Alicetown
| Alicetown | |
|---|---|
| Basic information | |
| Local authority | Lower Hutt City |
| Date established | 1900s |
| Population | 1,971 (2013 [1]) |
| Facilities | |
| Train station(s) | Western Hutt Station |
| Surrounds | |
| North | Normandale |
| Northeast | Lower Hutt CBD |
| Southeast | Woburn |
| South | Ava |
| Southwest | Petone |
| Northwest | Maungaraki |
Alicetown is a central suburb of Lower Hutt located at the bottom of the North Island of New Zealand. The suburb is situated north of the major suburb of Petone and west of the Lower Hutt CBD.
Its boundaries are the Ewen Bridge that crosses the Hutt River, New Zealand to the east, the Western Hutt Rd/Melling Railway track to the west and Wakefield St/Hutt Railway track to the south.
Beginning as a farming settlement, Alicetown was settled from the early 1900s by Petone factory workers.[2]
Education
Alicetown has two schools:
- Hutt Central School is a state contributing primary (Year 1–6) school in northern Alicetown, and has 286 students as of March 2015.[3]
- Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Te Ara Whanui is a state Māori-immersion full primary (Year 1–8) school in southern Alicetown, and has 163 students as of March 2015.[3]
The nearest state intermediate (Year 7–8) school is Hutt Intermediate School, and the nearest state secondary (Year 9–13) school is Hutt Valley High School, both across the Hutt River in neighbouring Woburn.
References
- ↑ Retrieved: 25 February 2015
- ↑ Te Ara: The Encyclopaedia of New Zealand - Hutt Valley - south Retrieved: 13 January 2009
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Directory of Schools - as at 7 April 2015". New Zealand Ministry of Education. Retrieved 2015-04-08.
Coordinates: 41°12′59″S 174°53′27″E / 41.21639°S 174.89083°E