film location
Weta Workshop, Miramar, Wellington
The effects house behind Middle-earth; its Wellington workshop tour displays original props, weapons and creature designs.
19 km · about 20 min drive
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Stokes Valley
Wellington Region, New Zealand · Oceania
About Stokes Valley
Stokes Valley is worth a stop: 5 minutes from Silverstream, 20km from Mount Victoria Lookout, Wellington.
Stokes Valley is in Wellington Region, New Zealand, with about 11,000 people. You drive on the left here. The nearest town is Silverstream, about 4 km away.
Stokes Valley, a major suburb of the city of Lower Hutt in the North Island of New Zealand, lies at the edge of the city, seven kilometres northeast of the city centre. It occupies the valley of a small tributary of the Hutt River, called Stokes Valley Stream, which flows north to meet the main river close to theRead more
Taitā Gorge. Stokes Valley takes its name from Robert Stokes, who formed part of the original survey team of 1840 commissioned to plan the city at Thorndon in Wellington.
Stokes Valley comprises a suburb in its own valley, physically separated from the rest of Lower Hutt. It is surrounded on all sides by densely forested hills.
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What is there to see near Stokes Valley?
Within an hour or so of Stokes Valley: Weta Workshop, Miramar, Wellington (19 km), Mount Victoria Lookout, Wellington (20 km), Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (21 km), Southward Car Museum (32 km).
Are there any good drives near Stokes Valley?
The nearest famous roads are Queen Charlotte Drive.
Where is Stokes Valley?
Stokes Valley is in Wellington Region, New Zealand, about 4 km from Silverstream.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 10,770
- Continent
- Oceania
- Country
- New Zealand
- Region
- Wellington Region
- Timezone
- Pacific/Auckland
- Coordinates
- -41.1783, 174.9802
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Many rural bridges are single-lane. Give way as signed.
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Worth the detour from Stokes Valley
5 notable places within an hour's drive.
scenic viewpoint
Mount Victoria Lookout, Wellington
196 m summit lookout reached by a sealed road above central Wellington, giving a panorama of the harbour and Cook Strait.
20 km · about 25 min drive
museum
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
New Zealand's bold national museum, renowned for its interactive exhibits, Maori taonga, and a colossal squid specimen.
21 km · about 25 min drive
museum
Southward Car Museum
One of the Southern Hemisphere's largest collections with over 400 vehicles spanning a century of motoring.
32 km · about 35 min drive
film location
Putangirua Pinnacles (Paths of the Dead)
The eroded badland spires on the Wairarapa coast are the Dimholt Road approach to the Paths of the Dead in Return of the King.
37 km · about 40 min drive
Driving roads near Stokes Valley
- 20 kmMount Victoria Lookout, Wellington196 m summit lookout reached by a sealed road above central Wellington, giving a panorama of the harbour and Cook Strait.
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