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Manly Municipal Council
Manly Municipal Council
Manly is located at the southern end of the Manly Warringah Peninsula of the Northern Beaches, immediately to the north west of the entrance to Sydney Harbour. The area is 16.26kmē and has a boundary 39.4km, of which 29.9km is a water margin.
No part of Manly is more than 1km from either the Harbour or the ocean.
The topography of Manly is characterised by a high ridge running east west along Balgowlah Heights with steep south facing slopes above North Harbour and more moderate slopes to the north. The area plateaux to the west of Balgowlah Heights and Seaforth with a very steep escarpment that drops to the Middle Harbour shoreline. The general relief of the area ranges from sea level to the highest point located at Bantry Bay Reserve, a level of 121.1m
The total population of Manly in the 2001 Census was 36, 544 people.
Open space areas are important for leisure and recreation as well as for the conservation of natural ecosystems and communities. Manly has 520ha of parks, reserves and open space, representing 32% of the total area of 1626ha.
Key features are:
Over 20 beaches (includes ocean and harbour beaches)
Harbour, ocean and lagoon
47 bushland reserves
National Parks at North Head, Dobroyd and Bantry Bay
Many parks and ovals
Olympic size outdoor swimming pool
Manly Scenic Walkway
Volunteer Bush Regeneration in Council bushland reserves and in Sydney Harbour National Park
Cycleway network
Skateboarding facilities
Tennis courts
Many privately owned facilities for public use