Historical Walking Tour of Kempsey
A self-guided historical walking tour of Kempsey, taking in Post Office, St Andrew's Presbyterian Church and Hall and railway station across 4 stops.
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The route: 4 historic places in Kempsey
Start at Kempsey Post Office. Tap a stop to see it on the map.
Pins are numbered in walking order; lines join them directly, not along streets. Walking directions in Google Maps
- 1
Kempsey Post Office
Completed in March 1886, Kempsey Post Office is a Victorian Italianate building designed by the Colonial Architect's Office under James Barnet. Its original quarters included a residence and clock tower. Still run by Australia Post, it was added to the NSW State Heritage Register in December 2000.
Source: Wikipedia
- 2
St Andrew's Presbyterian Church and Hall, Kempsey
Built in 1890 in the Gothic Revival style for £600, this stuccoed brick church with a corrugated-iron roof replaced a timber schoolhouse converted to a church in 1884. Inside are a carved timber-lined scissor-truss roof and original stained glass. Presbyterians worshipped here until 1984; it later became a retail store.
Source: Wikipedia
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Kempsey railway station
Opened on 3 December 1917 when the line reached it from Wauchope, this station was the terminus until the track extended to Macksville in 1919. A December 1939 fire gutted the parcels office and badly damaged the booking office, waiting room and signal cabin. Heritage-listed, it still serves XPT trains toward Sydney and Brisbane.
Source: Wikipedia
- 4
Macleay River railway bridge, Kempsey
Opened on 3 December 1917, this steel Pratt truss bridge carries the North Coast railway across the Macleay River on three 61-metre spans plus two shorter plate girder spans. Its steelwork was built at Newcastle's Walsh Island Dockyard and shipped by sea. Damaged in the 1949-50 floods, raised about a metre in 1966, and heritage-listed in 1999.
Source: Wikipedia
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Questions
How long is the Kempsey walking tour?
About 52 minutes over roughly 2.3 km at a relaxed pace.
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Page last updated 3 October 2026.