Upper Hutt Blockhouse
The Upper Hutt Blockhouse also known as the Wallaceville Blockhouse is a 19th-century American-style military blockhouse situated in Upper Hutt, New Zealand.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: historic property in Upper Hutt, New Zealand
- Also known as: “Government Stockade” and “The Blockhouse”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Heretaunga College and Golder Cottage.
Heretaunga College
School
Heretaunga College is a state coeducational secondary school located in Upper Hutt, New Zealand. The school has approximately 868 students from Years 9 to 13. Heretaunga College is situated 110 metres east of Upper Hutt Blockhouse.
Golder Cottage
Museum
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Golder Cottage is one of the oldest surviving colonial houses in Upper Hutt, New Zealand. The house is used as a museum of colonial domestic life. John Golder, a road builder in Wellington, built the cottage in 1876–77. Golder Cottage is situated 560 metres northeast of Upper Hutt Blockhouse.
Wallaceville railway station
Railway station
Wallaceville railway station is a suburban railway station serving Wallaceville in Upper Hutt, New Zealand. The station is located on the Hutt Valley section of the Wairarapa Line, 31.3 km north of Wellington, and is served by Metlink on behalf of the Greater Wellington Regional Council. Wallaceville railway station is situated 610 metres east of Upper Hutt Blockhouse.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Wallaceville and Elderslea.
Wallaceville
Suburb
Wallaceville is a suburb of Upper Hutt. It is named after John Howard Wallace, an early New Zealand settler, council politician, businessman and author of one of the first published histories of New Zealand.
Elderslea
Suburb
Elderslea is a suburb of Upper Hutt located in the lower North Island of New Zealand, near Upper Hutt Central.
Trentham
Suburb
Trentham is the most populous suburb of Upper Hutt, a city in the Wellington region of New Zealand. The suburb is located in a widening of the Hutt Valley, five kilometres to the southwest of the Upper Hutt city centre.
Upper Hutt Blockhouse
- Categories: architectural structure, fort, building, and tourism
- Location: Upper Hutt City, Greater Wellington, North Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude
-41.12924° or 41° 7′ 45″ southLongitude
175.05177° or 175° 3′ 6″ eastOpen location code
4VCQV3C2+8POpenStreetMap ID
way 62154591OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionWikidata ID
Q7898698
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Stockade and Upper Hutt Baptist Church.
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