Lower Octagon

Lower Octagon is a park in Dunedin City, Otago. Lower Octagon is situated nearby to the square The Octagon, as well as near the park Upper Octagon.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include The Octagon and Regent Theatre.

The Octagon

Square

Photo: Pakoire, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Octagon is the city centre of Dunedin, in the South Island of New Zealand. It is an eight-sided plaza with a circular one-way carriageway, bisected by the city's main street, and is also the central terminus of two other main thoroughfares.

Regent Theatre

Theater building

Photo: Pakoire, CC BY 4.0.

The Regent Theatre is a theatre in Dunedin, New Zealand, with a seating capacity of about 1,650. It is in The Octagon, the city's central plaza, directly opposite the Municipal Chambers and close to the Dunedin Public Art Gallery.

St Paul’s Cathedral

Church

Photo: DLiebisch, Public domain.

St Paul's Cathedral is an Anglican cathedral church located in The Octagon near the Dunedin Town Hall in the heart of Dunedin, New Zealand. The cathedral is the seat of the Bishop of Dunedin and the mother church of the Anglican Diocese of Dunedin. St Paul’s Cathedral is situated 120 metres northwest of Lower Octagon.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Dunedin and The Exchange.

Dunedin

Photo: Benchill, Public domain.

Dunedin, called Ōtepoti in Māori, is the main city of the Otago region and the second-largest city of the South Island of New Zealand. Archaeological evidence shows Māori hunters have stayed in the area from about 1280.

The Exchange

Locality

Photo: Grutness, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The Exchange is an area of central Dunedin, in the South Island of New Zealand. The area was the original heart of Dunedin's CBD, although that has now moved north to an area around the city's central plaza and George Street, which leads north from it.

City Rise

Quarter

Photo: Grutness, CC BY-SA 3.0.

City Rise is an inner suburb of the New Zealand city of Dunedin. One of the city's older suburbs, it is, as its name suggests, centred on the slopes which lie close to the city centre, particularly those closest to the city's original heart of The Exchange.

Lower Octagon

Type: Park
Category: recreation area
Location: Dunedin City, Otago, South Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude

-45.87414° or 45° 52′ 27″ south

Longitude

170.50383° or 170° 30′ 14″ east

Open location code

4V6G4GG3+8G

OpenStreetMap ID

way 381860107

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=park

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