Old Parnell Tunnel

Places of Interest Nearby

Auckland War Memorial Museum

Museum

Photo: Auckland War Memorial Museum, CC BY 2.0.

The Auckland War Memorial Museum, also known as Auckland Museum, is one of New Zealand's most important museums and war memorials. Its neoclassical building constructed in the 1920s and 1950s, stands on Observatory Hill, the remains of a dormant volcano, in the Auckland Domain, near Auckland CBD. Auckland War Memorial Museum is situated 330 metres west of Old Parnell Tunnel.

Kinder House

Historic building

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Kinder House is a historic house on Ayr Street, in the suburb of Parnell, Auckland, New Zealand. Kinder House is situated 110 metres east of Old Parnell Tunnel.

Parnell Tunnel

Tunnel

Photo: Ingolfson, Public domain.

The Parnell Tunnel is a railway tunnel under Parnell, Auckland, New Zealand. It is 344.5 metres long, and is on the Newmarket Line. The tunnel allows the South City Line coming from Newmarket Train Station to Waitematā to pass under the Parnell Ridge before dropping to harbour level.

Places in the Area

Parnell

Suburb

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Parnell is a suburb of Auckland, New Zealand. It is one of New Zealand's most affluent suburbs, consistently ranked within the top three wealthiest, and is often billed as Auckland's "oldest suburb" since it dates from the earliest days of the European settlement of Auckland in 1841.

Newmarket

Suburb

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Newmarket is a central Auckland suburb. Newmarket was originally an independent borough from 1885 to 1989, when it was abolished. Newmarket was established as a livestock market since the 1850s and grew to become a retail and commercial centre for Auckland, with the main road Broadway being the focal point of this activity.

Carlaw Park

Neighborhood

Photo: Gadfium, Public domain.

Carlaw Park was a multi-purpose stadium in Parnell, a central suburb of Auckland, New Zealand. It neighboured the Auckland Domain's Northern end. It was primarily used for rugby league and had a peak spectator capacity of around 28,000 in the 1930s, though this fell to around 17,000 by the time the ground was closed in 2002.

Old Parnell Tunnel

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