Ilford, New South Wales

Ilford is a small town in New South Wales, Australia, in the Mid-Western Regional Council. It is named after the small English town of Ilford (then in Essex, now in east London), where the founders of this town came from. It is situated around 220 km north west of Sydney. It is located on the Castlereagh Highway, which is locally referred to as Sydney Road. The Bathurst-Ilford Road (MR 54) (which comes from Bathurst and skirts past Sofala) joins the Castlereagh Highway on the northern outskirts of town and the Bylong Valley Way to the upper Hunter Valley via Kandos, Rylstone and Bylong joins the Castlereagh Highway 2 km north of town. At the 2006 census, Ilford had a population of 238 people.

Unremarkable in appearance, Ilford appears no more than a T Junction on the "Sydney Road." The primary school, on the left heading North toward Mudgee, and the information bay, are most of what is visible to travellers, on their way to Mudgee. Take the turnoff, just past the children's school, on the left, to Sofala then onto Bathurst.

Ilford is one of several rural New South Wales towns to initiate a farmhouse rental program, offering farmhouses for rent for $1 per week to attract new residents to the area.

Access

• From Capertee travel along Castlereagh Highway (Sydney Road).
• From Mudgee travel along Castlereagh Highway (Sydney Road).
• From Sofala travel along Bathurst-Ilford Road (MR 54).
• From Kandos travel along Bylong Valley Way to get to Castlereagh Highway (Sydney Road).

See also

• Sofala
• Mudgee
• Bathurst