Wakefield (New Zealand)

town in New Zealand

Wakefield is a small town in the Nelson Bays region of New Zealand's South Island, 25 km south-west of Nelson. This travel guide also cover the town of Brightwater, 4 km east of Wakefield.

Understand

Get in

By car

From Nelson drive 25 km south-west through Richmond and on along State Highway 6.

  • 🌍 Caltex petrol station. (updated Oct 2019)

By bus

  • EBus (Nelson's city bus service) operates six services a day (M-F) to Richmond and Nelson.
  • Intercity Coaches operate coaches from Nelson to Greymouth, which stop (at/opposite the Caltex) in Wakefield. Four per week (Sept 2023).

Get around

See

  • 🌍 St John's Church, 120 Edward Street. The church was built in 1846 and is the second oldest surviving church in New Zealand. (updated Oct 2016)
  • 🌍 Lord Rutherford Memorial (91 Lord Rutherford Road, Brightwater). Memorial to the nuclear physicist Ernest Rutherford, 1st Baron Rutherford of Nelson (1871-1937), who was born in Brightwater. (updated Oct 2019)

Do

Buy

There is a supermarket, pharmacy and a baker.

  • 🌍 Four Square. supermarket. (updated Oct 2019)

Eat

There is a small bakery, fast food eateries, and some very nice little cafes and restaurants.

Drink

There is a pub.

Sleep

Connect

Go next

Routes through Wakefield
Blenheim ← Nelson ←  N  S  → Murchison → Greymouth


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