Thames High School

Thames High School is a public high school in Thames, Waikato, New Zealand. Established in 1880, it is the second-oldest secondary school in the former Auckland Province.

Type: School
Description: state secondary (year 9-15) school in Thames, New Zealand
Address: 300 Sealey Street, Thames, 3500

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Thames railway station and Holy Trinity Church.

Thames railway station

Railway station

Photo: Ingolfson, Public domain.

The Thames railway station is a former railway station in Thames, New Zealand on the former Thames Branch from Morrinsville to Thames. The station opened on 19 December 1898 with the opening of the branch line. Thames railway station is situated 480 metres southwest of Thames High School.

Holy Trinity Church

Church

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 3.0.

Holy Trinity Church is situated 1½ km southeast of Thames High School.

Thames Aerodrome

Aerodrome

The Thames Aerodrome serves the town of Thames, in the Waikato region of the North Island of New Zealand. It is 3 km south of the town of Thames. The Aerodrome is named in honour of former Thames resident Air Chief Marshal Sir Keith Park, Commander of 11 Group Fighter Command during the Battle of Britain.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Thames and Tararu.

Thames

Photo: GPS 56, CC BY 2.0.

Thames is an old gold mining town on the west coast of the Coromandel Peninsula on the North Island of New Zealand. Thames has a rich history and is the great place to start any visit to the Coromandel Pensinsula.

Tararu

Hamlet

Tararu is a former gold-mining village on the west coast of the Coromandel Peninsula of New Zealand. State Highway 25 runs through it; Te Puru being about 7 km to the north, and Thames about 2 km to the south. Tararu is situated 4 km northwest of Thames High School.