famous road
Baldwin Street
Dunedin's famously vertiginous suburban street, long certified by Guinness as the world's steepest at a 35% gradient: a quirky bucket-list detour for any South Island road trip.
4 km · about 5 min drive
Otago, New Zealand · Oceania
Waverley works well as a base: 5 minutes from Saint Kilda, 4km from Baldwin Street.
Waverley is a town located in Otago, New Zealand. With a population of 2,780, it is an important destination in Oceania.
On a road trip, Waverley sits in New Zealand, where you drive on the left. It's in the Pacific/Auckland time zone. Below you'll find where to stay, things to do nearby, and everything you need to add Waverley to your route.
Waverley is a suburb of the New Zealand city of Dunedin. It was named after Sir Walter Scott's novel Waverley, first novel in a series known as the Waverley Novels, among the most popular and widely read English-language novels of the 19th century. Waverley is located at the start of the Otago Peninsula, 2.4Read more
kilometres (1.5 mi) southeast of the city centre, on a rise overlooking the Otago Harbour to the north.
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Waverley is located in Otago, New Zealand, Oceania. The coordinates are -45.8824 latitude, 170.5391 longitude.
Waverley has a population of approximately 2,780 people, making it a town in New Zealand.
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famous road
Dunedin's famously vertiginous suburban street, long certified by Guinness as the world's steepest at a 35% gradient: a quirky bucket-list detour for any South Island road trip.
4 km · about 5 min drive
castle
1871 Gothic Revival mansion on the Otago Peninsula, New Zealand's only castle, with gardens and views over Otago Harbour.
7 km · about 15 min drive
photogenic
A hand-cut sandstone tunnel commissioned in the 1870s descends through the cliff to a hidden cove with a sea arch and stacks, south of Dunedin. A steep 20-minute walk down.
8 km · about 15 min drive
beach
A steep dune descent on the Otago Peninsula leads to a beach where New Zealand sea lions haul out and yellow-eyed penguins come ashore at dusk, watched from a DOC hide.
9 km · about 15 min drive
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