Malvern St Playground

Malvern St Playground is a park in Dunedin City, Otago. Malvern St Playground is situated nearby to the river Water of Leith, as well as near Pine Hill Scout Park.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Dalmore Reserve and Aquinas College.

Dalmore Reserve

Park

Dalmore Reserve is a small reserve in the suburb of Dalmore in Dunedin. It is managed by Dunedin City Council who purchased the land in 1990 from the Dominican Order. Dalmore Reserve is situated 1 km east of Malvern St Playground.

Aquinas College

University

Photo: Benchill, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Aquinas College is one of the Residential Colleges of the University of Otago, named after St. Thomas Aquinas, located in the suburb of Dalmore. Formerly a Roman Catholic institution in the care of the Dominican Order from the 1950s, between the early 1980s… Aquinas College is situated 1 km east of Malvern St Playground.

Dunedin Botanic Garden

Park

Photo: Benchill, Public domain.

The Dunedin Botanic Garden is located at the northern end of central Dunedin, in the South Island of New Zealand. The garden is close to the University of Otago and one of the city's most historic cemeteries, the Northern Cemetery, on a spur of Signal Hill and on the river plain immediately below it. Dunedin Botanic Garden is situated 1½ km southeast of Malvern St Playground.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Leith Valley and Maori Hill.

Leith Valley

Locality

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Leith Valley is a suburb, valley, and general area of the New Zealand city of Dunedin, located to the northwest of the city centre. To differentiate the name of the valley from that of the suburb, the former is usually referred to as the Leith Valley, the latter simply as Leith Valley.

Maori Hill

Suburb

Maori Hill is a residential suburb of the New Zealand city of Dunedin. It is located at the northern end of the ridge which runs in a crescent around the central city's western edge, 2 kilometres to the northwest of the city centre, immediately above and within the Town Belt.