Founders Heritage Park
Founders Heritage Park is a museum in Nelson, New Zealand, housing a number of groups with historical themes, including transport. A short heritage railway line is operated by the Nelson Railway Society.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Opening hours: 10:00 AM—4:30 PM
- Type: Museum
- Description: museum in Nelson, New Zealand
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Trafalgar Park and Wakapuaka Cemetery.
Trafalgar Park
Stadium
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Trafalgar Park is a sports ground located beside the Central Business District of Nelson, in New Zealand's South Island. The stadium has a capacity of 18,000, following upgrades completed for the 2011 Rugby World Cup. Trafalgar Park is situated 1¼ km southwest of Founders Heritage Park.
Wakapuaka Cemetery
Cemetery
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Wakapuaka Cemetery is a cemetery located in Brooklands, Nelson, New Zealand. "Wakapuaka" is Māori for "heaps of aka leaves". Wakapuaka Cemetery is situated 1 km northeast of Founders Heritage Park.
Cabragh House
Building
Cabragh House is a late Victorian, timber house at 48 Weka Street in Nelson, New Zealand built circa 1897. It is a historic site for exemplarising late Victorian furnishings and provincial New Zealand vernacular architecture. Cabragh House is situated 640 metres south of Founders Heritage Park.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include The Wood and Maitai.
The Wood
Suburb
The Wood is a suburb of Nelson, New Zealand. It lies just to the north-east of the city centre and adjoins it. The suburb incorporates Botanical Reserve, a section of Nelson's town belt that includes the trigonometrical geographic centre of New Zealand, Botanical Hill.
Maitai
Suburb
Maitai is an inner suburb of Nelson, New Zealand. It lies at the eastern edge of Nelson city centre, immediately to the south of The Wood, on the northern bank of the Maitai River.
Port Nelson
Quarter
Port Nelson, as its name suggests, is the main port area of Nelson, New Zealand. It lies to the northwest of Nelson city centre, to the north of Washington Valley, at the southern end of Nelson Haven.
Founders Heritage Park
- Categories: heritage center, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Nelson City, Nelson, Nelson Bays, South Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude
-41.26142° or 41° 15′ 41″ southLongitude
173.29604° or 173° 17′ 46″ eastOpen location code
4VCMP7QW+CCOpenStreetMap ID
way 224613554OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumWikidata ID
Q5474607
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In Other Languages
“Founders Heritage Park” goes by many names.
- Japanese: “ファウンダーズ・ヘリテージ・パーク”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Railway Cottage and Founders Café Playground.
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