Discover Bilpin

Bilpin in the Blue Mountains of Sydney offers several reasons to visit: Wildwood Garden, the agriculture-focused Apple Pie Trail, orchards and local cider offerings. Nature, regional produce and history each provide a different focus. If you’re looking for a holiday apartment or holiday house in Bilpin, these interests can help you consider the area as a holiday destination and plan your outings.

A garden visit among blossoms and water

In the heart of Bilpin, Wildwood Garden covers ten hectares and features plants suited to a cool climate. Highlights include a cherry blossom walk, a waterfall with ponds and a large lake. The garden’s different features offer several distinct reasons to visit: the blossom walk adds a floral touch, while the waterfall, ponds and lake put water centre stage. If you’re interested in nature and landscaped gardens, you can make this a focus of your stay.

The Apple Pie Trail and orchard culture

Bilpin’s Apple Pie Trail heads west along the historic Bells Line of Road, climbing to 600 metres above sea level. Along the trail, fresh agricultural produce, distinctive local cafés, orchards and cider sheds come together. This outing is suited to travellers who want to include regional produce and connections to fruit growing in their explorations. The name Apple Pie Trail gives the route a culinary touch; the stops described also extend beyond cafés to include orchards and cider.

Pine Crest Orchard offers another way to discover an orchard, with an interactive, self-guided tour. It differs in format from the Apple Pie Trail: here, the focus is on exploring an orchard as part of a tour, while the trail brings together several aspects of local produce and food. When planning your holiday, you can consider whether you’d prefer a single orchard experience or the wider selection along the trail.

Cider, tastings and local food

At the cellar door of Bilpin Cider, visitors can sample several varieties: Bilpin Original, Blush Pink Lady, Archibald Cloudy and Pear. These named varieties offer a concrete look at the selection available for tasting there. Old Shed Distillery offers a spirits tasting from Thursday to Sunday, 10 am to 4 pm. The opening hours are especially useful if a tasting is a set part of your outing plans.

Bilpin markets also serve a range of meals: breakfast, morning tea and brunch, with indoor and outdoor seating. From 11:30 am, the Hillbilly Cider Tasting Shed serves wood-fired pizzas to eat there or take away. These offerings provide different dining options and complement the produce and tastings Bilpin is also known for.

A building with a changing history

The Old Shed Distillery building is listed as Australian heritage. For almost 100 years, it served as a sawmill, a site for apple sorting and a place for honey production before becoming a distillery. This sequence of uses connects the building to several aspects of local history: timber processing, fruit growing and honey production, alongside its later use as a distillery. If you’d like to include historic places as well as nature and food on your trip, this is another Bilpin highlight.

A Saturday market visit

Bilpin markets are held on Saturdays from 10 am to 12 pm at Bilpin District Hall on Bells Line of Road. Stalls offer local fruit and vegetables, flowers, honey and handicrafts. The regular Saturday schedule and two-hour time slot make the market an easy-to-plan stop. Its range combines food with flowers and handmade goods, offering a different focus from the tastings and orchard experiences.

For the broader travel overview: Hawkesbury City Council.