Valley Heights is a delightful heritage railway village located in the Blue Mountains Region of New South Wales, at an elevation of 320 m above sea level. It is situated about 20 km west of Penrith and just 70 km from all the entertainment delights of Sydney. One of the most popular attractions in the town is the Valley Heights Heritage Museum set up in the historic steam Locomotive Depot in the town. The museum and displays are run by volunteers. It showcases and preserves wonderful displays of the intriguing rail heritage of the Blue Mountains, including the depot structures, and provides educational and recreational facilities for visitors. Valley Heights furthermore boasts a intriguing country locality called Sun Valley. It features fresh produce, horse riding and the popular Sun Valley
Reserve which boasts large open space areas. Valley Heights is a wonderful location for a vacation, week-end breakways or a day-trip tour from Sydney. The climate is suitable for a gigantic variety of plants. The native vegetation groups in the locality are similar to the Hawkesbury sandstone ecosystems in the surrounding Hawkesbury Valley, Nepean and in the Blue Mountains National Park. There are a broad variety of amusement choices in Springwood, Katoomba, Penrith and Sydney.