Spotswood
Spotswood is a suburb of New Plymouth in the Taranaki Region of New Zealand. It is located to the west of the city centre.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Dave Young, CC BY 2.0.
- Type: Suburb with 3,630 residents
- Description: suburb of New Plymouth, New Zealand
- Also known as: “Spotswood, New Plymouth” and “Spotswood, New Zealand”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Spotswood College and Yarrow Stadium.
Spotswood College
School
Photo: Phillip Capper, CC BY 2.0.
Spotswood College is a co-educational state secondary school in Spotswood, New Plymouth, New Zealand. It was founded in 1960 and celebrated its 50th Jubilee in 2010.
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. Yarrow Stadium is situated 3 km east of Spotswood.
Francis Douglas Memorial College
School
Francis Douglas Memorial College is an all-boys state-integrated Catholic school with boarding facilities located in Westown, New Plymouth, New Zealand.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Moturoa and 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.
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.
Whalers Gate
Suburb
Whalers Gate 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 area was allocated to several whalers in 1847, and was called "The Whaler's Gate" at least from 1860.
Spotswood
- Category: locality
- Location: New Plymouth District, Taranaki, North Island, New Zealand, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-39.07169° or 39° 4′ 18″ southLongitude
174.03289° or 174° 1′ 58″ eastPopulation
3,630Elevation
64 metres (210 feet)Open location code
4VGPW2HM+85OpenStreetMap ID
node 3753958939OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburbGeoNames ID
6222898Wikidata ID
Q7580088
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From French to Turkish—“Spotswood” goes by many names.
- French: “Spotswood (Nouvelle-Zélande)”
- French: “Spotswood”
- Maori: “Spotswood”
- Turkish: “Spotswood”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include West Baptist Church and Spotswood Primary School.
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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 “Spotswood”. Photo: Dave Young, CC BY 2.0.