Lerwick
Lerwick is a farmstead in South Wairarapa District, Greater Wellington. Lerwick is situated nearby to the manor estate Fernside Homestead, as well as near the historic site Featherston prisoner of war camp.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Fernside Homestead and Featherston prisoner of war camp.
Fernside Homestead
Manor estate
Fernside is a five-bedroom white-weatherboard slate-roofed American Colonial Revival style house with an L-shape plan. It covers approximately 9,000 square feet or less than 1,000 square metres. Fernside Homestead is situated 720 metres northeast of Lerwick.
Featherston prisoner of war camp
Historic site
Photo: RDMALB, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Featherston prisoner of war camp was a camp for captured Japanese soldiers during World War II at Featherston, New Zealand, notorious for a 1943 incident in which 48 Japanese and one New Zealander were killed. Featherston prisoner of war camp is situated 1 km southwest of Lerwick.
Featherston railway station
Railway station
Photo: Matthew25187, CC BY 2.5.
Featherston railway station is a single-platform, urban railway station serving the town of Featherston in the Wairarapa district of New Zealand. The station lies on the Wairarapa Line, between Harrison Street West and Harrison Street East. Featherston railway station is situated 2½ km west of Lerwick.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tauwharenīkau and Featherston.
Tauwharenīkau
Hamlet
Tauwharenīkau is a rural locality and a statistical area in the South Wairarapa District and Wellington Region of New Zealand's North Island. The locality is on SH 2 about 5 km east of Featherston and 7 km southwest of Greytown by road, and the statistical area covers the Tauwharenīkau River valley and plain north of SH 53.
Featherston
Town
Photo: Deano87, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Featherston is a town in the South Wairarapa District, in the Wellington Region of New Zealand's North Island. It is at the eastern foothills of Remutaka Range close to the northern shore of Lake Wairarapa, 63 km north-east of central Wellington and 37 km south-west of Masterton. Featherston is situated 3½ km west of Lerwick.
Greytown
Town
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Greytown, is a rural town in the South Wairarapa District in the lower North Island of New Zealand. It is 77 km by road north-east of Wellington and 24 km southwest of Masterton, travelling via State Highway 2. Greytown is situated 9 km east of Lerwick.
Lerwick
- Type: Farmstead
- Category: agriculture
- Location: South Wairarapa District, Greater Wellington, North Island, New Zealand, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-41.10827° or 41° 6′ 30″ southLongitude
175.3602° or 175° 21′ 37″ eastElevation
51 metres (167 feet)Open location code
4VCQV9R6+M3GeoNames ID
6226302
This page is based on GeoNames, Wikidata, and Wikimedia Commons.
We’d love your help improving our open data sources. Thank you for contributing.
Satellite Map
Discover Lerwick from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
Places with the Same Name
Discover other places named “Lerwick”.
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Tauherenikau and Fernside.
Nearby Places
Explore places such as Taha Aruhe and Fernside.
Greater Wellington: Must-Visit Destinations
Delve into Wellington, City, Lower Hutt, and Porirua.
Curious Farmsteads to Discover
Uncover intriguing farmsteads from every corner of the globe.
About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Photo: Deanpemberton, CC BY-SA 2.5.