Faith City School

Faith City School, formerly Faith Academy, is a state-integrated primary school in New Zealand. With a roll of around 150 students, Faith City School is the largest inter-denominational school in the Whanganui area.

Type: School
Description: state-integrated full primary school in Whanganui, New Zealand
Also known as: “Faith Academy”
Address: 172 Springvale Road

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Whanganui Collegiate School and Cooks Gardens.

Whanganui Collegiate School

School

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Whanganui Collegiate School is a state-integrated, coeducational, day and boarding secondary school located in Whanganui, in the Manawatū-Whanganui region of New Zealand. Whanganui Collegiate School is situated 1½ km southeast of Faith City School.

Cooks Gardens

Park

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Cooks Gardens is a multi-purpose stadium in Wanganui, New Zealand. It is currently used mostly for rugby union matches, athletics and cycling. The main stadium, known as Westpac Stadium, is able to hold 20,700 people with 3,500 covered seats. Cooks Gardens is situated 3 km southeast of Faith City School.

Ward Observatory

Observatory

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The Ward Observatory is an astronomical observatory in Whanganui, New Zealand. Built in 1901 and administered by the Wanganui Astronomical Society, it is named after Joseph Ward, the society's first president and longtime director of the observatory. Ward Observatory is situated 3 km southeast of Faith City School.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Springvale and Otamatea.

Springvale

Suburb

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Springvale is a suburb of Whanganui, in the Whanganui District and Manawatū-Whanganui region of New Zealand's North Island. An extension to the residential urban boundary was proposed in 2018 to provide homes for another 575 homes.

Otamatea

Suburb

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Otamatea is a residential suburb of Whanganui, New Zealand. Otamatea is under the local governance of the Whanganui District Council. Otamatea is located on the northwestern edge of the Whanganui urban area, straddling State Highway 3 for approximately 3 kilometres north of Virginia Lake.