Napier Prison
Napier Prison is a visitor attraction and former prison in Napier, New Zealand. Built in 1862 and decommissioned as a prison in 1993, it is the country's oldest prison complex.Photo: Pseudopanax, Public domain.
- Type: Ruins
- Description: former prison in New Zealand
- Address: 55 Coote Road, Bluff Hill, Napier
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Daily Telegraph Building and St John’s Cathedral, Napier.
Daily Telegraph Building
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Daily Telegraph Building is situated 540 metres south of Napier Prison.
St John’s Cathedral, Napier
Church
Photo: einalem, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St John's Cathedral, Napier, officially the Waiapu Cathedral of Saint John the Evangelist, is an Anglican cathedral church located in Browning Street, Napier, New Zealand. St John’s Cathedral, Napier is situated 490 metres south of Napier Prison.
Municipal Theatre
Theater building
Photo: Neal Jennings, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Municipal Theatre is a theater building, which is situated 680 metres southwest of Napier Prison.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Napier and Central Napier.
Napier
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Napier in New Zealand is the most consistently Art Deco city in the world, due to being largely rebuilt in the 1930s following a devastating earthquake in 1931. It is in Hawke's Bay, on the sunny east coast of the North Island.
Central Napier
Quarter
Central Napier is the central area and business district of Napier, in the Hawke's Bay region of New Zealand's eastern North Island. The main shopping street/downtown area of Napier is Emerson Street.
Ahuriri
Suburb
Photo: Citikiwi, Public domain.
Ahuriri is a suburb of the city of Napier, in the Hawke's Bay region of New Zealand's eastern North Island. The area was a major site of Māori and European settlement, and the site of the Port of Napier until the 1931 Hawke's Bay earthquake.
Napier Prison
- Categories: prison and building
- Location: Napier City, Hawke’s Bay, North Island, New Zealand, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-39.48479° or 39° 29′ 5″ southLongitude
176.91893° or 176° 55′ 8″ eastInception
1862Open location code
4VGRGW89+3HOpenStreetMap ID
way 222838698OpenStreetMap feature
building=ruinsWikidata ID
Q6964921
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Spanish—“Napier Prison” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “内皮尔监狱”
- Egyptian Arabic: “سجن نابير”
- Japanese: “ネイピア刑務所”
- Spanish: “Prision de Napier”
- Spanish: “Prisión de Napier”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Centennial Gardens and Pacific Surf Lifesaving Club.
Nearby Places
Explore places such as The Coach House and Beach Bikes (formerly Fishbike).
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