The Wood
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.- Type: Suburb with 3,050 residents
- Description: suburb of Nelson, New Zealand
- Also known as: “The Wood, New Zealand”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Trafalgar Park and Cabragh House.
Trafalgar Park
Stadium
Photo: Lazioman, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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.
Cabragh House
Building
Cabragh House is a late Victorian, timber house at 48 Weka Street in Nelson, New Zealand built circa 1897. It is a historic site for exemplarising late Victorian furnishings and provincial New Zealand vernacular architecture.
Amber House
Guest house
Photo: W. Frank, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Amber House is one of the older two-storey villas in New Zealand's third founded city of Nelson in the top of the South Island at 46 Weka Street. It is a traditional colonial-style construction using native rimu and mataī timbers with an external brick chimney that originally served four large fireplaces.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Nelson East and Maitai.
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.
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.
Port Nelson
Quarter
Port Nelson, as its name suggests, is the main port area of Nelson, New Zealand. It lies to the northwest of Nelson city centre, to the north of Washington Valley, at the southern end of Nelson Haven.
The Wood
- Category: locality
- Location: Nelson City, Nelson, Nelson Bays, South Island, New Zealand, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-41.2685° or 41° 16′ 7″ southLongitude
173.29371° or 173° 17′ 37″ eastPopulation
3,050Open location code
4VCMP7JV+HFOpenStreetMap ID
node 7747579115OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburbWikidata ID
Q7775709
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From French to Turkish—“The Wood” goes by many names.
- French: “The Wood”
- Turkish: “The Wood”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Cawthron Institute Library and Grove Reserve.
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