Woofington Castle
Woofington Castle is a building in New Zealand which is located on Hawkins Hill Road. Woofington Castle is situated nearby to the peak Hawkins Hill, as well as near Radar station.- Type: Building
- Also known as: “Woofington’s Luxury Dog Stay”
- Address: 430 Hawkins Hill Road, Brooklyn, Wellington, 6021
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Hawkins Hill and Wrights Hill Fortress.
Wrights Hill Fortress
Castle
Photo: Jaydenm, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Wrights Hill Fortress is a counter bombardment coastal artillery battery in the Karori suburb of Wellington, New Zealand. It was built between 1942 and 1944 and is predominantly underground, with numerous tunnels linking the war shelters, gun emplacements, magazines, plotting rooms and engine room – which are, at some points, over 50 feet underground. Wrights Hill Fortress is situated 3½ km north of Woofington Castle.
Victoria University Coastal Ecology Laboratory
University
Photo: Shimaje, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Victoria University Coastal Ecology Laboratory is a research facility of the School of Biological Sciences at Victoria University of Wellington that supports research in coastal ecology and marine biology. Victoria University Coastal Ecology Laboratory is situated 3½ km southeast of Woofington Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Happy Valley and Ōwhiro Bay.
Happy Valley
Quarter
Happy Valley is a southern suburb of Wellington, New Zealand, although it is not an "official" suburb to the Wellington City Council. It is a main thoroughfare between Wellington city and Wellington's somewhat rugged and scenic southern coast.
Ōwhiro Bay
Suburb
Photo: Kristina D.C. Hoeppner, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ōwhiro Bay is a southern suburb of Wellington, New Zealand, that overlooks Cook Strait. It is situated west of the larger suburb of Island Bay. The official name of the suburb was changed from Owhiro Bay to Ōwhiro Bay by the New Zealand Geographic Board on 21 June 2019. Ōwhiro Bay is situated 3 km southeast of Woofington Castle.
Kingston
Suburb
Photo: HenryCrun15, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Kingston is a southern suburb of Wellington, New Zealand, south of Brooklyn and Mornington. The suburb was developed in the 1960s, when there was more "cut and fill" earthworks in new subdivisions to provide flat sections. Kingston is situated 3 km east of Woofington Castle.
Woofington Castle
- Location: New Zealand, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-41.32765° or 41° 19′ 40″ southLongitude
174.72981° or 174° 43′ 47″ eastLevels
2Open location code
4VCPMPCH+WWOpenStreetMap ID
way 908063771OpenStreetMap feature
building=yes
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Highlights include Radar station and Capital Trout Centre.
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