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 Melling
East 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, Wakefield St/Hutt Railway track to the south and Railway Ave to the north.

Beginning as a farming settlement, Alicetown was settled from the early 1900s by Petone factory workers.[2]

Education

Alicetown has two schools:

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

  1. Retrieved: 25 February 2015
  2. Te Ara: The Encyclopaedia of New Zealand - Hutt Valley - south Retrieved: 13 January 2009
  3. 1 2 "Directory of Schools - as at 2 August 2017". New Zealand Ministry of Education. Retrieved 2 August 2017.

Coordinates: 41°12′59″S 174°53′27″E / 41.21639°S 174.89083°E / -41.21639; 174.89083

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