| 词条 | Valley Heights, New South Wales |
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| type = town | name = Valley Heights | state = nsw | image = | caption = | coordinates = {{coord|33|42|S|150|35|E|display=inline,title}} | pushpin_label_position = left | lga = City of Blue Mountains | county = | postcode = 2777 | pop = 1211 | pop_year = {{CensusAU|2016}} | pop_footnotes = [1] | est = | elevation= 310 | dist1 = 61 | location1 = Sydney | dist2 = | stategov = Blue Mountains | 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 }}Valley Heights is a small township of the City of Blue Mountains in New South Wales, Australia. It is approximately {{convert|70|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} from Sydney and is located east of the township of Springwood. At the {{CensusAU|2006}}, Valley Heights had a population of 1,337 people.[2] 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 300 to 320 meters (980–1,050 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 gatekeeper employed by the railway lived in the early steam era. History{{expand section|date=January 2019}}Heritage listingsValley Heights has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:
Commercial areaValley Heights' commercial area centres on and north of the Great Western Highway, comprising light industrial and hardware retail services. Churches
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TransportRailwayValley Heights has a railway station on the Blue Mountains Line of the NSW TrainLink intercity network. 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, now the Valley Heights Locomotive Depot Heritage Museum. A number of rail heritage items in Valley Heights are listed on the New South Wales State Heritage Register:
BusBlue Mountains Transit[9] (formerly Pearce Omnibus and later Blue Mountains Bus Company) headquarters and depot are located in Valley Heights. Tourist attractionsValley Heights Locomotive Depot Heritage Museum is the home of the oldest remaining roundhouse in New South Wales, located 500 m from the eastern Springwood town boundary. References1. ^{{Census 2016 AUS|id=SSC14069|name=Valley Heights (State Suburb)|accessdate=24 April 2018|quick=on}} {{commons category}}{{Suburbs of City of Blue Mountains}}2. ^{{Census 2006 AUS|id=SSC11991|name=Valley Heights (State Suburb) |accessdate=9 February 2010|quick=on}} 3. ^{{cite NSW SHR|5045351|Railway Gatehouse|hr=00220|fn=S90/01402 & HC 32803|accessdate=18 May 2018}} 4. ^{{cite NSW SHR|5012253|Valley Heights Railway Station and Locomotive Depot|hr=01276|fn=S90/02874|accessdate=18 May 2018}} 5. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/heritageapp/ViewHeritageItemDetails.aspx?id=5012253| title=Valley Heights Railway Station and Locomotive Depot | publisher=Office of Environment & Heritage | accessdate=31 December 2016}} 6. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/heritageapp/ViewHeritageItemDetails.aspx?ID=1170350| title=Railway Roundhouse | publisher=Office of Environment & Heritage | accessdate=31 December 2016}} 7. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/heritageapp/ViewHeritageItemDetails.aspx?id=5045351| title=Railway Gatehouse | publisher=Office of Environment & Heritage | accessdate=31 December 2016}} 8. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/heritageapp/ViewHeritageItemDetails.aspx?id=5062526| title=Valley Heights Steam Tram Rolling Stock | publisher=Office of Environment & Heritage | accessdate=31 December 2016}} 9. ^http://www.bmbc.com.au/ 2 : Towns in New South Wales|Valley Heights, New South Wales |
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