List of towns in the Adelaide Hills
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The following towns exist in the Adelaide Hills
Adelaide Hills
The Adelaide Hills are part of the Mount Lofty Ranges, east of the city of Adelaide in the state of South Australia. It is unofficially centred on the largest town in the area, Mount Barker, which has a population of around 29,000 and is also one of Australia's fastest growing towns.- History :The...

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  • Aldgate
    Aldgate, South Australia
    Aldgate is a South Australian town located 21 kilometres south-east of Adelaide, in the Adelaide Hills.The town of Aldgate was supposedly named in 1882 after the local hotel the Aldgate Pump, which was named by Richard D. Hawkins, who had additionally opened the nearby Crafers Inn...

  • Ashton
    Ashton, South Australia
    -Brief history:Ashton is a town in South Australia. It was named by George Hunt in 1858 after his home Ashton in England. Ashton is from the old English word 'aesctun', which means 'ash tree town'.-General information:...


  • Balhannah
    Balhannah, South Australia
    Balhannah is a town in the Adelaide Hills about 30 km southeast of Adelaide, the capital of South Australia. It was established in 1839 as a farming community. The fruit cold store built in 1914 was one of the first in Australia and is still in use. It is on the main interstate railway between...

  • Basket Range
    Basket Range, South Australia
    Basket Range is a small town in the Adelaide Hills, South Australia. It is located on an approximately north-south ridge that runs from Deep Creek in the north to Greenhill Road in the south...

  • Belair
    Belair, South Australia
    Belair is a suburb situated in the southern foothills of Adelaide, South Australia.-Geography:A leafy suburb, Belair was established during the settlement of Adelaide as a source of timber. Parts of Belair have views of the city of Adelaide, the Adelaide Plains and the coast...

  • Birdwood
    Birdwood, South Australia
    Birdwood is a town near Adelaide, South Australia. It is located in the Adelaide Hills Council local government area.- Origin of the name :Formerly known as Blumberg, the German town name was anglicized during World War I, along with many others in the region in 1917...

  • Blackwood
    Blackwood, South Australia
    Blackwood is a south eastern suburb located in the foothills of Adelaide, South Australia.-History:The first use of the name "Blackwood" appears to have been before 1880, in relation to the "Blackwood Inn", a small hotel located where the Belair Hotel now stands, and was probably derived from the...

  • Blakiston
    Blakiston, South Australia
    Blakiston is a town in the Australian state of South Australia. The town is located approximately south east of the state capital, Adelaide, adjacent to the Princes Highway. Its postal code is 5250 - though it has no post office. Post is delivered to the neighbouring town of Littlehampton which...

  • Bradbury
  • Bridgewater
    Bridgewater, South Australia
    Bridgewater is a town in the Adelaide Hills, southeast of Adelaide in South Australia.It is the former end of the Adelaide-Bridgewater railway line; this route was closed in 1987...

  • Brukunga
    Brukunga, South Australia
    Brukunga is a small town in the Adelaide Hills, located approximately 40 km east of Adelaide and 4 km north of the town of Nairne. At the 2006 census, Brukunga had a population of 579....

  • Bugle Ranges

  • Callington
    Callington, South Australia
    Callington is a small town in the Adelaide Hills, in South Australia. Callington is situated on the Bremer River, and is adjacent to the South Eastern Freeway. Callington is located within the state electoral district of Kavel and the federal division of Mayo...

  • Carey Gully
    Carey Gully, South Australia
    Carey Gully is a small town in the Adelaide Hills region of South Australia.The name of the town is taken from one of the early settlers of the area, Paddy Carey, and was originally called Carey's Gully, .Whilst being named a "gully" the present township actually straddles part of the Mount Lofty...

  • Castambul
    Castambul, South Australia
    Castambul is a small locality near Adelaide, South Australia. It is located in the Adelaide Hills Council local government area.-History:Castambul was originally named Sixth Creek, but was renamed Castambul by Price Maurice after the Kastamonu region in the Black Sea area of Turkey.In the 1850s,...

  • Chain Of Ponds
    Chain Of Ponds, South Australia
    Chain of Ponds is a small town near Adelaide, South Australia. It is located in the Adelaide Hills Council local government area.-History:The settlement was established by the South Australia Company. First settled early in the 1840s, the township was laid out after the opening of the North East...

