Mitchelltown School site

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The Mitchelltown School site off-leash area is a tiny patch of grass beside Aro Street in Wellington.

Quick Info

  • A tiny, flat grassy area
  • Beside a busy road
  • Park on the road (Coupon Parking) or in the area with spaces for about 5 cars beside the park.

Table of Contents

  1. Quick Info
  2. Access
  3. Facilities
  4. Description
  5. Terrain
  6. Delights
  7. Dangers
  8. Cautions
  9. Road access
  10. Location
  11. Map
  12. Photo album

Access for wheelchairs, and pushchairs

  • Yes. There’s a small slope at the bus stop end of the park.

Facilities

  • Rubbish bin: yes — at the bus stop beside the park.
  • Toilets: no
  • Seats: yes. There are a couple of seats beside the bus stop.
  • There is a drinking fountain by the bus stop.
  • Lighting at night: unknown. If you can help with this detail please leave a comment below.

Description

Mitchelltown School site off-leash area is off Aro Street, Aro Valley, in Wellington, New Zealand. It’s close to the corner of Holloway Road.

The Mitchelltown School site off-leash area.

The Mitchelltown School site off-leash area. This photo makes it look bigger than it is.

The Mitchelltown School site off-leash area is a tiny, roughly triangular patch of grass beside Aro Street, on the corner with Holloway Road. It can be muddy.

This is area #27 on the City Council map: Mitchelltown School site (103Kb PDF).

Terrain

  • A small off-leash area
  • Grassy
  • Flat
  • Water: yes. There’s a drain or stream at the back of the area.
  • Beside a fairly busy road.

Delights

  • Convenient for local residents.

Dangers

  • Right beside a fairly busy road, with no barriers.

Cautions

  • There are poison warning signs nearby

Road access

This off-leash area is at the corner of Aro Street and Holloway Road.

See page 2 of this post for a photo album.

Location (see the map)

  • Latitude: -41° 17′ 39.24″ (-41.294233)
  • Longitude: +174° 45′ 41.23″ (174.761453)

Map

See [Mitchelltown School site on Google Maps.]

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Steven January 21, 2010 at 06:59 13

The Central All Breeds Dog Training School is above this area it is fully fenced and now has an all weather “astro turf” type surface which can be used by the public anytime that the club is not taking classes…. See the attached website for how to get to it!

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Miraz January 21, 2010 at 07:22 07

Thanks for that Steven. It’s generous of CABDTS to allow the public to use their grounds.

http://cadts.wellington.net.nz/

Nice to know it’s fully fenced too!

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