Lyttelton
Worth seeing in and around Lyttelton
7 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.
- 01Port Hills
The Port Hills are a range of hills in Canterbury Region of New Zealand, so named because they lie between the city of Christchurch and its port at Lyttelton. They are an eroded remnant of the Lyttelton volcano, which erupted millions of years ago.
2.7 km · mountain range in New Zealand · Wikipedia - 02Mount Cavendish
Mount Cavendish is located in the Port Hills, with views over Christchurch, New Zealand and Lyttelton. It is part of the crater wall of the extinct volcano that formed Lyttelton Harbour.
1.5 km · mountain in New Zealand · Wikipedia - 03Tauhinukorokio / Mount Pleasant
Tauhinukorokio / Mount Pleasant, also known just as either Mount Pleasant or Tauhinukorokio individually, is the highest elevation in the eastern Port Hills in Christchurch, New Zealand. It once held a Māori pā, but there was little left of it when European settlers first arrived in the 1840s.
1.8 km · mountain in New Zealand · Wikipedia - 04Lyttelton Road Tunnel Administration Building
The Lyttelton Road Tunnel Administration Building was built in the mid-1960s as an operational building for the Lyttelton road tunnel in Christchurch, New Zealand. The building was designed by architect Peter Beaven and is seen as significant in the development of New Zealand architecture.
2.2 km · operational Building · Wikipedia - 05Church of St Saviour
St Saviour's at Holy Trinity is an Anglican church in Lyttelton, Christchurch, New Zealand. St Saviour's Chapel was relocated from West Lyttelton to Christchurch's Cathedral Grammar School in the 1970s.
300 m · church building in Canterbury Region, New Zealand · Wikipedia - 06Stoddart Cottage
Stoddart Cottage is located in Diamond Harbour, New Zealand. Built in time for the wedding of his owner, Mark Stoddart, in February 1862, it was the birthplace of artist Margaret Stoddart.
3.2 km · heritage building · Wikipedia - 07Canterbury Pioneer Women's Memorial
The Canterbury Pioneer Women's Memorial commemorates the pioneer women of Canterbury in New Zealand. After arrival by sea in Lyttelton Harbour, early settlers had to cross the Port Hills via the Bridle Path to reach Christchurch or the Canterbury Plains.
1.3 km · New Zealand memorial · Wikipedia
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Getting to Lyttelton
- Airports
- Christchurch (CHC), 20 km
- Stations
- Lyttelton railway station, 400 m · Magazine Bay, 1.4 km · Castle Rock, 2.3 km
- Wellington → Lyttelton308 km · quickest by air, 4h 19m · NZ$150–240
- Queenstown → LytteltonTrain, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side
- Auckland → Lyttelton771 km · quickest by air, 5h 38m · NZ$230–360
- 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 Lyttelton
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 Lyttelton. 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 Lyttelton
Lyttelton is 10 km from Christchurch, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Heathcote Valleysuburb of Christchurch, New Zealand3 km
- Diamond Harboursettlement on Banks Peninsula, New Zealand3.1 km
- Te Rāpaki-o-Te Rakiwhakaputasettlement in Christchurch City, New Zealand3 km