Forest District Sydney, New South Wales
Eastern Suburbs Hills District Parramatta Blacktown Penrith Berowra Greater Western Sydney Hawkesbury Inner West Northern Sydney Canterbury Bankstown North Shore Northern Beaches Forest District South-western Sydney Sutherland Shire Botany Bay St George Macarthur Sydney CBD Bondi Beach Airport
LGA(s)	Northern Beaches
State electorate(s)	Davidson Pittwater Wakehurst
Federal division(s)	Mackellar Warringah

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 has approximately 28,000 residents.

Suburbs

Localities

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

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

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

Regions of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia