Berambing, NSW 2758

Small, cool-climate mountain township strung along Bells Line of Road about 100 km north-west of the Sydney CBD at roughly 780 m elevation, established in 1832 and sitting between Windsor and Lithgow, 10 km west of Bilpin. The settlement — the westernmost of the Hawkesbury's Bells Line villages — straddles the City of Hawkesbury and City of Blue Mountains local government areas and recorded just 104 residents at the 2021 census. Berambing is known for its apple, nut and stone-fruit orchards, with farm-gate produce, roadside stops and the landmark 'Hive' cafe anchoring the village, while the natural environment around it attracts visitors en route to the Blue Mountains Botanic Garden and the Wollemi and Blue Mountains national parks. The village was severely impacted by the Gospers Mountain bushfire of December 2019, which destroyed numerous houses, and its history dates to Archibald Bell's 1823 route-finding and the 1831 'Bulgamatta' land grant.

At a Glance

Transport

Berambing has no railway station — the nearest railhead is Richmond, about 40 km down Bells Line of Road at the end of the T1 line. Public transport is an extremely limited bus service: Busways route 682 (the Richmond–Kurrajong via Berambing loop) terminates at Berambing, with stops at Berambing Picnic Area and Berambing Crescent on Bells Line of Road, but Wikipedia records only about five buses per week connecting Richmond station and Berambing. The Moovit timetable shows the 682 running roughly 06:18–20:38 weekdays and limited weekend trips, with the full run from Richmond station to the Berambing terminus taking around 38–61 minutes — in practice the suburb is almost entirely car-dependent.

Schools

No school operates within Berambing, and none of the localities immediately surrounding it — Warawaralong, Mount Irvine, Mount Tomah or Mount Wilson — has a school either. Primary-age children from the village travel about 10 km east along Bells Line of Road to Bilpin Public School, the small NSW government K–6 school serving the mountain district, and secondary students continue further down the mountain.

Shopping & Amenities

Berambing's village services are tiny but real: The Hive Berambing at 6–18 Bells Line of Road is the township's cafe and roadside hub — 'Bells Line of Road's go-to for specialty coffee and quality food' — and doubles as home of Bilpin Bush Honey, selling local honey and produce (The Hive Berambing; Hills to Hawkesbury). Farm-gate stalls and pick-your-own orchards selling apples, nuts and stone fruit line the road through the village. Chapel Hill Retreat, a conference and retreat venue in Berambing Crescent, occupies the site of the historic 1831 'Bulgamatta' homestead. There is no supermarket, general store or current post office in the township — the nearest village shopping is in Bilpin about 10 km east.

Parks & Outdoors

Berambing's draw is its bush and orchard setting: the village sits amid cool-climate orchards and peppermint, stringybark and grey-gum forest that earned it a description in 1861 as a place of 'cool, bracing, and agreeable' climate. The natural environment around the village is close to both the Wollemi and Blue Mountains national parks, and the Blue Mountains Botanic Garden at Mount Tomah — a satellite of Sydney's Royal Botanic Garden and one of the region's signature destinations — lies immediately to the south-west in the adjacent suburb of Mount Tomah, a short drive along Bells Line. The historic Chapel Hill/Bulgamatta homestead site and the forested ridges around Mount Banks, climbed by George Caley in 1804, round out the area's walking and heritage appeal.

Property Market

The median house price in Berambing was around $1,066,008 — median house value, Cotality/RP Data automated valuation as at 30 June 2026 (OnTheHouse) (mid-2026). See our full Sydney property price map for how the suburb compares across the city. One of the thinnest markets in the region: Berambing holds only about 48 properties, and Cotality recorded NO sales in the 12 months to June 2026, with nothing listed for sale or rent at that snapshot. The median is therefore purely an AVM estimate rather than a sales-based figure and should be read as indicative; the ~$1.2–1.8M hint range sits above what the tracker shows, reflecting the fact that individual acreage-and-view sales, when they occur, swing widely (comparable Bilpin sales ran from about $750K to $2.26M in 2025–26, PropCroc). No unit or rental market exists (median_unit and rental null).

New Developments

Development is minimal — with no recorded sales in 12 months and no listings, there is no project pipeline and activity is limited to one-off homes on acreage under rural zoning. The most significant recent 'development' story is recovery: the Gospers Mountain bushfire of December 2019 crossed into Berambing and Bilpin destroying numerous houses and other buildings, and rebuilding on the affected properties has been the main construction activity since.

Jobs & Local Economy

Local employment centres on the orchard economy and Bells Line tourism: farm-gate produce sales, pick-your-own orchards and hospitality at The Hive Berambing and the nearby Mount Tomah Botanic Garden draw weekend visitors through the village. Cotality's demographic data shows residents predominantly in professional occupations, and with no major employers in the township, many working residents commute to Richmond/Windsor or the Blue Mountains towns or work remotely from their acreage.

Nearby Suburbs

Warawaralong, Mount Irvine, Mount Tomah, Mount Wilson

Sources & method

Researched 5 September 2026 from named public sources — census and government records, transport authorities, council and planning documents — plus published sales data. Where sources disagree on a figure, the guide says so rather than picking one.

Sources cited in this guide:

• Wikipedia — Berambing
• ABS Census
• NSW Government

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