Elsdon
Elsdon is a suburb of the New Zealand city of Porirua located immediately to the west to of the city's CBD. The area was named after Elsdon Best, a historian who studied archaeological sites in the area.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Suburb with 2,570 residents
- Description: suburb of Porirua, New Zealand
- Also known as: “Elsdon, New Zealand”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Pātaka Art + Museum and Te Rauparaha Arena.
Pātaka Art + Museum
Museum
Photo: Pakoire, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Pātaka Museum of Arts and Cultures, often stylised as Pātaka Art + Museum, is a municipal museum and art gallery in Porirua City, New Zealand. Te Marae o Te Umu Kai o Hau is the name of the building where Pātaka is located and opened in 1998.
Te Rauparaha Arena
Sports venue
Photo: Pakoire, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Te Rauparaha Arena is a multi-purpose indoor sports and entertainment centre, with pools, Dash Swim School, a fitness centre, and indoor sports stadium and venues, in Porirua, New Zealand.
Porirua railway station
Railway station
Porirua railway station is an important intermediate station in New Zealand on the Kāpiti Line from Wellington and is part of Wellington's Metlink suburban rail network operated by Transdev Wellington.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Porirua and Porirua City Centre.
Porirua
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Porirua is a city in the Wellington urban area in the southern North Island of New Zealand. Porirua's central business district is about 20 km north of the Wellington City CBD.
Takapūwāhia
Suburb
Takapūwāhia, also known as Porirua Pā, was originally built on one of the oldest settlements in the Porirua basin — Te Urukahika, a small hamlet located on the western shore of Porirua harbour in the lower North Island of New Zealand.
Elsdon
- Category: locality
- Location: Porirua City, Greater Wellington, North Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude
-41.13392° or 41° 8′ 2″ southLongitude
174.83122° or 174° 49′ 52″ eastPopulation
2,570Elevation
144 metres (472 feet)Named after
Elsdon BestOpen location code
4VCPVR8J+CFOpenStreetMap ID
node 195211283OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
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In Other Languages
From French to Turkish—“Elsdon” goes by many names.
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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 “Elsdon”. Photo: Deanpemberton, CC BY-SA 2.5.