Wallaceville

Wallaceville is a suburb of Upper Hutt. It is named after John Howard Wallace, an early New Zealand settler, council politician, businessman and author of one of the first published histories of New Zealand.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Wallaceville railway station and Upper Hutt Blockhouse.

Wallaceville railway station

Railway station

Wallaceville railway station is a suburban railway station serving Wallaceville in Upper Hutt, New Zealand. The station is located on the Hutt Valley section of the Wairarapa Line, 31.3 km north of Wellington, and is served by Metlink on behalf of the Greater Wellington Regional Council.

Upper Hutt Blockhouse

Photo: Rudolph89, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Upper Hutt Blockhouse also known as the Wallaceville Blockhouse is a 19th-century American-style military blockhouse situated in Upper Hutt, New Zealand.

Golder Cottage

Museum

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Golder Cottage is one of the oldest surviving colonial houses in Upper Hutt, New Zealand. The house is used as a museum of colonial domestic life. John Golder, a road builder in Wellington, built the cottage in 1876–77.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Elderslea and Upper Hutt Central.

Elderslea

Suburb

Elderslea is a suburb of Upper Hutt located in the lower North Island of New Zealand, near Upper Hutt Central.

Upper Hutt Central

Suburb

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Upper Hutt Central is the commercial and geographic focal point of Upper Hutt city, located in the lower North Island of New Zealand. The area is served by Upper Hutt Railway Station.