Napier Prison

Napier Prison is a former prison in . Built in 1862 and decommissioned as a prison in 1993, it is the country's oldest prison complex. It currently operates as a visitor attraction and museum.
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  • Type: Ruins
  • Description: former prison in New Zealand
  • Also known as: “Napier Prison (former)” and “Napier Prison Wall”
  • Address: 55 Coote Road, Bluff Hill, Napier

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Centennial Gardens and Centennial Gardens Waterfall.

Park
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is a park, which is situated 170 metres north of Napier Prison.

Waterfall
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is situated 220 metres north of Napier Prison.

Convention center
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is a convention center, which is situated 290 metres south of Napier Prison.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bluff Hill and Napier.

Suburb
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Napier Hill is a limestone outcrop and suburb rising above the lowland districts of the city of on New Zealand's . The north-east end, , has a steep cliff face overlooking the Port of Napier.

Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
in 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 , on the sunny east coast of the .

Quarter
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is the central area and business district of , in the region of New Zealand's eastern . The main shopping street/downtown area of Napier is Emerson Street.

Napier Prison

Latitude
-39.48479° or 39° 29′ 5″ south
Longitude
176.91893° or 176° 55′ 8″ east
Inception
1862
Open location code
4VGRGW89+3H
Open­Street­Map ID
way 222838698
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­ruins
Wiki­data ID
Q6964921
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Satellite Map

Discover Napier Prison from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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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 Napier Prison Yard Cemetery and Cluden Bank.

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