famous road
Nilgiri Mountain Railway
A UNESCO heritage rack railway climbing through tea plantations and eucalyptus forests from Mettupalayam to the hill station of Ooty.
4 km · about 5 min drive
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Wellington
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About Wellington
Wellington is worth a stop: 10 minutes from Kērkandi, 4km from Nilgiri Mountain Railway.
Wellington is in Tamil Nadu, India, with about 20,000 people. You drive on the left here. The nearest town is Kērkandi, about 4 km away.
Wellington (Native name: Jakkatalla (Badaga)) is a town in the Nilgiris District of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, located 3 km (1.9 mi) north of Coonoor on the NH-181. The town includes the Wellington Bazaar, and the Wellington Cantonment. The Wellington Cantonment is home to The Madras Regimental Centre (MRC) andRead more
The Defence Services Staff College (DSSC). The Nilgiri passenger train passes through Wellington, which also has a railway station.
The settlement of Wellington lies immediately outside of Wellington Cantonment, which was earlier known as Jakkatalla (or Jacketallah) from the Badaga Village of that name to the north of it. In 1852, Sir Richard Armstrong, the then Commander-in-Chief, recommended that the name should be changed to Wellington in honour of the Iron Duke, who had previously evinced an interest in the establishment of a sanatorium in the Nilgiris. In 1860, Sir Charles Trevelyan held that this interesting Military Establishment could not be connected with a more appropriate name than Wellington. He, therefore, ordered that Jakkatalla Station be called henceforth Wellington.
The construction of the barracks began in 1852 and was completed in 1860, popularly known as Wellington Barracks. It assumed importance in the Station, and since February 1942 is occupied by the Madras Regimental Centre. The Wellington Barracks is now named as Srinagesh Barracks in memory of the First Indian Colonel of the Madras Regiment Gen. S.M.Srinagesh.
The native Bazaar, now known as the Cantonment Market, is away from the Barracks and is on the other side of the stream after crossing the Waterloo Bridge (commonly known as Black Bridge, a tarred wooden construction, reconstructed in March 2009, and renamed as Manekshaw Bridge in memory of Field Marshal SHFJ Manekshaw) onto NH 181.
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What is there to see near Wellington?
Within an hour or so of Wellington: Nilgiri Mountain Railway (4 km), Bandipur National Park (38 km).
Are there any good drives near Wellington?
The nearest famous roads are Nilgiri Mountain Railway and Valparai Forty Hairpin Bends.
Where is Wellington?
Wellington is in Tamil Nadu, India, about 4 km from Kērkandi.
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- Population
- 20,254
- Continent
- Asia
- Country
- India
- Region
- Tamil Nadu
- Timezone
- Asia/Kolkata
- Coordinates
- 11.3655, 76.7844
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Worth the detour from Wellington
2 notable places within an hour's drive.
national park
Bandipur National Park
A premier tiger reserve in the Nilgiri biosphere connecting Nagarhole, Mudumalai, and Wayanad forests in one of Asia's largest wildlife corridors.
38 km · about 45 min drive
Driving roads near Wellington
- Right hereNilgiri Mountain RailwayA UNESCO heritage rack railway climbing through tea plantations and eucalyptus forests from Mettupalayam to the hill station of Ooty.
- 77 kmChembra PeakThe highest peak in Wayanad at 2,100 meters featuring a heart-shaped lake near its summit, accessible by a scenic trek through tea and coffee estates.
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Tropical latitude: plan around the wet season rather than temperature.
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