Fort Ballance
Fort Ballance is a former coastal artillery battery on Point Gordon on Wellington's Miramar Peninsula. Built in 1885 following fears of an impending war with Russia, Fort Ballance is one of the best preserved of a string of nineteenth century coastal fortifications constructed to protect New Zealand from naval attack.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Mount Crawford and Kau Point Battery.
Mount Crawford
Peak
Mount Crawford is the highest point of the Miramar Peninsula on the North Island of New Zealand. Mount Crawford was first purchased by James Coutts Crawford.
Kau Point Battery
Fort
Kau Point Battery is a 19th-century coast defence battery constructed in Wellington, New Zealand in the 1890s. It is located on the east side of Point Halswell in Wellington, New Zealand, approximately midway between the Massey Memorial and Fort Ballance, close to the site of the ancient Māori settlement of Kau-whakaara-waru. Kau Point Battery is situated 590 metres northwest of Fort Ballance.
David Farrington Park
Recreation area
Photo: NZ Footballs Conscience, CC BY-SA 4.0.
David Farrington Park, previously known as Centennial Park, is a football ground in the suburb of Miramar in Wellington, New Zealand. It is used for football matches and is the home ground of both Team Wellington and Miramar Rangers AFC. David Farrington Park is situated 1¼ km southwest of Fort Ballance.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Karaka Bays and Maupuia.
Karaka Bays
Suburb
Photo: AxonsArachnida, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Karaka Bays is a suburb of Wellington, New Zealand. It lies on the northeast coast of the Miramar Peninsula, 6 km east-south-east of the city centre, and has an expansive view of Wellington Harbour.
Maupuia
Suburb
Maupuia on the Miramar Peninsula is an eastern suburb of Wellington to the north-west of Miramar. Developed in the 1970s, it is in the Eastern Ward. The northern part of the peninsula, sometimes known as Crawford, includes Maupuia Park, the former Wellington…
Roseneath
Suburb
Photo: russellstreet, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Roseneath is an affluent suburb of Wellington, New Zealand, located east of Oriental Bay and north of Hataitai. The peninsula was named after Rosneath, a village on the Rosneath Peninsula on Scotland's River Clyde. Roseneath is situated 3 km west of Fort Ballance.
Fort Ballance
- Type: Castle
- Description: coastal artillery battery on Point Gordon, Wellington
- Categories: fort, building, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Greater Wellington, North Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude
-41.2947° or 41° 17′ 41″ southLongitude
174.83451° or 174° 50′ 4″ eastOpen location code
4VCPPR4M+4ROpenStreetMap ID
way 895400049OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
historic=castleWikidata ID
Q5470767
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
“Fort Ballance” goes by many names.
- Egyptian Arabic: “حصن بالانس”
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