{{more citations needed|date=June 2019}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2022}} {{Use Australian English|date=March 2013}} {{Infobox Australian place | type = town | name = Lyndoch | state = sa | image = Lyndoch_main_street.JPG | caption = Main street of Lyndoch

| coordinates = {{coord|34.60375|S|138.886624|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | coord_ref = <ref name="LMV">{{cite web|title=Search results for 'Lyndoch, LOCB' with the following datasets being selected – 'NPW and Conservation Properties'. 'Suburbs and Localities', 'Government Towns', 'Counties', 'Local Government Areas','Postcodes', 'SA Government Regions', 'Gazetteer' and 'Roads' |url= http://location.sa.gov.au/viewer/?map=roads&x=138.92141&y=-34.60256&z=13&uids=41,19,2,115,11,18,20,105,136&pinx=138.887980&piny=-34.602290&pinTitle=Location&pinText=Lyndoch,+Locb |website=Location SA Map Viewer|publisher=Government of South Australia|accessdate=29 June 2019}}</ref>

| pop = 2,000 | pop_year = {{CensusAU|2016}} | pop_footnotes = <ref name="Census2016">{{Census 2016 AUS|id=SSC40787|name=Lyndoch (State Suburb)|accessdate=4 May 2018|quick=on}}</ref>

| established = 1837 | established_footnotes = | abolished = | gazetted = | postcode = 5351 | elevation = 175 | elevation_footnotes = | area = | area_footnotes = | timezone = | utc = | timezone-dst = | utc-dst = | dist1 = 58 | dir1 = North East | location1= Adelaide via 25px 25px | dist2 = | dir2 = | location2 = | dist3 = | dir3 = | location3 =

| lga = Barossa Council<ref name="LMV"/> | region = Barossa Light and Lower North<ref name="LMV"/> | county = Adelaide<ref name="LMV"/> | stategov = Schubert | fedgov = Barker

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| near-n = Gomersal | near-ne = Rowland Flat | near-e = Altona | near-se = Williamstown | near-s = Williamstown | near-sw = Cockatoo Valley | near-w = Sandy Creek | near-nw = Rosedale | footnotes = }} '''Lyndoch''' is a town in Barossa Valley, located on the Barossa Valley Highway between Gawler and Tanunda, 58&nbsp;km northeast of Adelaide. The town has an elevation of 175m and an average rainfall of 560.5mm. It is one of the oldest towns in South Australia.

The town is now primarily a service centre for the surrounding grape and wine industry and a dormitory town with a significant number of local residents commuting to the city of Adelaide each day for employment.

Lyndoch is in the Barossa Council. It is in the state electoral district of Schubert and the federal Division of Barker.

==History== Lyndoch was named by Colonel William Light in December 1837 after his esteemed friend Thomas Graham, Lord Lynedoch under whom he served at the Battle of Barrosa outside Cádiz during the Peninsula War, in 1811. As in the naming of the Barossa Valley itself, it may have been an unfortunate misspelling that gave the town its name, but reflects the proper pronunciation of "Lynedoch".<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article64329897 |title=Barrosa and Lynedoch |newspaper=The Register (Adelaide) |volume=XCI |issue=26,530 |location=South Australia |date=7 January 1926 |accessdate=21 June 2017 |page=11 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> The town was settled in 1839 and the village laid out later.

Lyndoch was declared a sister town to Georgetown, Texas as both Texas and South Australia celebrated their sesqui-centenaries in 1986.

==Railway== Lyndoch was served by a station on the Barossa Valley railway line from its opening in 1911 to the cessation of passenger services in 1968 and the full closure of the line in 2014. The station was also used for transport of good and timber.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article97760416 |title=LYNDOCH. |newspaper=The Bunyip |location=Gawler, SA |date=7 November 1924 |accessdate=4 February 2015 |page=4 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> Before the railway was built, there was considerable discussion about the route of the line near Lyndoch, and the location of the Lyndoch railway station.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article164104819 |title=LYNDOCH RAILWAY STATION. |newspaper=The Observer |location=Adelaide |date=4 April 1908 |accessdate=4 February 2015 |page=41 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>

==Cycling== Lyndoch is a stop on the Barossa Trail, a shared cycling and walking path that goes from the outskirts of Gawler through Lyndoch, Rowland Flat, Tanunda, Nuriootpa to Angaston). The Tour Down Under frequently finishes here.

==See also== *Sandy Creek Conservation Park *Chateau Yaldara *{{see also|Barossa Valley (wine)}}

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Category:Towns in South Australia Category:Barossa Valley

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