Kensington Oval
The Kensington Oval, formerly known as the South Dunedin Recreation Ground, is a park and sports ground in Kensington, Dunedin, New Zealand. It is also known as just The Oval, although this name has become less common in recent years due to the potential confusion with the University Oval in the north of the city.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Grutness, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Park
- Description: park and sports ground in New Zealand
- Also known as: “Kensington Oval, Dunedin”, “South Dunedin Recreation Ground”, and “The Oval”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Dunedin South African War Memorial and Dunedin Southern Cemetery.
Dunedin South African War Memorial
Memorial
Photo: Benchill, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Dunedin South African War Memorial is situated 260 metres north of Kensington Oval.
Dunedin Southern Cemetery
Cemetery
Photo: Benchill, Public domain.
The Southern Cemetery in Dunedin, New Zealand was the first major cemetery to be opened in the city. The cemetery was opened in 1858, ten years after the founding of the city in an area known as Little Paisley. Dunedin Southern Cemetery is situated 410 metres southwest of Kensington Oval.
Dunedin Gasworks Museum
Museum
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dunedin Gasworks Museum is located in South Dunedin, in the South Island of New Zealand. It is one of only a few known preserved gasworks museums in the world. Dunedin Gasworks Museum is situated 740 metres southeast of Kensington Oval.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kensington and South Dunedin.
Kensington
Quarter
Kensington is a small suburb of the New Zealand city of Dunedin, nestled to the south of a hilly spur between the central city and the major suburb of South Dunedin, 2.4 kilometres to the south of the city centre.
South Dunedin
Suburb
South Dunedin is a major inner city suburb of the New Zealand city of Dunedin. It is located, as its name suggests, 2.5 kilometres to the south of the city centre, on part of a large plain known simply as "The Flat".
The Exchange
Locality
Photo: Grutness, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Exchange is an area of central Dunedin, in the South Island of New Zealand. The area was the original heart of Dunedin's CBD, although that has now moved north to an area around the city's central plaza and George Street, which leads north from it.
Kensington Oval
- Categories: sports field, recreation area, and sports location
- Location: Dunedin City, Otago, South Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude
-45.88738° or 45° 53′ 15″ southLongitude
170.49784° or 170° 29′ 52″ eastOpen location code
4V6G4F7X+24OpenStreetMap ID
way 117322521OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=recreation_groundOpenStreetMap feature
leisure=parkOpenStreetMap feature
sport=cricketOpenStreetMap feature
sport=rugbyOpenStreetMap feature
sport=soccerWikidata ID
Q7567085
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In Other Languages
“Kensington Oval” goes by many names.
- Urdu: “کینسنگٹن اوول، ڈونیڈن”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Kensington Oval”. Photo: Grutness, CC BY-SA 3.0.