Happy Valley
Happy Valley is a southern suburb of Wellington, New Zealand, although it is not an "official" suburb to the Wellington City Council. It is a main thoroughfare between Wellington city and Wellington's somewhat rugged and scenic southern coast.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Quarter with 1,740 residents
- Description: suburb in Wellington City, New Zealand
- Also known as: “Happy Valley, Wellington”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Empire Cinema & Eatery and Island Bay Library.
Empire Cinema & Eatery
Movie theater
Photo: Ballofstring, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Empire Cinema & Eatery is a movie theater.
Oku Street Reserve
Park
Photo: Richlitt, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Oku Street Reserve is an 8-hectare park in Wellington, New Zealand. It is located on a promontory between the suburbs of Island Bay and Ōwhiro Bay, and looks down over Taputeranga Marine Reserve and Ōwhiro Bay.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ōwhiro Bay and Kingston.
Ōwhiro Bay
Suburb
Photo: Kristina D.C. Hoeppner, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ōwhiro Bay is a southern suburb of Wellington, New Zealand, that overlooks Cook Strait. It is situated west of the larger suburb of Island Bay. The official name of the suburb was changed from Owhiro Bay to Ōwhiro Bay by the New Zealand Geographic Board on 21 June 2019.
Kingston
Suburb
Photo: HenryCrun15, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Kingston is a southern suburb of Wellington, New Zealand, south of Brooklyn and Mornington. The suburb was developed in the 1960s, when there was more "cut and fill" earthworks in new subdivisions to provide flat sections.
Island Bay
Suburb
Photo: Ballofstring, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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.
Happy Valley
- Categories: suburb and locality
- Location: Wellington, Greater Wellington, North Island, New Zealand, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-41.33132° or 41° 19′ 53″ southLongitude
174.75715° or 174° 45′ 26″ eastPopulation
1,740Elevation
189 metres (620 feet)Open location code
4VCPMQ94+FVOpenStreetMap ID
node 7855663536OpenStreetMap feature
place=quarterGeoNames ID
6244792Wikidata ID
Q5653127
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Satellite Map
Discover Happy Valley from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Japanese to Turkish—“Happy Valley” goes by many names.
- Japanese: “ハッピー・ヴァリー”
- Japanese: “ハッピー・バレー”
- Turkish: “Happy Valley”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Berhampore and Mornington.
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Highlights include Carlucci Land and Happy Valley Fields.
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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 “Happy Valley”. Photo: Clilly4, CC0.