Welbourn, New Zealand

Welbourn
Suburb
New Plymouth Boys' High School
New Plymouth Boys' High School
Map
Coordinates: 39°4′10″S 174°5′31″E / 39.06944°S 174.09194°E / -39.06944; 174.09194
CountryNew Zealand
CityNew Plymouth
Local authorityNew Plymouth District Council
Electoral ward
  • Kaitake-Ngāmotu General Ward
  • Kōhanga Moa General Ward
  • Te Purutanga Mauri Pūmanawa Māori Ward
Area
[1]
 • Land687 ha (1,698 acres)
Population
 (June 2024)[2]
 • Total
3,640
New Plymouth Central Strandon Merrilands
Brooklands
Welbourn
Brooklands Highlands Park

Welbourn (often misspelled Welbourne) is a suburb of New Plymouth, in the western North Island of New Zealand. It is located to the southeast of the city centre. Te Henui Stream runs through the suburb and State Highway 3 forms its western boundary.[3]

The suburb began as a railway settlement.[4]

  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. ^ North Island Provincial Town Maps (5th ed.). Wises Maps. pp. 91, 93.
  4. ^ Murdoch, Janet (2007). "The Railway Leads to Welbourn" (PDF).