Lower Hutt
Lower Hutt is a city in the Wellington Region of New Zealand.
Lower Hutt is a city in the Wellington Region of New Zealand. Administered by the Hutt City Council, it is one of the four cities that constitute the Wellington metropolitan area.
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Worth seeing in and around Lower Hutt
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.
2.7 km · New Zealand research institute · Wikipedia - 02Hutt 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.
1 km · Sports ground in Lower Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand · Wikipedia - 03East Harbour Regional Park
East Harbour Regional Park is a regional park stretching from Baring Head along the east side of the Wellington Harbour along the east side of Eastbourne. It is located in Lower Hutt City, in the Wellington Region of New Zealand's North Island.
8.2 km · regional park in Lower Hutt, Welington · Wikipedia - 04Petone 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.
2.9 km · cricket ground in Lower Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand · Wikipedia - 05Dowse 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.
1.2 km · Lower Hutt art museum · Wikipedia - 06Petone 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.
3.4 km · local history museum in Lower Hutt, New Zealand · Wikipedia - 07Matiu / 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.
6.5 km · lighthouse in New Zealand, built 1900 · Wikipedia - 08Christ 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.
5.3 km · oldest surviving church in the Wellington region · Wikipedia - 09Belmont Regional Park
Belmont Regional Park is a regional park located between Lower Hutt and Porirua, in the Wellington Region at the southern end of New Zealand's North Island. It is administered by Wellington Regional Council.
4.6 km · regional park in Wellington, New Zealand · Wikipedia - 10Lower Hutt War Memorial Library
The Lower Hutt War Memorial Library is a building in Lower Hutt, New Zealand, that houses that city's central library. The public library system of the city of Lower Hutt identifies the library collection within the building as the "War Memorial Library".
1.4 km · public library in Lower Hutt, New Zealand · Wikipedia
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What Wikivoyage says to see
Belmont Regional Park is a great place to wander around. If you've got all day then the walk up to Belmont Trig is very tiring yet enjoyable, with outstanding views in clear weather.
- 01Dowse Art Gallery
Contemporary art from New Zealand and elsewhere.
- 02Matiu/Somes Island
Out in the middle of the harbour, this island has its share of history.
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Things to do
The Hutt River is easily accessible for most of its length. It is even able to be fished for trout - a fishing licence is required. Petone beach and especially the Eastbourne beaches are popular with swimmers and those who enjoy water sports. Lighthouse Cinema is a boutique cinema where you can watch a movie in comfortable surroundings with a nice glass of wine or a coffee.
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Where to eat
Supermarkets are found in Stokes Valley (New World), Lower Hutt Central (Countdown x2, New World, Pak'nSave), Petone (Countdown and Pak'nSave) and Wainuiomata (Countdown). Fish and chips Dennis Fish Supply; 103 Randwick Rd, Moera Moera Fish Supply; 161 Randwick Rd, Moera. For homemade chips.
- 01So Fine Seafoods
New Zealand's best fish 'n' chip shop 2008 Tom's Takeaways; 123 Randwick Rd, Moera Vegetarian Nature Vegetarian Food, 519 High St.
- 02Taste of Europe
213 Waiwhetu Rd, Fairfield.
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Getting to Lower Hutt
- Airports
- Wellington (WLG), 15 km
- Stations
- Wellington Harbour, 8.6 km · Linden railway station, 9.6 km · Tawa railway station, 9.1 km · Takapu Road railway station, 8.2 km · Waterloo railway station, 500 m
- Christchurch → Lower Hutt319 km · quickest by air, 4h 22m · NZ$150–240
- Auckland → Lower Hutt486 km · quickest by air, 5h 5m · NZ$190–300
- Queenstown → Lower HuttTrain, 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 Lower Hutt
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 Lower Hutt. 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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If you know how people move in Lower Hutt – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.
Next door to Lower Hutt
Lower Hutt is 14 km from Wellington, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Petonesuburb of Lower Hutt, New Zealand3.4 km
- Eastbournetown in New Zealand8.8 km
- Wainuiomatatown in New Zealand5.7 km
- Tawasuburb of Wellington, New Zealand9.4 km
- Avalonsuburb of Lower Hutt, New Zealand3.3 km
- Mellingsuburb of Lower Hutt, New Zealand1.7 km