Bowenfels, New South Wales

Bowenfels New South Wales
Bowenfels railway station
Bowenfels
Coordinates	33°31′S 150°07′E / 33.517°S 150.117°E / -33.517; 150.117
Population	2,048 (2006 census)[1]
Postcode(s)	2790
Elevation	910 m (2,986 ft)
Location	145 km (90 mi) WNW of Sydney 2 km (1 mi) W of Lithgow 59 km (37 mi) E of Bathurst 37 km (23 mi) NW of Katoomba
LGA(s)	City of Lithgow
State electorate(s)	Bathurst
Federal division(s)	Calare
Localities around Bowenfels: Marrangaroo Marrangaroo Lithgow Bowenfels Lithgow South Bowenfels South Bowenfels Lithgow

Bowenfels is a small town on the western outskirts of Lithgow, New South Wales, Australia.

Today there are effectively two Bowenfels. Near Lithgow, on the Great Western Highway, is Bowenfels (with the homestead of the valley's first settler, Andrew Brown). About a kilometre south is South Bowenfels. Although both are now essentially suburbs of Lithgow, Bowenfels was, in fact, the first settlement in the valley, pre-dating the existence of Lithgow by nearly 40 years.^[2]