 Tamworth is the largest town in the New England region of New South Wales, Australia. It is the major regional centre for southern New England and the government seat of the Tamworth Regional Council Local Government Area.
Tamworth is located on the western side of the Great Dividing Range, on the banks of the Peel River, about 420 km north of Sydney on the New England Highway, and 280 km inland from Port Macquarie on the Oxley Highway. The town is situated at a narrow point on the Peel River floodplain, nestled at the base of the Wentworth Mounds, a spur of the Moonbi Range, where the Northwest Slopes rise to the Northern Tablelands. |
