Bolton Street Cemetery
Bolton Street Cemetery
4.5
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
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9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Tuesday
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Wednesday
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Thursday
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Friday
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
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PRMCMUNN
Upper Hutt, New Zealand91 contributions
Mar 2021
Recommend. Very worthwhile experience to wander through any of the many trails. Beautifully kept walkways lead through to Botanic gardens. Always find new points of interest, truly shows the heritage of our city.
Written 19 March 2021
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StaceyCheer
Arapuni, New Zealand161 contributions
Feb 2020
We had gone up the Cable Car and walked back down the hill though the botanic gardens. We were walking back down town and going through this historic cemetery was a nice, unexpected, bonus. Lovingly maintained, these graves are a nice bit of history and a pleasant scenic way to walk back to the city.
Written 9 February 2020
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rpOreNZ
Auckland Central, New Zealand96 contributions
Feb 2020
Passed by this place on the way to the city from the Rose Garden. It’s a unique walk, a place where early settlers have been buried. If one has relative/ancestor, maybe worth exploring, but for tourists, it’s just another cemetery.
Written 8 February 2020
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Tim K
110 contributions
Mar 2023
This is an original cemetery with lots of monuments, i.e. rich folks, but planted on side of a hill so makes for a nice walk through. The weird thing is a highway through the middle, but nice pedestrian bridge over it. Also of some interest is division by religions.
Written 1 April 2023
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Summerasalifestyle
Malibu, CA3,609 contributions
Apr 2023 • Solo
A cemetery is always humbling—no matter how simple or ornate the headstone, they always age and fade. It’s the first cemetery in Wellington. Walkable from hotels downtown.
Great midway on a walk up to botanical gardens.
Great midway on a walk up to botanical gardens.
Written 1 April 2023
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Montybeel
Christchurch, New Zealand71 contributions
Sept 2015 • Couples
This old cemetery is a cool place. home to many notary founding families and the city fathers, there is a little bit of interesting history here for every one - trust me. Beautifully maintained gardens you would be confused thinking you were still in the Botanic Gardens which is located nearby. The Bolton cemetery provides guides to graves of interest, outlining brief family stories, I am not a New Zealander but it was still very interesting. Take the time to sit on one of the frequent seats and take in the ambient surrounds. Most stunning of all is the huge Seddon Memorial that attempts to overshadow Nelsons Column from London's Trafalgar Square.
To access the Bolton cemetery easily, catch the cable car to the Kelburn Station, then you could have tea in the nearby tea rooms and take a visit to the cable car museum. From there, head down hill via the Botanic Gardens, making sure to keep a map on hand to guide you past the Rose Garden on the Far LHS. This track will drop you right into the Cemetery front gate. You will know you are there. Take a pleasurable stroll through the cemetery. When you think you are at the end,head off over the highway, which divides the cemetery, to the complete the walk on the city side. From here it is an easy walk to the Parliamentary buildings - The Beehive. Take the easy opportunity to do a Tour.We thoroughly enjoyed the time we spent doing this great half day walk.
To access the Bolton cemetery easily, catch the cable car to the Kelburn Station, then you could have tea in the nearby tea rooms and take a visit to the cable car museum. From there, head down hill via the Botanic Gardens, making sure to keep a map on hand to guide you past the Rose Garden on the Far LHS. This track will drop you right into the Cemetery front gate. You will know you are there. Take a pleasurable stroll through the cemetery. When you think you are at the end,head off over the highway, which divides the cemetery, to the complete the walk on the city side. From here it is an easy walk to the Parliamentary buildings - The Beehive. Take the easy opportunity to do a Tour.We thoroughly enjoyed the time we spent doing this great half day walk.
Written 30 September 2015
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John and Les C
New Plymouth, New Zealand407 contributions
Oct 2020
Just across the road from the Sofitel Hotel - one of the oldest graveyards in Wellington - interesting to stroll around.
Written 26 October 2020
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Ny trees
Buffalo, NY1,323 contributions
Feb 2020 • Couples
Some very old headstone highlights the people of Wellington. Beautiful majestic tree line the the path through.
Written 27 February 2020
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Julia K
Wollongong, Australia348 contributions
Apr 2019 • Couples
This cemetery is tucked away next to the motorway but looks absolutely beautiful. Well maintained with a couple of old timber buildings
Written 15 April 2019
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Dream828821
34 contributions
Oct 2018 • Couples
This place is well worth a visit,tucked away at the bottom of Bolton street.It is very peaceful and serene,the graves date way back to the early eighteen hundreds.Visit the chapel when you first arrive to get the history.
Written 24 October 2018
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