Hoon Hay
Hoon Hay is an outer suburb of Christchurch, New Zealand, located at the base of the Port Hills and about 5 kilometres southwest of Cathedral Square.
Hoon Hay is an outer suburb of Christchurch, New Zealand, located at the base of the Port Hills and about 5 kilometres southwest of Cathedral Square. The area was named by Captain Wickham Talbot Harvey, a captain of the British Royal 10th Hussars, who moved to the area in 1852 and named it after the farm in Hoon, Derbyshire where he grew up. Harvey only stayed in the area for four years, before a fire destroyed his property and prompted him to return to the United Kingdom. Further fires in the following years destroyed the woodland which was on the property, including several large tōtara, causing it to be converted into farmland. Remnants of this forest remain visible in the area, including with tree stumps being discovered during flood mitigation work on the Ōpāwaho / Heathcote River.
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Worth seeing in and around Hoon Hay
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.
- 01Al Noor Mosque
The Al Noor Mosque is a Sunni mosque in the Christchurch suburb of Riccarton in New Zealand. It was built between 1983 and 1985 by the Muslim Association of Canterbury, an organisation founded in 1977 that also manages the mosque building.
3.8 km · mosque in Christchurch, New Zealand · Wikipedia - 02Hagley Oval
Hagley Oval is a cricket ground in Hagley Park in the central city of Christchurch, New Zealand. The first recorded match on the ground was in 1867, when Canterbury cricket team hosted Otago cricket team.
3.7 km · New Zealand cricket ground · Wikipedia - 03Rugby League Park
Rugby League Park is a sports stadium in Christchurch, New Zealand. It is currently known for sponsorship reasons as Apollo Projects Stadium, and non-commercially as Christchurch Stadium.
2.6 km · separate stadium also in Christchurch, and temporary home to the Crusaders of Super Rugby · Wikipedia - 04Wolfbrook Arena
Wolfbrook Arena is an indoor arena in Christchurch, New Zealand. It is located in the suburb of Addington.
2.4 km · Sporting arena in New Zealand · Wikipedia - 05Cracroft Caverns
Cracroft Caverns, also known as the Cashmere Caverns, are a series of large chambers in the hill of the Cashmere suburb of Christchurch, New Zealand. Constructed secretly during the Second World War in response to the Japanese threat, they were intended to house operational headquarters in the event of attack.
1.5 km · cave in New Zealand · Wikipedia - 06Nurses' Memorial Chapel
The Nurses' Memorial Chapel at Christchurch Hospital, New Zealand, is registered as a Category I heritage building.
3.8 km · church in Christchurch, New Zealand · Wikipedia - 07Cracroft Reserve
Cracroft Reserve is a 3.2-hectare public reserve on Cracroft Hill in the Cashmere suburb of Christchurch, New Zealand. It is situated next to the Sign of the Takahe.
2.6 km · park in Christchurch · Wikipedia - 08Centennial Park, Christchurch
Centennial Park is a public park located in the suburb of Spreydon in the southwestern part of Christchurch, New Zealand. It is bordered by Lyttelton Street to the east, Rose Street to the south, Ōpāwaho / Heathcote River to the west and Pioneer Recreation and Sport Centre to the north.
500 m · sports park · Wikipedia - 09Sign of the Takahe
The Sign of the Takahe is a neo-Gothic style historic building in Christchurch, New Zealand. It is currently leased from Christchurch City Council and run as a wedding and function venue.
2.7 km · historic manor house in Christchurch, New Zealand · Wikipedia - 10St Augustine's Church, Christchurch
St Augustine's Church is an Anglican church in Christchurch, New Zealand. It is registered as Category II by Heritage New Zealand.
2 km · New Zealand church · Wikipedia
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Getting to Hoon Hay
- Airports
- Christchurch (CHC), 11 km
- Stations
- Christchurch railway station, 3.9 km
- Wellington → Hoon Hay310 km · quickest by air, 3h 53m · NZ$140–210
- Queenstown → Hoon HayTrain, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side
- Auckland → Hoon Hay769 km · quickest by air, 5h 12m · NZ$220–330
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
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No local-transport research exists yet for Hoon Hay
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 Hoon Hay. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inThis scenic train journey can be done as a day trip.
- Get inAt Picton the Coastal Pacific connects with the Cook Strait ferries from Wellington in the North Island.
- Get inThe train departs Christchurch at 7AM and arrives in Picton at 1:15PM, connecting with the 2PM ferry to Wellington.
- Get inThe 9AM ferry from Wellington connects with the train departing Picton at 2:15PM and arriving in Christchurch at 8:30PM.
- Get aroundServices cover the whole city and areas of interest for a visitor that lie outside the central city, such as Sumner and New Brighton beaches, Lyttelton, and the Gondola.
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Next door to Hoon Hay
Hoon Hay is 4 km from Christchurch, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.