Newmarket Heritage Walk
Newmarket, on the fringe of Auckland's CBD, has undergone a series transformations to emerge as Auckland's premier retail precinct. Once sale yards for livestock and a major manufacturing and warehousing centre, Newmarket has successfully styled itself as Auckland's fashion capital and a thriving commercial hub.
This 2.7km walk takes in examples of heritage buildings between the 1850s and the 1960s and concludes at Highwic, one of Auckland's treasured historic homes.
Walk Details
Time: Allow 1.5 hours
Level of Difficulty: This walk is mostly over level ground, with a hill climb to Highwic at the finish.
Parking: There's plenty of paid parking in Newmarket, including a public car park accessed from Davis Crescent at the North end of Lumsden Green.
Train Stations: Newmarket Station is located on Remuera Road.
Bus: Many buses travel through Newmarket including the Link bus.
Walk Highlights
Lumsden Green
Olympic Pools
Transformed industrial buildings
Modern sculptures
Highwic
Walk route
Newmarket is a 2.7km walk. It starts at Lumsden Green at the corner of Khyber Pass Road and Broadway and finishes at Highwic on Gillies Avenue. The map below 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
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 Newmarket.
Podcast
Download a podcast of the walk developed by our walk leaders, Roger Cole-Baker and Dr. Liz Probert. The podcast is 25 minutes long. Follow the directions and pause the recording as you walk between points of interest. This podcast was prepared on behalf of The Village Square Trust (formerly Parnell Trust).
Our Walk Leaders
Roger Cole-Baker
Roger Cole-Baker is a passionate Parnell resident. As a busy accountant, he finds time to be very involved in local organisations including Parnell Trust as Trustee, and Parnell Community Committee. Roger developed this Newmarket walk and has led these walks for a number of years.
Liz Probert
Dr Liz Probert worked in schools as a trained teacher librarian before taking up an academic position in the Faculty of Education at the University of Auckland. A foundation committee member of the Internet Society of New Zealand, Liz has presented workshops and seminars at many conferences here and overseas, and contributed to advisory groups in the area of ICT and learning and information literacy. Now, among other activities, she is enjoying volunteer work at the Auckland War Memorial Museum.
A resident of Parnell, Liz was a Parnell Trust Trustee for four years from 2006 to 2010. During this time she became a volunteer heritage walk leader. The Newmarket walk is one of her favourites.
This walk is brought to you by The Village Square Trust, with generous support from ASB Community Trust.
