Houghton Bay
Houghton Bay, or Houghton Valley, is one of the southern suburbs of Wellington, New Zealand. It is located between Island Bay and Lyall Bay, on the rocky shores of the Cook Strait.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Phillip Capper, CC BY 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Dorrie Leslie Park and Houghton Valley School.
Empire Cinema & Eatery
Movie theater
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Empire Cinema & Eatery is a movie theater.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Southgate and Melrose.
Southgate
Suburb
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Southgate is a suburb of Wellington, New Zealand, in the Paekawakawa/Southern Ward. The main road is Buckley Road, which runs south from the point at which Mount Albert Road changes name to Houghton Bay Road.
Melrose
Suburb
Melrose is a suburb of Wellington, New Zealand. It is south of the city centre, Berhampore and Newtown, and is in the Eastern Ward. Although adjacent to Lyall Bay, it does not have seafront access to the bay.
Island Bay
Suburb
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Island Bay is a coastal suburb of Wellington, the capital of New Zealand, situated 5 km south of the city centre. Island Bay lies on the bay which shares its name, one of numerous small bays off Cook Strait and west of Lyall Bay.
Houghton Bay
- Type: Suburb with 1,750 residents
- Description: suburb of Wellington, New Zealand
- Category: locality
- Location: Wellington, Greater Wellington, North Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude
-41.33823° or 41° 20′ 18″ southLongitude
174.78782° or 174° 47′ 16″ eastPopulation
1,750Elevation
11 metres (36 feet)Named after
Houghton BayOpen location code
4VCPMQ6Q+P4OpenStreetMap ID
node 279654827OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Turkish—“Houghton Bay” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Houghton Bay”
- French: “Houghton Bay”
- Turkish: “Houghton Bay”
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