Elgar’s Paddock
Elgar’s Paddock is in South Wairarapa District, Greater Wellington. Elgar’s Paddock is situated nearby to the reservoir Trentham Military Camp FIlter Bed, as well as near the historic site Featherston prisoner of war camp.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Featherston prisoner of war camp and Fernside Homestead.
Featherston prisoner of war camp
Historic site
Photo: RDMALB, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Featherston prisoner of war camp was a camp for captured Japanese soldiers during World War II at Featherston, New Zealand, notorious for a 1943 incident in which 48 Japanese and one New Zealander were killed. Featherston prisoner of war camp is situated 750 metres west of Elgar’s Paddock.
Fernside Homestead
Manor estate
Fernside is a five-bedroom white-weatherboard slate-roofed American Colonial Revival style house with an L-shape plan. It covers approximately 9,000 square feet or less than 1,000 square metres. Fernside Homestead is situated 1¼ km north of Elgar’s Paddock.
Featherston
Railway station
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Featherston railway station is a single-platform, urban railway station serving the town of Featherston in the Wairarapa district of New Zealand. The station lies on the Wairarapa Line, between Harrison Street West and Harrison Street East. Featherston is situated 3 km west of Elgar’s Paddock.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tauwharenīkau and Featherston.
Tauwharenīkau
Hamlet
Tauwharenīkau is a rural locality and a statistical area in the South Wairarapa District and Wellington Region of New Zealand's North Island. The locality is on SH 2 about 5 km east of Featherston and 7 km southwest of Greytown by road, and the statistical area covers the Tauwharenīkau River valley and plain north of SH 53.
Featherston
Town
Photo: Deano87, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Featherston is a town in the South Wairarapa District, in the Wellington Region of New Zealand's North Island. It is at the eastern foothills of Remutaka Range close to the northern shore of Lake Wairarapa, 63 km north-east of central Wellington and 37 km south-west of Masterton. Featherston is situated 3½ km west of Elgar’s Paddock.
Greytown
Town
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Greytown, is a rural town in the South Wairarapa District in the lower North Island of New Zealand. It is 77 km by road north-east of Wellington and 24 km southwest of Masterton, travelling via State Highway 2. Greytown is situated 9 km northeast of Elgar’s Paddock.
Elgar’s Paddock
- Type: Agricultural land
- Category: agriculture
- Location: South Wairarapa District, Greater Wellington, North Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude
-41.11416° or 41° 6′ 51″ southLongitude
175.36366° or 175° 21′ 49″ eastOpen location code
4VCQV9P7+8FOpenStreetMap ID
way 1130832452OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=farmland
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Trentham Military Camp FIlter Bed and Japanese Memorial Sakura Garden.
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