Saxton Creek
Saxton Creek is a stream in Nelson, Nelson Bays. Saxton Creek is situated nearby to the town Richmond, as well as near the quarter Monaco.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Saxton Oval and Garin College.
Saxton Oval
Pitch
Photo: Nelsonpubliclibraries, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Saxton Oval, also known as Saxton Field, is a cricket ground in Saxton, Stoke, Nelson Region, New Zealand. Saxton Oval was one of the venues for the 2015 Cricket World Cup. It hosted three matches during the tournament.
Garin College
School
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Garin College is a New Zealand Catholic, integrated, co-educational day and boarding secondary school in Nelson on the northern outskirts of Richmond. The college opened on 28 January 2002 to serve the Catholic community, particularly in the upper South Island.
Waimea College
School
Photo: Kristina D.C. Hoeppner, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Waimea College is a co-educational secondary school in Richmond, Tasman District, New Zealand. Opened in 1957, the college has over 1500 students, and is the largest school in the top of the South Island.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Richmond and Monaco.
Richmond
Town
Nelson is the second oldest settled city in New Zealand and the oldest in the South Island. It is in a region often known as Nelson Bays or the "Top of the South" and is actually slightly north of the capital city of Wellington in the North Island.
Monaco
Quarter
Monaco is a small suburb of Nelson, New Zealand, west of town centre of Stoke. It lies on a narrow peninsula which extends into Tasman Bay / Te Tai-o-Aorere immediately to the south of Nelson Airport, southwest of central Nelson.
Appleby
Quarter
Photo: Enigma28, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Appleby is a locality in the Tasman district in the South Island of New Zealand. It is located around the Waimea River near the Tasman Bay / Te Tai-o-Aorere. Appleby is situated 3 km west of Saxton Creek.
Saxton Creek
- Type: Stream
- Category: body of water
- Location: Nelson, Nelson Bays, South Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude
-41.32827° or 41° 19′ 42″ southLongitude
173.20017° or 173° 12′ 1″ eastOpen location code
4VCMM6C2+M3GeoNames ID
6242650
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Highlights include Saxton Field and Pig Island.
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