Greymouth

Greymouth is the heart of the West Coast region of New Zealand's South Island. Wikivoyage

Population 8,170 (Wikidata)

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Before you go

Emergency numbers in New Zealand

• 111AnyAll emergencies

Visas and entry What your passport needs for New Zealand

Getting there

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Best-documented sights

All of them in the guide

• History House Museum · 340 m
• Left Bank Art Gallery Gallery · 360 m
• Greymouth Sth African War memorial Memorial · 810 m
• Pounamu Pathway - Māwhera Attraction · 280 m
• Railway Q wagons Monument · 350 m
• Mawhera Quay Viewpoint · 360 m
• WW2 Memorial Monument · 760 m

Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.

Through the year

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1. Point Elizabeth Trail

   April, September

   This bush track connecting Rapahoe, just north of Greymouth, to a northerly "suburb" of Greymouth, on the north side of the river, was an old water race built by 19th-century miners.

   Official site

Annual events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage (Greymouth); descriptions from Wikipedia where it has one, photos from Wikimedia Commons. Dates move year to year — check before you plan around one.

Eating nearby

• Chicken 1
• Pizza 1
• Indian 1
• Burger 1

All 6 places to eat

Somewhere to run

• Coal River Heritage Park 260 m across 390 m
• Dixon Park 420 m across 870 m
• McLean Park 590 m across 1.2 km
• Nimmo Park 330 m across 670 m

Getting around

• Greymouth 590 m

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