Messines Memorial Layby
Messines Memorial Layby is a park in South Wairarapa District, Greater Wellington. Messines Memorial Layby is situated nearby to Japanese Memorial Sakura Garden, as well as near the historic site Featherston prisoner of war camp.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Featherston prisoner of war camp and Fernside Homestead.
Featherston prisoner of war camp
Historic site
Photo: RDMALB, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Featherston prisoner of war camp was a camp for captured Japanese soldiers during World War II at Featherston, New Zealand, notorious for a 1943 incident in which 48 Japanese and one New Zealander were killed. Featherston prisoner of war camp is situated 350 metres north of Messines Memorial Layby.
Fernside Homestead
Manor estate
Fernside is a five-bedroom white-weatherboard slate-roofed American Colonial Revival style house with an L-shape plan. It covers approximately 9,000 square feet or less than 1,000 square metres. Fernside Homestead is situated 2 km northeast of Messines Memorial Layby.
Featherston railway station
Railway station
Photo: Matthew25187, CC BY 2.5.
Featherston railway station is a single-platform, urban railway station serving the town of Featherston in the Wairarapa district of New Zealand. The station lies on the Wairarapa Line, between Harrison Street West and Harrison Street East. Featherston railway station is situated 2½ km west of Messines Memorial Layby.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tauwharenīkau and Featherston.
Tauwharenīkau
Hamlet
Tauwharenīkau is a rural locality and a statistical area in the South Wairarapa District and Wellington Region of New Zealand's North Island. The locality is on SH 1 about 5 km east of Featherston and 7 km southwest of Greytown by road, and the statistical area covers the Tauwharenīkau River valley and plain north of SH 53.
Featherston
Town
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Featherston is a town in the South Wairarapa District, in the Wellington Region of New Zealand's North Island. It is at the eastern foothills of Remutaka Range close to the northern shore of Lake Wairarapa, 63 km north-east of central Wellington and 37 km south-west of Masterton. Featherston is situated 3 km west of Messines Memorial Layby.
Greytown
Town
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Greytown, is a rural town in the South Wairarapa District, in the lower North Island of New Zealand. It is 77 km by road north-east of Wellington and 24 km southwest of Masterton, travelling via State Highway 2. Greytown is situated 10 km northeast of Messines Memorial Layby.
Messines Memorial Layby
- Type: Park
- Category: recreation area
- Location: South Wairarapa District, Greater Wellington, North Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude
-41.11905° or 41° 7′ 9″ southLongitude
175.35554° or 175° 21′ 20″ eastOpen location code
4VCQV9J4+96OpenStreetMap ID
way 974996002OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=park
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Japanese Memorial Sakura Garden and Trentham Military Camp FIlter Bed.
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