The Forest Area (or colloquially "the Forest") is an informal area of suburbs at the most western point of Sydney's Northern Beaches, in the state of New South Wales, in Australia. The seven suburbs within the area are all located within the local government area of Northern Beaches Council. The area is located amongst the bushland of Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park and Garigal National Park, east of Middle Harbour and borders Sydney's Lower North Shore. The area has approximately 28,000 residents.

Suburbs

Localities

Transport

The Forest District is served mostly by CDC NSW, as part of the Region 14 Contract. Keolis Downer Northern Beaches run some services.

Schools

The Forest area is home to wide variety of public, Catholic, independent, specialist and alternative education schools: State Schools Catholic Schools Independent Schools Specialist Schools Alternative Education Schools

Sport

Some of the associations in which people living in the Forest District participate in include: