The Glen

The Glen is a locality in Wellington, Greater Wellington. The Glen is situated nearby to the suburb Kelburn, as well as near the quarter Paekākā.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Space Place at Carter Observatory and Wellington Cable Car Museum.

Space Place at Carter Observatory

Planetarium

Photo: Mozasaur, Public domain.

Space Place at Carter Observatory is an observatory in 40 Salamanca Rd, Kelburn, Wellington, New Zealand, located at the top of the Wellington Botanic Garden near the top terminal of Cable Car.

Wellington Botanic Garden ki Paekākā is a botanical garden close to central Wellington in New Zealand. It covers 25 ha of land in a valley between Thorndon and Kelburn, with Glenmore Street as a boundary along the valley floor.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kelburn and Taitville.

Kelburn

Suburb

Photo: JKeijsers, CC BY 4.0.

Kelburn is a central suburb of Wellington, the capital city of New Zealand, situated within 1 kilometre of the central business district. Kelburn sits on the hills just west of the capital's central business district and is bordered by the Botanic Garden and the suburbs of Thorndon and Northland to the north, the suburbs of Karori and Highbury to the south west, and Aro Valley to the south.

Taitville

Locality

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

Taitville is a locality.

Northland

Suburb

Photo: Pakoire, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Northland is a suburb in west-central Wellington, New Zealand. It borders the suburbs of Highbury, Kelburn, Thorndon, Wilton, Wadestown and Karori. Northland is populated by a mix of university students, young professionals and families.

The Glen

Type: Locality
Location: Wellington, Greater Wellington, North Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude

-41.2861° or 41° 17′ 10″ south

Longitude

174.76401° or 174° 45′ 50″ east

Open location code

4VCPPQ77+HJ

OpenStreetMap ID

node 1773221990

OpenStreetMap feature

place=locality

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