Fairfield, Hamilton

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Fairfield
City:	Hamilton, New Zealand
Island	North Island
Surrounded by:
To the north/north-east:	Chartwell
To the east:	Peachgrove
To the south-east:	Peachgrove
To the south:	Claudelands
To the southwest:	Central Hamilton
To the west:	Beerescourt
To the north-west:	Te Rapa

Fairfield or Woodstock is a suburb to the northeast of central Hamilton. It is bordered by the Waikato River to the west, Chartwell to the north, Fairview Downs to the east and Claudelands to the South.

This area experienced rapid growth in the 1950s and 60s. The eastern part of Fairfield is one of the roughest areas in the city, with high crime and high gang activity. In 2007 New Zealand Post suspended deliveries to part of the area for serveral days due to gang violence.^[1]

1 Fairfield Bridge
2 Education
3 See also
4 References
5 External links

[edit] Fairfield Bridge

Fairfield is home to Fairfield Bridge, named for the suburb to which it links to Eastern Hamilton and is its most well known landmark. Pictures of Fairfield Bridge are often seen with the cruise boat 'Waipa Delta' passing underneath.

[edit] Education

There are several schools in Fairfield, from primary schools to college:

Fairfield College
Fairfield Intermediate is a co-educational state intermediate (years 7-8) school. It has a decile rating of 5 and a roll of 788. ^[2]
Fairfield Primary School is a co-educational contributing primary (years 1-6) state school established in 1919. It has a decile rating of 1 and a roll of 312 ^[3]
St. Joseph's Catholic School
Woodstock School is a co-educational contributing primary (years 1-6) state school founded in 1950. It has a decile rating of 6 and a roll of 399. ^[4]