Blue Mountains: waking already at the top of the range.
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Updated September 2026