Sandford Park

Sandford Park is a park in Auckland Region, North Island. Sandford Park is situated nearby to Glenview School (Hamilton), as well as near the suburb Fitzroy.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Hamilton Gardens and Waikato Hospital.

Hamilton Gardens

Garden

Photo: Hamiltongardens, CC BY 3.0.

Hamilton Gardens is a public garden park in the south of Hamilton owned and managed by Hamilton City Council in New Zealand. The 54 ha park is based on the banks of the Waikato River and includes enclosed gardens, open lawns, a lake, a nursery, a convention centre and the Hamilton East Cemetery. Hamilton Gardens is situated 1¼ km northeast of Sandford Park.

Waikato Hospital

Hospital

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 2.0.

Waikato Hospital is a major regional hospital in Hamilton, New Zealand. It provides specialised and emergency healthcare for the Midlands and Waikato area with patients referred there from feeder hospitals like Whakatāne, Lakes area, Tauranga, Thames, Tokoroa and Rotorua. Waikato Hospital is situated 1½ km northwest of Sandford Park.

Cobham Bridge

Bridge

Photo: Johnragla, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Cobham Bridge is a 143.3 m long girder bridge in Hamilton, New Zealand, on Cobham Drive, which is part of SH1C. It spans the Waikato River. The Ministry of Works plaque at the southern end of the bridge says they designed it and it was opened on 29 June 1963. Cobham Bridge is situated 1 km north of Sandford Park.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Fitzroy and Bader.

Fitzroy

Suburb

Photo: Nzwj, CC BY 3.0.

Fitzroy is a suburb in southern Hamilton in New Zealand. It is named after Robert FitzRoy, who commanded HMS Beagle and was later the Governor of New Zealand. It was declared a suburb in 1974.

Bader

Suburb

Bader is a suburb in southern Hamilton in New Zealand. The main street is named after WW II flying ace Douglas Bader. In 2022, Kāinga Ora announced it was building an extra 75 state houses in Bader. There were already older state houses in the area.

Glenview

Suburb

Photo: Nzwj, CC BY 3.0.

Glenview is a suburb in southern Hamilton in New Zealand. It was named by Bruce Lugton of developers Lugton Lands. He chose Glenview because he felt it depicted the area perfectly.

Sandford Park

Type: Park
Category: recreation area
Location: Auckland Region, North Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude

-37.81416° or 37° 48′ 51″ south

Longitude

175.29535° or 175° 17′ 43″ east

Open location code

4VJQ57PW+84

OpenStreetMap ID

way 497997423

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=park

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Glenview School (Hamilton) and Richmond Park School (closed 2004).

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