Box Head is a coastal locality, not a suburb, of the Central Coast region of New South Wales, Australia, in the Central Coast Council local government area.[3]

Box Head Central Coast, New South Wales
Population	0 (SAL 2016)[1][2]
Postcode(s)	2257
Location	11 km (7 mi) SSE of Woy Woy
LGA(s)	Central Coast Council
Parish	Kincumber
State electorate(s)	Terrigal
Federal division(s)	Robertson
Suburbs around Box Head: Wagstaffe Pretty Beach Killcare Broken Bay Box Head Tasman Sea Lion Island Tasman Sea Tasman Sea

It is within Bouddi National Park in close proximity to several beaches, including Iron Ladder Beach, Lobster Beach and Tallow Beach.[4] The headland itself marks the northern entrance to Broken Bay from the Tasman Sea. Box Head refers to the large headland that viewed from the ocean resembles a box. This part of the coastland was first sighted by Europeans under James Cook, who named features of the area such as Cape Three Points and Broken Bay following his discovery of Botany Bay.

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