Founders Park

Founders Park is an amusement park in Nelson City, Nelson. Founders Park is situated nearby to the museum Founders Heritage Park, as well as near Wakapuaka Cemetery.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Founders Heritage Park and Trafalgar Park.

Founders Heritage Park

Museum

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Founders Heritage Park is a museum in Nelson, New Zealand, housing a number of groups with historical themes, including transport. A short heritage railway line is operated by the Nelson Railway Society. Founders Heritage Park is situated 160 metres west of Founders Park.

Trafalgar Park

Stadium

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Trafalgar Park is a sports ground located beside the Central Business District of Nelson, in New Zealand's South Island. The stadium has a capacity of 18,000, following upgrades completed for the 2011 Rugby World Cup. Trafalgar Park is situated 1¼ km southwest of Founders Park.

Wakapuaka Cemetery

Cemetery

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Wakapuaka Cemetery is a cemetery located in Brooklands, Nelson, New Zealand. "Wakapuaka" is Māori for "heaps of aka leaves". Wakapuaka Cemetery is situated 760 metres northeast of Founders Park.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include The Wood and Maitai.

The Wood

Suburb

The Wood is a suburb of Nelson, New Zealand. It lies just to the north-east of the city centre and adjoins it. The suburb incorporates Botanical Reserve, a section of Nelson's town belt that includes the trigonometrical geographic centre of New Zealand, Botanical Hill.

Maitai

Suburb

Maitai is an inner suburb of Nelson, New Zealand. It lies at the eastern edge of Nelson city centre, immediately to the south of The Wood, on the northern bank of the Maitai River.

Nelson East

Quarter

Nelson East is an inner suburb of Nelson, New Zealand. As its name suggests, it lies to the east of Nelson city centre, along the banks of the Maitai River between the city centre and Maitai.

Founders Park

Type: Amusement park
Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
Location: Nelson City, Nelson, Nelson Bays, South Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude

-41.26188° or 41° 15′ 43″ south

Longitude

173.29781° or 173° 17′ 52″ east

Elevation

11 metres (36 feet)

Open location code

4VCMP7QX+64

GeoNames ID

8411074

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