  • Charleston
    Charleston, South Australia
    Charleston is a small town in the Adelaide Hills of South Australia. It is situated on the Onkaparinga Valley Road between Woodside and Mount Torrens, on the main route from the Adelaide Hills to the Barossa Valley...

  • Cherryville
    Cherryville, South Australia
    Cherryville is a small town in the Adelaide Hills, South Australia. It was named in around 1840 after the native cherry trees that grew in the area, although some historians claim that it was not named until 1892, when horticultural cherry plantings became widespread in the area...

  • Crafers West
    Crafers West, South Australia
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  • Crafers
    Crafers, South Australia
    The town of Crafers is located in the Adelaide Hills to the southeast of Adelaide, South Australia. Although technically considered to be an outer suburb of Adelaide, with many residents commuting to the city to work, locals consider Crafers to be more a suburb of the nearby township of Stirling.-...

  • Cudlee Creek
    Cudlee Creek, South Australia
    Cudlee Creek is a small town near Adelaide, South Australia. It is located in the Adelaide Hills Council local government area.-History:The name Cudlee Creek is probably derived from Aboriginal Kaurna or possibly Peramangk language meaning the Dingo's Creek....


  • Dawesley
    Dawesley, South Australia
    Dawesley is a settlement in South Australia....

  • Dorset Vale
    Dorset Vale, South Australia
    Dorset Vale is a semi-rural suburb of Adelaide, South Australia. It lies within the Adelaide Hills Council and the City of Onkaparinga.-History:...


  • Echunga
    Echunga, South Australia
    Echunga is a small town in the Adelaide Hills located 34 km south-east of Adelaide in South Australia.The area was initially settled in 1839, with the town laid out in 1849. Gold was discovered in 1852 and Echunga became the first proclaimed goldfield in South Australia. This led to a gold rush,...

  • Eagle On The Hill
    Eagle on the Hill, South Australia
    Eagle On The Hill is an unbounded locality of Adelaide in the Adelaide Foothills. It borders Mount Osmond and Waterfall Gully.The village is located on Mount Barker Road, which was the only connection from Adelaide to the South Eastern Freeway. Once the Adelaide-Crafers Highway through the Heysen...


  • Flaxley
    Flaxley, South Australia
    Flaxley is a small settlement in the Adelaide Hills located 39 km south-east of Adelaide in South Australia. It is situated in-between the larger towns of Echunga, Macclesfield and Meadows....

  • Forest Range
    Forest Range, South Australia
    Forest Range is a small town in the Adelaide Hills, South Australia.It was settled by gold-seekers in 1854, and during its history over 6000 ounces were produced. As with everywhere else in the Hills, timber-cutting was initially a large industry, which gave way to fruit and vegetable farming as...

  • Forreston
    Forreston, South Australia
    Forreston is a locality near Adelaide, South Australia. It is located in the Adelaide Hills Council local government area 3 km northeast of Gumeracha.-History:...


  • Glenalta
    Glenalta, South Australia
    Glenalta is a southern suburb of Adelaide, South Australia located in the Adelaide Hills. The suburb is served by Glenalta railway station on the Belair railway line.-References:...

  • Gumeracha
    Gumeracha, South Australia
    Gumeracha is a town near Adelaide, South Australia, located on the Adelaide-Mannum Road. It is located in the Adelaide Hills Council local government area. At the 2006 census, Gumeracha had a population of 731.-History:...


  • Hahndorf
    Hahndorf, South Australia
    Hahndorf is a small town about 30 minutes drive out of Adelaide, South Australia along the South Eastern Freeway . The town was settled by Lutheran migrants largely from in and around a small village then named "Kay" in Prussia, many of whom were aboard the Zebra...

  • Harrogate
    Harrogate, South Australia
    Harrogate is a small South Australian town, located in the Adelaide Hills on the banks of the Bremer River. It was founded in 1858 and is believed to be named after Harrogate, North Yorkshire, in England by John Baker. The town has a number of historic buildings, dating back to the mid-19th...

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  • Hawthorndene
    Hawthorndene, South Australia
    Hawthorndene is a southern suburb of Adelaide, South Australia located in the Adelaide Hills.-History:The original subdivision of Hawthorndene was created by A.E. and D.J. Hewett on part sections 871-2, Hundred of Adelaide in 1925; however, it was not until 1988 that its boundaries were completely...

  • Heathfield
    Heathfield, South Australia
    Heathfield is a town in the Adelaide Hills of South Australia near Stirling. It is home to Heathfield High School, Heathfield Primary School, Heathfield Oval, the Heathfield Waste Depot, Heathfield Dump, Heathfield General Store, Mount Lofty Sand and Metal, Masonic homes , Nirvana Farm and Chris...

