Stuart Street, Dunedin

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Central Dunedin. Stuart Street is marked in red and runs across this map, with Upper Stuart Street marked (5) and Lower Stuart Street marked (6).

Stuart Street is one of the main streets of Dunedin, New Zealand. As with many of Dunedin's streets, it is named after a main street in Edinburgh, Scotland.

Stuart Street runs orthogonally to the city's main business district of George Street and Princes Street, meeting them at The Octagon, the city's centre, where it is briefly interrupted by the Octagon itself. This divides Stuart Street into two separate streets, Upper Stuart Street and Lower Stuart Street.

[edit] Upper Stuart Street

The Fortune Theatre, on the corner of Moray Place and Upper Stuart Street.

Upper Stuart Street climbs steeply from the Octagon, passing through the city's town belt and up to the suburb of Roslyn. One of Dunedin's landmarks is the bridge which crosses Upper Stuart Street at Roslyn; shortly beyond this point Stuart Street becomes Taieri Road, the original road leading out of Dunedin toward the Taieri Plains in the hinterland to the southwest.

Below the Roslyn overbridge, nestled within the town belt, lies Dunedin's main swimming pool, Moana Pool, and the imposing structure of Otago Boys High School. Below this are the former buildings of the Otago Polytechnic (now located in the city's north end), including the King Edward Technical College. Closer to The Octagon, at the junction of Moray Place is the Fortune Theatre. In the block immediately above The Octagon are St. Paul's Anglican Cathedral and a distinctive series of historic terraced houses, now restaurants and boutique shops.

Looking down Upper Stuart Street from the Roslyn Overbridge, toward Dunedin City

[edit] Lower Stuart Street

Dunedin Railway Station (centre) and Law Courts (right) seen from Lower Stuart Street.

The Allied Press Building, Lower Stuart Street.

Lower Stuart Street, unlike Upper Stuart Street, is flat. It is one of Dunedin's more historic precincts. Within the heart of the CBD, it contains a large number of shops and cafes, and also, at its eastern end, several of Dunedin's more notable buildings. These include the Dunedin Law Courts and the Allied Press building (home of the Otago Daily Times newspaper). The street is dominated by the Dunedin Railway Station, which sits in Anzac Square at the foot of the street.