Grenada North
Grenada North is a small suburb in northern Wellington, New Zealand.
Grenada North is a small suburb in northern Wellington, New Zealand. It is 5 km south of Porirua's city centre, and 13 km north of Wellington's city centre. Its western boundary is formed by State Highway 1 and Takapu Road. The suburb itself was named after Grenada in the Caribbean, and most streets are named after Caribbean islands.
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Worth seeing in and around Grenada North
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01GNS Science
GNS Science, officially registered as the Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences Limited, is a New Zealand Crown Research Institute. It focuses on geology, geophysics, and nuclear science.
7.4 km · New Zealand research institute · Wikipedia - 02Mount Kaukau
Mount Kaukau is a large hill in the northern suburbs of Wellington, New Zealand near Johnsonville, Khandallah and Ngaio. The summit is 445 m above sea level and is the most visible high point in the Wellington landscape further accentuated by Wellington's main television transmitter mast, which stands 122 m from the summit.
7.2 km · mountain in New Zealand · Wikipedia - 03Hutt Recreation Ground
The Hutt Recreation Ground is a football, cricket, athletics and rugby union ground in Lower Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand. The grounds are owned by the Hutt City Council and managed for them by Downer.
5.7 km · Sports ground in Lower Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand · Wikipedia - 04Petone Settlers Museum
Petone Settlers Museum is a local history museum located in the Wellington Provincial Centennial Memorial, a historic building in Petone, Lower Hutt, New Zealand. The building was originally constructed to mark the Wellington province's centennial commemorations; the museum opened in the building in 1977.
5.1 km · local history museum in Lower Hutt, New Zealand · Wikipedia - 05Petone Recreation Ground
Petone Recreation Ground is a cricket ground in Lower Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand. The first recorded match held on the ground came in 1951 when Hutt Valley played Wanganui in the 1950/51 Hawke Cup.
4.8 km · cricket ground in Lower Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand · Wikipedia - 06Christ Church, Taitā
Christ Church is a heritage-listed Anglican church located in Taitā, Lower Hutt in the Wellington region of New Zealand. The church is the oldest surviving church in the Wellington region.
9.6 km · oldest surviving church in the Wellington region · Wikipedia - 07Dowse Art Museum
The Dowse Art Museum is a municipal art gallery in Lower Hutt, New Zealand. Opened in 1971 in the Lower Hutt CBD, the Dowse occupies a stand-alone building adjacent to other municipal facilities.
5.4 km · Lower Hutt art museum · Wikipedia - 08Matiu / Somes Island Lighthouse
The Matiu / Somes Island lighthouse is a harbour navigation light located in Wellington Harbour, New Zealand. It is a sector light, operating from the southern end of Matiu / Somes Island to mark a safe approach through the harbour navigation channel.
7.8 km · lighthouse in New Zealand, built 1900 · Wikipedia - 09Pātaka Art + Museum
Pātaka Museum of Arts and Cultures, often stylised as Pātaka Art + Museum, is a municipal museum and art gallery in Porirua City, New Zealand. Te Marae o Te Umu Kai o Hau is the name of the building where Pātaka is located and opened in 1998.
6.6 km · municipal museum and art gallery in Porirua, New Zealand · Wikipedia - 10Aotea Lagoon
Aotea Lagoon is an urban park, containing an artificial salt water lagoon, in Porirua, New Zealand. The lagoon was originally a bay on the Onepoto arm of Te Awarua-o-Porirua Harbour.
8 km · urban park in Porirua, New Zealand · Wikipedia
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Getting to Grenada North
- Airports
- Wellington (WLG), 15 km
- Stations
- Wellington Harbour, 8.5 km · Simla Crescent railway station, 8 km · Khandallah railway station, 7.3 km · Awarua Street railway station, 8.6 km · Box Hill railway station, 7.7 km
- Christchurch → Grenada North317 km · quickest by air, 4h 22m · NZ$150–240
- Auckland → Grenada North483 km · quickest by air, 5h 5m · NZ$190–300
- Queenstown → Grenada NorthTrain, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Grenada North
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Grenada North. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inThere are regular ferries between Wellington and Picton in the South Island operated by Interislander and Bluebridge, connecting with buses and the train to Christchurch.
- Get inHitchhiking from central Wellington is difficult as most traffic stays within the metropolitan area, and it is illegal to hitchhike on the motorway until the Hutt Valley (about 15 km or 9 mi northeast of Wellington) or Ōtaki (about 65 km or 40 mi north).
- Get inIf you are intending to hitchhike, you are best to catch a train to Waikanae or Upper Hutt and walk to the main highways to catch a lift from there (the best spot for Upper Hutt hitchhikers is at the Caltex petrol station about a 3 km walk north from the railway station along Fergusson Drive).
- Get aroundWellington has an extensive and well-patronised public transport network, with buses, trains and ferries serving the city and beyond extending into the Greater Wellington region.
- Get aroundThe Kelburn cable car is a Wellington icon.
From Wikivoyage: Wellington, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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Next door to Grenada North
Grenada North is 12 km from Wellington, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Lower Huttcity in the Wellington Region of New Zealand6.6 km
- Poriruacity in New Zealand6.4 km
- Petonesuburb of Lower Hutt, New Zealand4.7 km
- Khandallahsuburb of Wellington, New Zealand7.7 km
- Tawasuburb of Wellington, New Zealand3.1 km
- Ngaiosuburb of Wellington, New Zealand8.9 km