Glenbrook: Walking Tracks and Lennox Bridge

The Glenbrook area is the eastern gateway to Blue Mountains National Park from Sydney. If you’re looking for a hotel for a stay in Glenbrook, you can plan your trip around the activities you have in mind: challenging scrambling and jumping along a creek bed, an easy loop walk around a historic structure, or time by the water each offer a different focus.

Tracks with different focuses

The Glenbrook Gorge Track offers challenging scrambling and jumping over rocks along a creek bed. It passes a historic railway tunnel, combining outdoor activity with a connection to railway history. The Lennox Bridge Loop Walk is a different kind of track: the loop is easy and has information signs. The focus here is on the loop and information along the way, rather than scrambling and jumping.

The Blue Pool Walking Track in Glenbrook is suitable for swimming and picnicking. This offers another focus for the day: alongside the tracks and their varying levels of challenge, water activities and picnicking take centre stage here. You can plan around what you’d like to do during your stay.

Lennox Bridge and visitor amenities in Glenbrook

Lennox Bridge was completed in 1833 and is the oldest surviving stone arch bridge on the Australian mainland. The Lennox Bridge Loop Walk combines a visit to the structure with an easy loop and information signs. This offers a different focus from the activity on the Glenbrook Gorge Track or the activities at Blue Pool.

The Glenbrook Visitor Information Centre is an accredited information centre with trained staff who help visitors plan activities in the Blue Mountains region. The centre stocks walking guides, maps, books and cold drinks. You can therefore get both personal planning assistance and practical navigation materials there.

The family-friendly Nepean River Walking Track is near Glenbrook. Portal Lookout is wheelchair accessible. These two options add to the selection, without implying that their locations or features apply to other tracks.

Getting to the national park

From Sydney, you can reach the Glenbrook area of the national park via the M4 Motorway and Great Western Highway. In Glenbrook, Ross Street leads to Burfitt Parade and then to Bruce Road, which leads to the national park entrance. Road conditions can change, so check them before you travel.

Trains run from Sydney Central Station to Glenbrook Station. From the station, it’s a 1.5 km walk to the national park entrance. Allow for this walk when planning your arrival, and check the timetable for your travel day, as train schedules can change.

When choosing a place to stay in Glenbrook, you can plan your journey and daily activities separately: the roads mentioned lead to the park entrance, while the train journey also ends with a walk to get there. Once there, a challenging track, an easy loop walk, and a route for swimming and picnicking each offer a distinctly different focus.

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