Bylong is a village in

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, in the

Mid-Western Regional Council The Mid-Western Regional Council is a Local government in Australia, local government area in the Central West, New South Wales, Central West region of New South Wales, Australia. The area is located adjacent to the Castlereagh Highway that passe ...

. It is located on the

Bylong Valley Way Bylong Valley Way is a New South Wales regional road linking Golden Highway near Sandy Hollow, New South Wales, Sandy Hollow to Castlereagh Highway near Ilford, New South Wales, Ilford. It is named after the Bylong Valley, through which the road ...

. The area is home to numerous horse studs. The champion racehorse and sire Heroic was born in the area. Bylong hosts an annual mouse racing event.

Access

Bylong can be accessed from the

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by travelling west along the

Golden Highway Golden Highway (also known as Mitchells Line of Road at its eastern end) is a highway, located in the Hunter and Orana regions of New South Wales, Australia. It runs eastwards from Dubbo towards Newcastle on the coast, allowing road transpo ...

and turn onto the

, before Sandy Hollow. If travelling from

Ilford Ilford is a large List of areas of London, town in East London, England, northeast of Charing Cross. Part of the London Borough of Redbridge, Ilford is within the Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county of Greater London. It had a po ...

, Bylong can be accessed by travelling north along the

Castlereagh Highway Castlereagh Highway is a state highway located in New South Wales and Queensland, Australia. From north to south the highway traverses South West Queensland and the North West Slopes, Orana (New South Wales), Orana, and Central West (New South ...

and turn onto the Bylong Valley Way.

Railways

Bylong has a railway

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, east of Bylong on the

Sandy Hollow-Gulgong railway line Sandy may refer to: People and fictional characters *Sandy (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters with the given name or nickname * Sandy (surname), a list of people * Sandy (Iranian music band), Iranian singer, comp ...

. The railway passes through a tunnel in the Bylong Range, to the east-southeast () between the

Bylong River Bylong River, a perennial river A stream is a continuous body of water, body of surface water Current (stream), flowing within the stream bed, bed and bank (geography), banks of a channel (geography), channel. Depending on its location ...

and Murrumbo Creek valleys.

References

Towns in New South Wales Mid-Western Regional Council {{CentralWestNSW-geo-stub