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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.
7 km · about 15 min drive
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Forrest Hill
Auckland, New Zealand · Oceania
About Forrest Hill
Forrest Hill works well as a base: 5 minutes from Rosedale, 7km from Auckland Harbour Bridge.
Forrest Hill is in Auckland, New Zealand, with about 11,000 people. You drive on the left here. The nearest town is Rosedale, about 4 km away.
Forrest Hill is a suburb located on the North Shore of Auckland, New Zealand.
Forrest Hill is under the local governance of Auckland Council. It was previously governed by the North Shore City Council, which amalgamated into Auckland Council on 1 November 2010.
Forrest Hill Road and (ultimately) the whole suburb ofRead more
Forrest Hill is named after Lt. Hugh Alexander Forrest, born in Wellington on 30 May 1893, who was killed in action on 12 October 1917, in the First Battle of Passchendaele during World War I. The Takapuna Borough Council renamed Whites Hill Road in his honour at a council meeting on 22 October 1919, and the entire area was named after the road about five decades later. Northern Forrest Hill is also known as Crown Hill.
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What is there to see near Forrest Hill?
Within an hour or so of Forrest Hill: Auckland Harbour Bridge (7 km), Sky Tower (9 km), Auckland Zoo (11 km), Muriwai Gannet Colony (30 km).
Where is Forrest Hill?
Forrest Hill is in Auckland, New Zealand, about 4 km from Rosedale.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 10,750
- Continent
- Oceania
- Country
- New Zealand
- Region
- Auckland
- Timezone
- Pacific/Auckland
- Coordinates
- -36.7645, 174.7477
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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 Forrest Hill
6 notable places within an hour's drive.
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Sky Tower
328-metre observation and telecommunications tower dominating the Auckland skyline, New Zealand's tallest man-made structure.
9 km · about 20 min drive
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Auckland Zoo
New Zealand's largest zoo with native wildlife including kiwi alongside exotic species from around the globe.
11 km · about 20 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.
30 km · about 35 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.
33 km · about 40 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.
35 km · about 40 min drive
Driving roads near Forrest Hill
- 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.
- 30 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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