Boulcott

Boulcott
Suburb
Boulcott's Farm Heritage Golf Club makes up a large area of the Boulcott suburb.
Boulcott's Farm Heritage Golf Club makes up a large area of the Boulcott suburb.
Map
Coordinates: 41°12′13″S 174°55′18″E / 41.203616°S 174.921551°E / -41.203616; 174.921551
CountryNew Zealand
CityLower Hutt City
Local authorityHutt City Council
Electoral wardCentral
Area
[1]
 • Land158 ha (390 acres)
Population
 (June 2024)[2]
 • Total
2,830
HospitalsHutt Hospital, Boulcott Hospital
Belmont Avalon
Tirohanga
Boulcott
 Epuni
Lower Hutt CBD

Boulcott is a central suburb of Lower Hutt, in the Wellington Region of New Zealand. The suburb lies about a kilometre north-east of the Lower Hutt CBD.

Boulcott takes its name from Almon Boulcott (1815–1880), who farmed in the area in the 1840s.[3] His father, John Ellerker Boulcott (1784–1855), was a director of the New Zealand Company.[4]Armed conflict took place in the area at Boulcott's Farm in 1846 during the Hutt Valley Campaign.

Two Lower Hutt hospitals; Hutt Hospital and Boulcott Hospital, lie in Boulcott.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Area was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Aotearoa Data Explorer". Statistics New Zealand. Retrieved 26 October 2024.
  3. ^ Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand - Hutt Valley - central and west Retrieved: 10 January 2009
  4. ^ Louis E. Ward (1928), Early Wellington, Auckland, Whitcombe and Toombs [1]