  • Houghton
    Houghton, South Australia
    Houghton is a small town near Adelaide, South Australia. It is located in the Adelaide Hills, in the City of Tea Tree Gully and the Adelaide Hills Council local government areas between Tea Tree Gully and Inglewood on the North East Road.-History:...


  • Inglewood
    Inglewood, South Australia
    Inglewood is a small town near Adelaide, South Australia. It is located in the Adelaide Hills Council local government area, and is adjacent to Houghton, Paracombe and the rural districts of Upper Hermitage and Chain Of Ponds...

  • Inverbrackie
    Inverbrackie, South Australia
    Inverbrackie is a locality in the Adelaide Hills region of South Australia. It includes the Woodside Barracks , South Australia, although there are also some other residents and businesses in Inverbrackie. It is about 3 km from Woodside.It is on the Nairne to Woodside road...

  • Ironbank
    Ironbank, South Australia
    Ironbank is a semi-rural suburb of Adelaide, South Australia. It is in the City of Onkaparinga and Adelaide Hills Council local government areas. At the 2006 census, Ironbank had a population of 523.-Services:...


  • Kenton Valley
  • Kersbrook
    Kersbrook, South Australia
    Kersbrook is a town near Adelaide, South Australia. It is located in the Adelaide Hills Council local government area. At the 2006 census, Kersbrook had a population of 367.-History:...

  • Kanmantoo

  • Littlehampton
  • Lenswood
    Lenswood, South Australia
    Lenswood is a town in the Adelaide Hills area of South Australia.Lenswood is a semi-rural village situated in the Adelaide Hills east of Adelaide city in Southern Australia. The major industries are apples and wine grapes.-History:...

  • Lobethal
    Lobethal, South Australia
    Lobethal is a town in the Adelaide Hills area of South Australia. It is located in the Adelaide Hills Council local government area, and is nestled on the banks of a creek between the hills and up the sides of the valley. It was once the centre of the Adelaide Hills wool processing industry, which...

  • Longwood
  • Lower Hermitage

  • Macclesfield
    Macclesfield, South Australia
    Macclesfield is a small town on the upper reaches of the River Angas in the Adelaide Hills region of South Australia. At the 2006 census, Macclesfield had a population of 832....

  • Meadows
    Meadows, South Australia
    Meadows is a town in South Australia that sits within the Adelaide Hills and boasts several historic buildings, craft shops, a winery and bakery. Every year, the town hosts the Meadows Country Fair and Meadows Easter Fair...

  • Marble Hill
    Marble Hill, South Australia
    Marble Hill was the Vice-Regal summer residence for the Governor of South Australia from 1880 to 1955. It is also the name of a district of the Adelaide Hills Council, named after the residence and in which the residence is located...

  • Montacute
    Montacute, South Australia
    Montacute is a small town and suburb in the Adelaide Hills, South Australia. The town is located on Fifth Creek, and the mostly-rural suburb extends from Rostrevor in the west to Lenswood in the east, bounded on the north by Castambul and on the south by Norton Summit and Cherryville...

  • Mount Barker
    Mount Barker, South Australia
    Mount Barker is an expanding city, home to 10 258 residents that is 33 kilometres up the South Eastern Freeway, east of Adelaide, in South Australia. It is the seat of the District Council of Mount Barker, is the largest town in the Adelaide Hills, and is one of the fastest growing areas in the...

  • Mount Lofty
  • Mount Torrens
    Mount Torrens, South Australia
    Mount Torrens is a town in the eastern Adelaide Hills region of South Australia, 46 kilometres east-north-east of the state capital, Adelaide and 8 km east of Lobethal along the Onkaparinga River. It is located in the Adelaide Hills Council local government area...

  • Mylor
    Mylor, South Australia
    -History:Mylor was surveyed in 1885, with a plan to develop the land as a focal point for orchard development in South Australia. The town was proclaimed in 1891 by Acting Governor of South Australia Sir James Boucaut who named it after his Cornish birthplace .Early inhabitants were strict...


  • Nairne
    Nairne, South Australia
    Nairne is a small township in South Australia and was founded by Matthew Smillie in 1839. Nairne is about 7 km from Mount Barker, in the federal Division of Mayo and in the state electoral district of Kavel...

