Upper Hutt Blockhouse, Upper Hutt

Name: Upper Hutt Blockhouse
Address: Upper Hutt, New Zealand

#5 among attractions in Upper Hutt

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The Upper Hutt Blockhouse also known as the Wallaceville Blockhouse is a 19th-century American-style military blockhouse situated in Upper Hutt, New Zealand. One of very few such blockhouses built in New Zealand, it is preserved as a Category I historic place. It was built in late 1860 as part of a larger Stockade and was one of two Blockhouses and Stockades built in the Hutt Valley that year. It was occupied by the Hutt Battalion of the Wellington Militia from December 1860 to May 1861 without coming under hostile attack. ()

Completed: 1860 (164 years ago)Coordinates: 41°7'45"S, 175°3'7"E

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Upper Hutt New Zealand

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Upper Hutt Blockhouse – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Maidstone Park, Golder Cottage, Barton's Bush, St John's Anglican Church.

1.2 miE
Park, Sport, Sport venue
Maidstone Park, Upper Hutt
31 min walk • Maidstone Park is a cricket and football ground in Upper Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand. A single List A match was held there during the 1978/79 Gillette Cup when Wellington played Canterbury, which resulted in a 4 wicket victory by Canterbury.
~1710 ftNE
History museum, Museum
Golder Cottage, Upper Hutt
9 min walk • 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. Around the same time he married Jane Martin and together they raised 12 children in the house.
1.2 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Forest
Barton's Bush, Upper Hutt
31 min walk • Barton's Bush, in Trentham Memorial Park, is the largest remaining area of lowland mixed podocarp/broadleaf forest in the Hutt Valley of New Zealand.
0.4 miW
Church
St John's Anglican Church, Upper Hutt
11 min walk • St John's Anglican Church in Trentham, Upper Hutt is one of the oldest surviving Anglican churches in the Wellington region of New Zealand. The building is classified as a Category 2 historic building by Heritage New Zealand.
1.2 miW
Playground, Park
Trentham Memorial Park, Upper Hutt
30 min walk • Trentham Memorial Park is a large park and a major sport and recreation ground in Trentham, a suburb of Upper Hutt, in the Wellington region of New Zealand.
1 miE
Neighbourhood
Upper Hutt Central, Upper Hutt
26 min walk • Upper Hutt Central is the commercial and geographic focal point of Upper Hutt city, located in the lower North Island of New Zealand. The area is served by Upper Hutt Railway Station.
0.9 miSW
Racetrack, Sport, Sport venue
Trentham Racecourse, Upper Hutt
23 min walk • Trentham Racecourse is the main thoroughbred horse racecourse for the Wellington city area in New Zealand. It is located in the suburb of Trentham in Upper Hutt, next to Trentham Military Camp. The races are conducted by the Wellington Racing Club. The first race meeting was held there in January 1906.
0.8 miSW
Sport venue, Sport
Wellington Racing Club
20 min walk • The Wellington Racing Club is a racing horse racing club based at Trentham Racecourse in Trentham, Wellington, New Zealand. Founded as the Wellington Jockey Club in 1854, the first race meetings held by the club were at Hutt Park in 1854 and at Burnham Water on the Miramar Peninsula.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Which popular attractions are close to Upper Hutt Blockhouse?

Nearby attractions include Golder Cottage, Upper Hutt (9 min walk), St John's Anglican Church, Upper Hutt (11 min walk), Trentham Racecourse, Upper Hutt (23 min walk).

How to get to Upper Hutt Blockhouse by public transport?

The nearest stations to Upper Hutt Blockhouse:

Bus

Fergusson Drive at Fergusson Rest Home • Lines: 110, 113 (5 min walk)
Miro Street at McHardie Street • Lines: 115 (5 min walk)

Train

Wallaceville (10 min walk)
Trentham (24 min walk)