Saxton Creek Esplanade

Saxton Creek Esplanade is a park in Nelson City, Nelson. Saxton Creek Esplanade is situated nearby to the park Mako Reserve, as well as near Corriedale Close Walkway.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Saxton Oval and Garin College.

Saxton Oval

Pitch

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Saxton Oval, also known as Saxton Field, is a cricket ground in Saxton, Stoke, Nelson Region, New Zealand. Saxton Oval was one of the venues for the 2015 Cricket World Cup. It hosted three matches during the tournament. Saxton Oval is situated 720 metres north of Saxton Creek Esplanade.

Garin College

School

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Garin College is a New Zealand Catholic, integrated, co-educational day and boarding secondary school in Nelson on the northern outskirts of Richmond. The college opened on 28 January 2002 to serve the Catholic community, particularly in the upper South Island. Garin College is situated 470 metres northwest of Saxton Creek Esplanade.

Waimea College

School

Photo: Kristina D.C. Hoeppner, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Waimea College is a co-educational secondary school in Richmond, Tasman District, New Zealand. Opened in 1957, the college has over 1500 students, and is the largest school in the top of the South Island. Waimea College is situated 1 km west of Saxton Creek Esplanade.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Richmond and Stoke.

Richmond

Town

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Nelson is the second oldest settled city in New Zealand and the oldest in the South Island. It is in a region often known as Nelson Bays or the "Top of the South" and is actually slightly north of the capital city of Wellington in the North Island.

Stoke

Suburb

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Stoke is a suburb of Nelson in New Zealand, located between Richmond and Tāhunanui. Stoke was named by William Songer, the personal servant of Arthur Wakefield, after his birthplace Stoke-by-Nayland in Suffolk. Stoke is situated 3½ km northeast of Saxton Creek Esplanade.

Monaco

Quarter

Monaco is a small suburb of Nelson, New Zealand, west of town centre of Stoke. It lies on a narrow peninsula which extends into Tasman Bay / Te Tai-o-Aorere immediately to the south of Nelson Airport, southwest of central Nelson. Monaco is situated 3½ km north of Saxton Creek Esplanade.

Saxton Creek Esplanade

Type: Park
Category: recreation area
Location: Nelson City, Nelson, Nelson Bays, South Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude

-41.3372° or 41° 20′ 14″ south

Longitude

173.21055° or 173° 12′ 38″ east

Operator

Nelson City Council

Open location code

4VCMM676+46

OpenStreetMap ID

way 1124369598

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=park

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Highlights include Mako Reserve and Corriedale Close Walkway.

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