Saxton Range

Saxton Range is a sports venue in Nelson City, Nelson. Saxton Range is situated nearby to the park Saxton Field, as well as near the pitch Football Grounds.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Saxton Oval and Garin College.

Saxton Oval

Pitch

Photo: Nelsonpubliclibraries, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Saxton Oval, also known as Saxton Field, is a cricket ground in Saxton, Stoke, Nelson Region, New Zealand. Saxton Oval was one of the venues for the 2015 Cricket World Cup. It hosted three matches during the tournament. Saxton Oval is situated 240 metres south of Saxton Range.

Garin College

School

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Garin College is a New Zealand Catholic, integrated, co-educational day and boarding secondary school in Nelson on the northern outskirts of Richmond. The college opened on 28 January 2002 to serve the Catholic community, particularly in the upper South Island. Garin College is situated 1 km southwest of Saxton Range.

Waimea College

School

Photo: Kristina D.C. Hoeppner, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Waimea College is a co-educational secondary school in Richmond, Tasman District, New Zealand. Opened in 1957, the college has over 1500 students, and is the largest school in the top of the South Island. Waimea College is situated 1½ km southwest of Saxton Range.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Richmond and Monaco.

Richmond

Town

Photo: Mattinbgn, CC BY 3.0.

Nelson is the second oldest settled city in New Zealand and the oldest in the South Island. It is in a region often known as Nelson Bays or the "Top of the South" and is actually slightly north of the capital city of Wellington in the North Island.

Monaco

Quarter

Monaco is a small suburb of Nelson, New Zealand, west of town centre of Stoke. It lies on a narrow peninsula which extends into Tasman Bay / Te Tai-o-Aorere immediately to the south of Nelson Airport, southwest of central Nelson. Monaco is situated 2½ km north of Saxton Range.

Stoke

Suburb

Photo: Mattinbgn, CC BY 3.0.

Stoke is a suburb of Nelson in New Zealand, located between Richmond and Tāhunanui. Stoke was named by William Songer, the personal servant of Arthur Wakefield, after his birthplace Stoke-by-Nayland in Suffolk. Stoke is situated 2½ km northeast of Saxton Range.

Saxton Range

Type: Sports venue
Categories: building, shooting sports, recreation area, and sports location
Location: Nelson City, Nelson, Nelson Bays, South Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude

-41.32885° or 41° 19′ 44″ south

Longitude

173.21228° or 173° 12′ 44″ east

Levels

Open location code

4VCMM6C6+FW

OpenStreetMap ID

way 495278911

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=sports_centre

OpenStreetMap feature

sport=shooting

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