Tamworth to Glen Innes road trip: Distance, drive time & stops

The Tamworth to Glen Innes drive covers a 208km distance in a driving time of around two hours and 28 minutes.

A road trip from Tamworth to Glen Innes takes in some of the best of the New England region. This journey through northern New South Wales pulls together rural charm, gorgeous scenery and plenty of history.

It can also be part of a longer road trip through inland Australia.

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Tamworth to Glen Innes distance and driving time

By car, the distance from Tamworth to Glen Innes is 208km. That makes for a driving time of around two hours and 28 minutes.

The first leg of the Tamworth to Glen Innes drive is from Tamworth to Bendemeer. You pass close to the Botanical Gardens and Oxley Scenic Lookout before joining the New England Highway in Tintinhull.

The Moonbi Lookout, a big granite outcrop, offers fabulous views of the New England countryside further north.

Bendemeer is where the Oxley Highway joins the New England Highway, and it feels rather frozen in time. The Bendemeer Hotel is a nice spot for a beer, mind.

Tamworth to Glen Innes road trip: Bendemeer to Armidale

There are more granite outcrops just south of Uralla. Captain Thunderbolt’s Rock, where a notorious bushranger was shot by police in 1863, is one of them. It’s now a photo stop and picnic site.

There’s more Captain Thunderbolt in Uralla, where he is buried in the Old Uralla Cemetery. The story is told at the McCrossin’s Mill Museum – a converted flour mill.

Elsewhere in this former gold rush town, you cantry your luck panning for gold at the Wooldridge Recreation and Fossicking Area.

Armidale, the biggest town on the Tamworth to Glen Innes road trip, is next. Things to do in Armidale include helicopter flights over the Oxley Wild Rivers National Park.

Click through for the next section: Armidale to Guyra.