Heritage Walk - Grafton — the village square trust

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Grafton Heritage Walk

Perhaps best known for its bridge, the suburb of Grafton extends from Symonds Street to the Domain and out towards Mt Eden. Take in one of Auckland's most significant cemeteries and find out the history of Grafton heritage buildings, both residential and public.

Walk through on of New Zealand’s oldest suburbs and hear about some of Grafton’s residential and public heritage buildings and its illustrious residents.

Walk Details

Time: Allow 2 hours
Level of Difficulty: Level of Difficulty: With the exception of a few stairs into the cemetery, this is an easy level walk. The walk traverses Grafton Bridge, which is a busy public transport conduit from 7am to 7pm.
Meet Christiane Pracht on the footpath outside the Cordis Hotel, 83 Symonds Street, Auckland Central

Walk Highlights

Symonds Street Cemetery and Governor Hobson's grave
Grafton Bridge
Auckland University Medical School
Auckland Domain entrance
Outhwaite Park
Residential Grafton

Walk route

The Village Square Trust’s Grafton Heritage Walk is a 2.2km walk. It starts at the Cordis Hotel at 83 Symonds Street and finishes on the Parnell side of Grafton Bridge. The map below shows the walk route and the highlights visited along the way. The map shows the walk route and the highlights visited along the way.

Download and print a map of the walk to take with you.

Use Google Maps on your walk

Follow the map route on your mobile phone using this map - click here

Podcast

Download a podcast of the walk developed by our walk leader, Christiane Pracht. The podcast is 26 minutes long. Follow the directions and pause the recording as you walk between points of interest.

The podcast of this walk is available on Soundcloud here. Download the walk to your computer or mobile phone from the Download button in the Soundcloud widget above. You can play the walk directly from your mobile device using Soundcloud's Mobile App.

Find out more

Once you've done this walk, you'll probably want to find out more about the interesting places and people you've heard of along the way. Here are some links to help you continue your exploration of Grafton.