  • Norton Summit
    Norton Summit, South Australia
    Norton Summit is a town in the Adelaide Hills, South Australia, located approximately 12km east of the city of Adelaide...


  • Oakbank
    Oakbank, South Australia
    Oakbank is a town in the Adelaide Hills, east of Adelaide in South Australia. It is in the Adelaide Hills Council area. At the 2006 census, Oakbank had a population of 473.The town was founded in about 1840 by Scottish brothers James and Andrew Johnston...


  • Paracombe
    Paracombe, South Australia
    Paracombe is a small town near Adelaide, South Australia. At the 2006 census, Paracombe had a population of 365.-History:The name probably originates from the Little Para River whose headwaters are in the area. It was settled in 1840-41 by John Barton Hack and John Richardson, and was a sheep...

  • Piccadilly
    Piccadilly, South Australia
    Piccadilly is a small town in the Adelaide Hills of South Australia, Australia. At the 2006 census, Piccadilly had a population of 509.The Piccadilly Valley was for many decades a market gardening centre which produced food for the Adelaide and overseas market...

  • Prospect Hill

  • Scott Creek
  • Stirling
    Stirling, South Australia
    Stirling is a town located in the Adelaide Hills. It is administered by the Adelaide Hills Council. Its population is about 2500, though the town has largely merged with neighbouring townships such as Crafers and Aldgate. The towns closely surrounding it are: Aldgate, Crafers, Bridgewater and...

  • Summertown
    Summertown, South Australia
    Summertown is a town in the Adelaide Hills region of South Australia. It adjoins Uraidla. At the 2006 census, Summertown had a population of 392....


  • Totness
    Totness, South Australia
    Totness is a recent addition to South Australia, and consists mainly of industrial zoned areas. It is commonly referred to as Mount Barker or Littlehampton but is actually a town of its own...


  • Upper Hermitage
    Upper Hermitage, South Australia
    Upper Hermitage is an outer northeastern rural suburb of Adelaide, South Australia. It is located in the City of Tea Tree Gully and Adelaide Hills Council local government areas, and is adjacent to the rural districts of Yatala Vale and Gould Creek.-History:...

  • Upper Sturt
    Upper Sturt, South Australia
    Upper Sturt is a suburb in the inner south of Adelaide, South Australia. The suburb is nestled in the lower reaches of the Mount Lofty Ranges with the Western Half located in the City of Mitcham Local Government Area, and the eastern portion located in the Adelaide Hills Council Local Government...

  • Uraidla
    Uraidla, South Australia
    Uraidla is a small town in the Adelaide Hills of South Australia, Australia. At the 2006 census, Uraidla had a population of 461.-History:Once the home of the Peramangk Aboriginal people, European settlement commenced in the mid nineteenth century, a primary school opened in 1871 and the town was...


  • Verdun
    Verdun, South Australia
    Verdun is a small town in the Adelaide Hills, Australia, on the road from Hahndorf to Balhannah.Verdun is approximately 4 km from Hahndorf and 5 km from Bridgewater. There is one school, one pub and a general store....


  • Woodside
    Woodside, South Australia
    Woodside is a town in the Adelaide Hills region of South Australia. The town is between Balhannah and Lobethal, from the state capital, Adelaide. Amenities include a swimming pool, , second hand store, grocery store, tennis club, bowls club and playing fields. The Johnston family of Oakbank...

  • Wistow
    Wistow, South Australia
    Wistow is a small town, just outside Mount Barker, on Wellington Road. It is a town formed around the interesction of Wellington Road and Strathalbyn Road...


Places of Significance

  • Kuitpo Forest
    Kuitpo Forest
    Kuitpo Forest is situated about 40 km south-east of Adelaide central business district in Australia.Established in 1898, Kuipto Forest was the first of many forest plantations in the Mount Lofty Ranges, planted at the turn of the 20th century to ensure a sustainable timber supply for South...

  • Heysen Trail
    Heysen Trail
    The Heysen Trail is a long distance walking trail in South Australia. It runs from Parachilna Gorge, in the Flinders Ranges via the Adelaide Hills to Cape Jervis on the Fleurieu Peninsula and is approximately 1200 km in length....

  • South Eastern Freeway
    South Eastern Freeway
    The South Eastern Freeway is a 66 kilometre four-lane divided carriageway road in South Australia linking the Adelaide-Crafers Highway to the Princes Highway at the Swanport Bridge, a one kilometre long bridge over the River Murray, near Murray Bridge...

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