Manly
Worth seeing in and around Manly
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Manly Beach
Manly Beach is a beach situated among the Northern Beaches of Sydney, Australia. From north to south, the three main sections are Queenscliff, North Steyne and South Steyne.
900 m · beach situated in Sydney's Northern Beaches, Australia · Wikipedia - 02Sydney Harbour National Park
The Sydney Harbour National Park is an Australian national park comprising parts of Port Jackson, Sydney and its foreshores and various islands. The 392-hectare national park lies in New South Wales and was created progressively, from 1975.
1.7 km · National Park in New South Wales, Australia · Wikipedia - 03Shelly Beach
Shelly Beach is a beach located in Manly, a suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It is adjacent to North Head and Fairy Bower.
900 m · beach in Manly, New South Wales, Australia · Wikipedia - 04Manly Dam
The Manly Dam is a heritage-listed dam near King Street, Manly Vale with a reservoir extending into Allambie Heights, both in the Northern Beaches Council local government area of New South Wales, Australia. It is often used as a place to have recreational activities.
3.5 km · dam in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia · Wikipedia - 05Westfield Warringah Mall
Westfield Warringah Mall is a large indoor/outdoor shopping centre in the suburb of Brookvale in the Northern Beaches region of Sydney.
4 km · shopping mall in New South Wales, Australia · Wikipedia - 06Fairy Bower Beach
Fairy Bower is a beach in the Manly area of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Fairy Bower is an affluent area, located close to Shelly Beach and North Head.
400 m · beach in New South Wales, Australia · Wikipedia - 07Manly Art Gallery and Museum
The Manly Art Gallery and Museum, located in Manly, New South Wales, Australia, was the first metropolitan-based regional gallery in New South Wales and holds an extensive collection of Australian ceramics and 130 works by Antonio Dattilo Rubbo. Since 1982, MAGAM has also been a museum of beach culture and the history of Manly and the Northern Beaches.
700 m · Museum in New South Wales, Australia · Wikipedia - 08Manly Oval
Manly Oval is a sporting ground located in Manly, New South Wales, Australia, primarily used for cricket and rugby union. The ground serves as the home ground for the Manly Marlins and Manly Warringah District Cricket Club.
300 m · park in New South Wales, Australia · Wikipedia - 09Grotto Point Light
Grotto Point Light, also known as Port Jackson Entrance Range Front Light, is an active lighthouse located at Grotto Point, a rocky headland at the southernmost tip of Balgowlah Heights, New South Wales, Australia, on the north side of Sydney Harbour. It serves as the front range light, Rosherville Light serving as the rear light, into Port Jackson.
3.3 km · lighthouse in New South Wales, Australia · Wikipedia - 10Little Manly Beach
Little Manly Beach is situated on the northern shore of Sydney Harbour, within Little Manly Cove, which is separated from the larger Manly Cove by Manly Point.
1 km · beach in Australia · Wikipedia
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Getting to Manly
- Airports
- Sydney Kingsford Smith (SYD), 19 km · Newcastle (NTL), 122 km
- Stations
- Middle Harbour, 3.7 km
- Williamtown → Manly121 km · quickest by road, 3h 5m · A$22–29
- Gold Coast → Manly676 km · quickest by air, 5h 32m · A$250–370
- Toowoomba → Manly696 km · quickest by air, 5h 20m · A$240–360
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Manly
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Manly. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inFerries dock on the harbour side of Manly a short walk across to the beach.
- Get inThe Manly Ferry crosses the Harbour to Manly every 30 min.
- Get inThe ferry takes around 30 min and total travel time from the city centre is about 45 min.
- Get inManly fast ferries cost $10.20 for the same trip, and complete it about 10 minutes quicker.
- Get inThis company also sells hop-on hop-off ferries passes for its ferries.
From Wikivoyage: Sydney/Manly, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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Next door to Manly
Manly is 11 km from Sydney, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Freshwatersuburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia2.8 km
- Curl Curlsuburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia3.2 km
- Balgowlahsuburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia2.6 km
- North Curl Curllocality in New South Wales, Australia3.9 km
- Fairlightsuburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia1.4 km
- Clontarfsuburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia3.3 km