Bowning is a small town in the South West Slopes, 14 kilometres (8.7 mi) west of Yass on the Hume Highway in Yass Valley Shire.

Bowning is an aboriginal word meaning 'big hill'.

[3] Nearby Bowning Hill is 796 metres (2,612 ft) AHD and Hume and Hovell mentioned it in their 1824 journal.

Historic buildings include the Troopers Cottage on the Binalong Road and the old Cobb and Co Coaching Station in Bogolong Street.

[4] The station closed in 1992; however, the structure is still largely intact with a double storey station building on the down platform (now a local craft shop).