The locality is at an altitude of about 1,020 metres on the Northern Tablelands in the New England region of New South Wales, Australia.

It is within the Armidale Regional Council local government area and Sandon County.

A dirt road leads to the Dangars or Dangarsleigh Falls, at which Salisbury Waters drops 120 metres into the gorge below.

In the 2006 census (held on 8 August 2006) there were 97 people usually resident in Dangarsleigh, 47.4% were males and 52.6% were females.

They are in the Oxley Wild Rivers National Park, at the head of Dangars Gorge.