Trentham Memorial Park
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Trentham Memorial Park is a large park and a major sport and recreation ground in Trentham, a suburb of Upper Hutt
, in the Wellington
region of New Zealand
.
The park was purchased in 1950 as Upper Hutt's Second World War memorial and covers an area of 48 hectares.
The park includes:
Upper Hutt
Upper Hutt is a satellite city of Wellington. It is New Zealand's smallest city by population, the second largest by land area. It is in Greater Wellington.-Geography:Upper Hutt is 30 km north-east of Wellington...
, in the Wellington
Wellington
Wellington is the capital city and third most populous urban area of New Zealand, although it is likely to have surpassed Christchurch due to the exodus following the Canterbury Earthquake. It is at the southwestern tip of the North Island, between Cook Strait and the Rimutaka Range...
region of New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
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The park was purchased in 1950 as Upper Hutt's Second World War memorial and covers an area of 48 hectares.
The park includes:
- Barton's BushBarton's BushBarton's Bush, in Trentham Memorial Park, is the largest remaining area of lowland mixed podocarp/broadleaf forest in the Hutt Valley of New Zealand...
– a native forest reserve. - Walking tracks.
- Barton Oval – a formal cricket oval.
- Sports grounds for cricket and rugby.
- Children's playground.
- Car park.
- Open space to hold concerts, carnivals and public dispays, (such as fireworks).