Glenreagh Explained

Type:town
Glenreagh
State:nsw
Coordinates:-30.05°N 211°W
Pushpin Label Position:left
Lga:Clarence Valley
Postcode:2450
Pop:562
Stategov:Clarence

Glenreagh is a small town in the Clarence Valley in the Northern Rivers region of north-eastern New South Wales, Australia. At the 2021 census, Glenreagh had a population of 562 people.

It is on the North Coast railway line, completed to Glenreagh in 1915. A picturesque branch was opened from Glenreagh to Dorrigo in 1924, but was difficult to maintain due to the steep terrain and high rainfall and it was closed in 1972 after a washaway. The Glenreagh to Ulong section is proposed for reopening as a heritage tourist railway by the Glenreagh Mountain Railway.

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School

Glenreagh Public School was established in 1887. It is a small school with fewer than 100 pupils (as at 2023).