Solway, New Zealand
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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.[3] It takes its present name from Solway House built in 1877 for W. H. Donald.
Solway | |
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Coordinates: 40.959°S 175.628°E / -40.959; 175.628 | |
Country | New Zealand |
City | Masterton |
Local authority | Masterton District Council |
Area | |
• Land | 846 ha (2,091 acres) |
Population (June 2023)[2] | |
• Total | 7,030 |
Railway stations | Solway railway station |
Airports | Hood Aerodrome |
Upper Plain | Ngaumutawa | Kuripuni |
Solway
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Masterton East | |
Carterton |
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[note 1] opened in 1911.[4] 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[5] built over the Acclimatisation Society's trout hatcheries and South Park, a softball field and dog-walking area.[6]