Westown
Westown is a suburb of New Plymouth, in the western North Island of New Zealand. It is located to the southwest of the city centre and west of Frankleigh Park.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Yarrow Stadium and New Plymouth Observatory.
Yarrow Stadium
Pitch
Photo: Pakaraki, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Stadium Taranaki is situated in the central suburb of Westown in New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand, with main vehicle access off Maratahu Street. Named the third best rugby stadium on earth by New Zealand Rugby World magazine in May 2009, Stadium Taranaki conforms with the International Rugby Board's "clean stadium" policy.
New Plymouth Observatory
Observatory
Photo: Nelson Pérez, CC BY-SA 3.0.
New Plymouth Observatory was opened in 1920 and is situated on Marsland Hill, Robe Street, New Plymouth, New Zealand, and is the home of the New Plymouth Astronomical Society.
Church of Saint Mary
Church
Photo: possumgirl2, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Taranaki Cathedral Church of St Mary is a historic Anglican cathedral church, located at 37 Vivian Street, New Plymouth, in New Zealand. The cathedral is the oldest stone church in New Zealand and is listed by Heritage New Zealand as a Category 1 Historic Place.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lynmouth and Marfell.
Lynmouth
Suburb
Lynmouth is a suburb of New Plymouth in the Taranaki Region of New Zealand. It is located to the west of the city centre. Taranaki Base Hospital is between Lynmouth and Westown to the south.
Marfell
Suburb
Marfell is a suburb of New Plymouth, in the western North Island of New Zealand. It is located to the southwest of the city centre. The Mangaotuku Stream runs past Marfell.
Moturoa
Suburb
Moturoa is a coastal suburb of New Plymouth, in the western North Island of New Zealand. It is located to the west of the city centre, bordering Port Taranaki and the Sugar Loaf Islands.
Westown
- Type: Suburb with 4,400 residents
- Description: suburb of New Plymouth, New Zealand
- Category: locality
- Location: New Plymouth District, Taranaki, North Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude
-39.07174° or 39° 4′ 18″ southLongitude
174.05808° or 174° 3′ 29″ eastPopulation
4,400Elevation
65 metres (213 feet)Open location code
4VGPW3H5+86OpenStreetMap ID
node 1728767222OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburbGeoNames ID
6222897Wikidata ID
Q7989538
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From French to Turkish—“Westown” goes by many names.
- French: “Westown”
- Turkish: “Westown”
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Highlights include Taranaki Base Hospital and Westown Police Station.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Westown”. Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.