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Southward Car Museum
One of the Southern Hemisphere's largest collections with over 400 vehicles spanning a century of motoring.
49 km · about 55 min drive
OceaniaNew ZealandWellington Region
Solway
Wellington Region, New Zealand · Oceania
About Solway
Solway sits on the route: 5 minutes from Masterton, 49km from Southward Car Museum.
Solway is in Wellington Region, New Zealand, with about 7,400 people. You drive on the left here. The nearest town is Masterton, about 4 km away.
Solway is an old-established residential suburb near the Waingawa River in the south-western part of Masterton, the principal town in the Wairarapa Valley of New Zealand's North Island. It was a small part of Manaia run on which Masterton is built. It takes its present name from Solway House built in 1877 for W. H.Read more
Donald.
Solway College, a Presbyterian girls' boarding school, was established in Solway House in 1916 but Solway's central feature remains the near-moribund Masterton Agricultural & Pastoral Association's Solway Showgrounds opened in 1911. A Wairarapa Farmers Market for artisan produce is held under the grandstand each Saturday morning.
Solway also has several parks and reserves, including the Masterton Trust Lands Trust's Millennium Reserve built over the Acclimatisation Society's trout hatcheries and South Park, a softball field and dog-walking area.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is there to see near Solway?
Within an hour or so of Solway: Southward Car Museum (49 km), Castlepoint Lighthouse (53 km).
Are there any good drives near Solway?
The nearest famous roads are Queen Charlotte Drive.
Where is Solway?
Solway is in Wellington Region, New Zealand, about 4 km from Masterton.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 7,430
- Continent
- Oceania
- Country
- New Zealand
- Region
- Wellington Region
- Timezone
- Pacific/Auckland
- Coordinates
- -40.9583, 175.6102
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Worth the detour from Solway
2 notable places within an hour's drive.
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Castlepoint Lighthouse
Lighthouse on a reef-backed headland on the Wairarapa coast, reached by a 68 km sealed road east from Masterton.
53 km · about 60 min drive
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- 78 kmMount Victoria Lookout, Wellington196 m summit lookout reached by a sealed road above central Wellington, giving a panorama of the harbour and Cook Strait.
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