Braidwood is a town in the Southern Tablelands of New South Wales, Australia, in Palerang Shire. It is located on the  Kings Highway linking Canberra with Batemans Bay. It is approximately 200 kilometres south west of Sydney, 60 kilometres inland from the coast, and fifty-five from Canberra. Braidwood is a service town for the surrounding district which is based on sheep and cattle grazing, and forestry operations. At the 2006 census, Braidwood had a population of 1,108.