Flying Fox

Flying Fox is a playground in Lower Hutt City, Greater Wellington. Flying Fox is situated nearby to the grassland Bottom Paddock, as well as near The Orchard.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Wainuiomata High School.

Wainuiomata High School

School

Photo: Lcmortensen, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Wainuiomata High School, a state co-educational secondary school, operates in Wainuiomata, a suburb of Lower Hutt in New Zealand. The school was founded in January 2002 from the merger of Wainuiomata College and Parkway College. Wainuiomata High School is situated 4 km southwest of Flying Fox.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Arakura and Glendale.

Arakura

Quarter

Arakura is a northern suburb of Wainuiomata, part of Lower Hutt city situated in the lower North Island of New Zealand. It was developed in the 1950s and 1960s, when farmland was subdivided for state and private housing. Arakura is situated 2½ km west of Flying Fox.

Glendale

Quarter

Glendale is a suburb of Wainuiomata, part of Lower Hutt city situated in the lower North Island of New Zealand. Glendale is situated 3 km southwest of Flying Fox.

Wainuiomata

Suburb

Photo: Deanpemberton, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wainuiomata is a large dormitory suburb of Lower Hutt, in the Wellington metropolitan area in New Zealand. Its population was estimated as being 20,450 as of June 2025, with a density of 1,600 people per km2. Wainuiomata is situated 3½ km southwest of Flying Fox.

Flying Fox

Type: Playground
Category: recreation area
Location: Lower Hutt City, Greater Wellington, North Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude

-41.23751° or 41° 14′ 15″ south

Longitude

174.9783° or 174° 58′ 42″ east

Elevation

130 metres (427 feet)

Operator

Brookfield Outdoor Education Centre

Open location code

4VCPQX6H+X8

OpenStreetMap ID

way 446199713

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=playground

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