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Marfell

Marfell is a suburb of New Plymouth, in the western North Island of New Zealand.

The place

Marfell is a suburb of New Plymouth, in the western North Island of New Zealand. It is located to the southwest of the city centre. The Mangaotuku Stream runs past Marfell.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Marfell

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.

  1. 01
    Yarrow Stadium

    Stadium Taranaki is a sports stadium in New Plymouth, in the Taranaki Region of New Zealand. The stadium is situated in the central suburb of Westown.

    1.7 km · New Zealand rugby stadium · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Pukekura Park

    Pukekura Park is a Garden of National Significance, covering 52 hectares in the heart of New Plymouth, Taranaki, in New Zealand.

    3.1 km · botanic garden and park in New Plymouth, New Zealand · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Govett-Brewster Art Gallery/Len Lye Centre

    The Govett-Brewster Art Gallery is a contemporary art museum at New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand. The gallery receives core funding from the New Plymouth District Council.

    2.7 km · art museum in New Plymouth, New Zealand · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Wind Wand

    The Wind Wand is a 48-metre-tall kinetic sculpture located in New Plymouth, New Zealand. The sculpture includes a 45-metre-long tube of red fibreglass, and was made to designs by artist Len Lye.

    3.1 km · sculpture by Len Lye · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Puke Ariki

    Puke Ariki is a combined museum and library at New Plymouth, New Zealand, which opened in June 2003. It is an amalgamation of the New Plymouth Public Library and the Taranaki Museum.

    3 km · museum, library and information centre in New Plymouth, New Zealand · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Richmond Cottage

    Richmond Cottage from New Plymouth, New Zealand, a typical residence of the first Taranaki settlers, is one of the heritage buildings of the city, registered by Heritage New Zealand as a Category 1 Historic Place. The building is an early pioneering cottage, associated with the initial period of European settlement in New Plymouth.

    3 km · New Zealand heritage building · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Roebuck House

    Roebuck House from New Plymouth, New Zealand, is a two-storey historic commercial building, originally built in 1937–1938 to house the offices and printing works of the Taranaki Daily News. Located on the corner of Powderham Street and Currie Street, it is recognized as a Category 2 historic place by Heritage New Zealand.

    3.1 km · building in New Plymouth · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    Bates House

    Bates House from New Plymouth, New Zealand is a Category 2 heritage building registered by Heritage New Zealand, located at 124 Pendarves Street, New Plymouth Central. Originally built as a small cottage, it was extensively redesigned and rebuilt in 1921–1924 by its owner, the local architect Thomas Herbert Bates, to serve as his personal residence.

    4 km · heritage house in New Plymouth, New Zealand · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    King Building

    The King Building, also known as King's Building, in New Plymouth, New Zealand, is a Category 2 historic landmark, registered by Heritage New Zealand. Completed in November 1927 for Newton King Limited and named after the founder of the company, Newton King, the building is recognised for its unique Spanish Mission architectural style with Northern Italian details, a design chosen specifically to suit New Plymouth's climatic conditions.

    3 km · historic building in New Plymouth · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    Pridham Hall (New Plymouth Boys High School)

    Pridham Hall, long time the main building of New Plymouth Boys' High School, was named after the first headmaster of the school, Ernest Pridham, a Master of Arts graduate from Dublin. The Hall is one of the historic buildings in New Plymouth, New Zealand, registered by Heritage New Zealand as a Category 1 Historic Place.

    3.8 km · historic building in New Plymouth, New Zealand · Wikipedia

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Go there

Getting to Marfell

Airports
Auckland (AKL), 238 km · Wellington (WLG), 259 km
Stations
Port Taranaki, 2.9 km
  • Auckland → Marfell
    255 km · quickest by road, 6h 7m · NZ$50–70
  • Wellington → Marfell
    254 km · quickest by road, 6h 11m · NZ$50–65
  • Christchurch → Marfell
    510 km · quickest by road, 16h 35m · NZ$110–150
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Marfell

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 Marfell. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    Milford Sound / PiopiotahiNZ

    8 ways of moving, 32 sources

    802 km
  2. 02
    Bruny IslandAU

    11 ways of moving, 24 sources

    2,278 km
  3. 03
    K'gari (formerly Fraser Island)AU

    8 ways of moving, 31 sources

    2,490 km
  4. 04
    Kangaroo IslandAU

    9 ways of moving, 17 sources

    3,249 km
  5. 05
    AitutakiCK

    8 ways of moving, 30 sources

    3,373 km

If you know how people move in Marfell – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.

Around it

Next door to Marfell

  • New Plymouthcity of New Zealand in Taranaki Region3.1 km
  • Omatalocality in New Zealand3.1 km
  • Brooklandssuburb of New Plymouth, New Zealand3.1 km
  • Lynmouthsuburb of New Plymouth, New Zealand1.3 km
  • Spotswoodsuburb of New Plymouth, New Zealand1.3 km
  • Westownsuburb of New Plymouth, New Zealand1 km