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Auckland Harbour Bridge
The eight-lane icon spanning Waitematā Harbour since 1959, carrying SH1 into downtown Auckland with skyline and gulf views: thrill-seekers can climb it or bungy jump off it.
5 km · about 10 min drive
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Birkdale
Auckland, New Zealand · Oceania
About Birkdale
Birkdale works well as a base: 10 minutes from North Shore, 5km from Auckland Harbour Bridge.
Birkdale is in Auckland, New Zealand, with about 9,700 people. You drive on the left here. The nearest town is North Shore, about 4 km away.
Birkdale is a suburb of the contiguous Auckland metropolitan area located in New Zealand. Originally called Parkview, comprising the area from Balmain Rd to the Birkdale (now Beach Haven) wharf, it was renamed Birkdale at a meeting of the Birkenhead Borough Council in 1889, after the suburb of Birkenhead in England ofRead more
the same name. It now comprises statistical area units such as 'Birkdale North' and 'Birkdale South'. The suburb is located in the North Shore area, to the Northwest of Birkenhead, and is under the governance of Auckland Council.
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What is there to see near Birkdale?
Within an hour or so of Birkdale: Auckland Harbour Bridge (5 km), Auckland Zoo (7 km), Sky Tower (8 km), Muriwai Gannet Colony (25 km).
Where is Birkdale?
Birkdale is in Auckland, New Zealand, about 4 km from North Shore.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 9,710
- Continent
- Oceania
- Country
- New Zealand
- Region
- Auckland
- Timezone
- Pacific/Auckland
- Coordinates
- -36.7972, 174.7046
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Essential numbers in New Zealand
Many rural bridges are single-lane. Give way as signed.
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Worth the detour from Birkdale
6 notable places within an hour's drive.
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Auckland Zoo
New Zealand's largest zoo with native wildlife including kiwi alongside exotic species from around the globe.
7 km · about 15 min drive
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Sky Tower
328-metre observation and telecommunications tower dominating the Auckland skyline, New Zealand's tallest man-made structure.
8 km · about 15 min drive
scenic viewpoint
Muriwai Gannet Colony
Around 1,200 pairs of Australasian gannets nest on a cliff shelf and sea stack west of Auckland, with viewing platforms placed metres from the birds. Occupied roughly August to March.
25 km · about 30 min drive
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Piha Beach
Auckland's wild west coast surf beach, dominated by the iconic Lion Rock and powerful black-sand breakers.
27 km · about 30 min drive
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Karekare Beach
A vast black-sand beach beneath the Waitakere Ranges, where The Piano was filmed, with a waterfall in the bush behind the car park. Wilder and emptier than neighbouring Piha.
30 km · about 35 min drive
Driving roads near Birkdale
- Right hereAuckland Harbour BridgeThe eight-lane icon spanning Waitematā Harbour since 1959, carrying SH1 into downtown Auckland with skyline and gulf views: thrill-seekers can climb it or bungy jump off it.
- 25 kmMuriwai Gannet ColonyAround 1,200 pairs of Australasian gannets nest on a cliff shelf and sea stack west of Auckland, with viewing platforms placed metres from the birds. Occupied roughly August to March.
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