Watlington

Worth seeing in and around Watlington

6 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
   Sacred Heart Basilica, Timaru

   The Sacred Heart Basilica or Timaru Basilica, is a Catholic church in Timaru, New Zealand. The term basilica is used to describe the building's Roman basilican style.

   1.4 km · church in South Canterbury, New Zealand · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Aorangi Oval

   Aorangi Oval is a cricket ground in Timaru, South Canterbury, New Zealand, situated on Morgans Road in the suburb of Gleniti. It is a part of Aorangi Park, South Canterbury's major sporting complex, which includes facilities for several outdoor sports and the Southern Trust Events Centre for indoor sports.

   2.5 km · cricket ground in Timaru · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Aigantighe Art Gallery

   Aigantighe Art Gallery is an art gallery located in Timaru, New Zealand. It was established in 1956 and holds the South Island's third-largest public art museum collection.

   1.1 km · art museum in Timaru, New Zealand · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Alpine Energy Stadium

   Alpine Energy Stadium, originally called Fraser Park, is a sports stadium in Timaru, New Zealand. It is currently used mostly for rugby union matches.

   400 m · sports stadium in Timaru, New Zealand · Wikipedia
5. 05
   St Mary's Church

   St Mary's Church is a heritage-listed Anglican church located in Timaru, in the Canterbury region on the South Island of New Zealand. One of the defining landmarks in Timaru, the present church was built in three stages in 1880, consecrated in 1886, with the distinct tower added in 1910.

   1.7 km · church building in Timaru, New Zealand · Wikipedia
6. 06
   South Canterbury Museum

   South Canterbury Museum is a museum located in Timaru, New Zealand and owned by the Timaru District Council. Its collections include natural history specimens, Māori artefacts, European settlement and recent social history and documentary history.

   1.7 km · museum in Timaru, New Zealand · Wikipedia

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Getting to Watlington

Airports

Christchurch (CHC), 145 km · Queenstown (ZQN), 208 km

• Christchurch → Watlington

  148 km · quickest by road, 2h 55m · NZ$23–31
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• Queenstown → Watlington

  Train, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side
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• Wellington → Watlington

  451 km · quickest by air, 10h 9m · NZ$300–450
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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 Watlington. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

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