TOWN and HILLS WALKS LYTTELTON Explore Lyttelton Township and Nearby Hills and Coastline on This Mix of Walks and Tramps

TOWN AND HILLS WALKS LYTTELTON Explore Lyttelton township and nearby hills and coastline on this mix of walks and tramps

Crater Rim Choose Your Lyttelton Walk walkway is on city side of Mt. Pleasant Mt. Pleasant Mt. Cavendish, The Tors Castle Rock/ Gondola Gun Emplacements Witch Hill/ Te Tihi o Kahukura Te Upoko o Kuri- 2 Crater Rim Pioneer Women’s 4 walkway Memorial 2 4 2 2

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Key to walks Walking on formed track, Dogs permitted under Please look after Lyttelton’s environment some up and down hill, may effective control be muddy Toilets: Most routes do not have toilets. Public toilets next to 1 Coastal Walk To Pony Point Reserve Meander along the coast visiting swimming beaches. Excellent for Tramping on unformed track Lyttelton Harbour Information Centre, in Albion Square, Corsair Bay, Dogs on leads only children. Forms part of Head to Head walkway. with prolonged up and down hill Cass Bay and at the Gondola. Rubbish: Bins are generally not provided. Carry all your rubbish out 2 Urumau Loop For the nimble-footed who like scrambling up Mountain bikes not permitted Dogs prohibited with you. Check after picnicking to ensure you have not left litter, and rocks and narrow cliff paths, with magnificent vistas. pick up any left by others. Whakaraupo- Loop A stiff tramp up steep hills with great Safety is your responsibility – Plan, prepare and 3 Dogs: Respect the dog regulations applying to your chosen walk. views. Visits Whakaraupo- Reserve on Stan Helms Track and return equip yourself well. on Bridle Path. Weather can change quickly – check the forecast before departure. Keep dogs under strict control at all times. Remove all dog faeces. - Hills are colder than Lyttelton – take layered and waterproof clothing. Fires: Absolutely no fires are to be lit anywhere on walks, including Ohinehou Skyline Circuit Tramp up rugged Major – sturdy footwear and walking poles recommended. 4 Tracks slippery after rain billy boiling. Hornbrook track with fantastic views over Christchurch and No food or water available on tracks – carry food and water on longer tracks. Lyttelton. Return on Bridle Path. Cliffs and other hazards – keep children under supervision. Keep to public routes: Please keep to the routes described and do Danger of falling rocks not enter private property. 5 Nooks and Crannies Explore the nooks and crannies Keep to marked tracks and do not walk on closed tracks. Extreme that make the historical port of Lyttelton so interesting. rockfall danger still exists in places. If an earthquake occurs throw Respect biodiversity: Take care not to tread on rare plants on rocky yourself into the side of a cliff and cover your head with your pack. outcrops and leave plants and animals where you find them. Explore Lyttelton Town and Hills 1 Geology and Human History intertwine The foot routes in this brochure encourage you to explore the Banks Peninsula results from sustained volcanic activity. COASTAL WALK TO PONY POINT RESERVE historic port town of Lyttelton and its nearby hills like a local. They The first volcanic activity in Lyttelton took place between A coastal meander with views over guide you along the town’s most interesting streets to rural walking 12 and 9.7 million years ago, forming cones up to 1500m Lyttlelton Port visiting historic sites, sandy and tramping tracks, starting and finishing at the Lyttelton Harbour high. Activity then shifted to the Mt Herbert area, creating swimming beaches and ending at an Information Centre. Ripapa Island, Diamond Harbour, Church Bay and parts Info Centre – Pony Point elevated scenic reserve. Ideal for families of Quail Island, prominent features in the views from these and part of the Head to Head walkway. The map on the page above shows all the routes from a harbour 2 hours one way (4.4km) walks. The volcanic remains stood as an island, until the Naval Point – Pony Point viewpoint. The solid lines show the walking routes. These are on Directions from Information Centre: ever growing Canterbury Plain reached it 7000 years ago. 1½ hours one way. formed roads or tracks. The dashed lines show the harder tramps. Head down Oxford Street and cross Once they depart from the town streets you can expect some steep The earliest evidence of humans dates to about 1250AD and Good walking shoes Norwich Quay using the pedestrian climbs on rough, narrow tracks. comes from the bones of moa. These giant birds were an needed. crossing. Watch for trucks. Turn right onto - important source of protein for the first Maori, the Waitaha, Some hill walking. Norwich Quay, past Sutton Reserve and Choose a route that is suitable for your ability and the weather before being hunted to extinction. Waitaha were succeeded Suitable for rugged just after the tunnel roundabout, take the conditions on the day and prepare before departing using the safety by the Nga-ti Ma-moe people and eventually Nga-i Tahu. The - pushchairs. steps on your left to Te Ana Marina. information. Take this information with you when you go and use the Ma-ori name for Lyttelton, Ohinehou, derives from a Nga-ti detailed map and directions to find and follow your chosen route. Ma-moe pa- probably on a golden beach near the present- Dogs on short Follow the footpath and walk through day tunnel mouth. Te Whakaraupo-, the name of the harbour leash on beaches the Marina area. Past The Woolstore Home to a port, vibrant entertainment and café scene, many refers to the extensive raupo (reeds) that grew at its shallow 1 Dec – 1 Mar 9am – 7pm turn right, through the car park then outdoor recreation opportunities and an amazing community who head. and at all times in Pony up the steps. Turn left onto Brittan Tce are always experimenting with possibilities that abound, Lyttelton is Point. All other places When Captain Cook sailed past in 1770, he named this continuing on the footpath around to a very interesting place to visit. under effective control. volcanic land Banks Island after Joseph Banks, the Navel Point. Parking – All day parking is available in most streets except for the gentleman botanist on board his ship Endeavour. Directions from Naval Point: Park near the yacht club at the end commercial areas of Oxford and London Streets, which have time Lyttelton was proclaimed a port in 1849 a year prior to of Charlotte Jane Quay. Walk behind the yacht club and follow restrictions. the arrival of the Canterbury Association’s first four ships the little track down to the left to the Torpedo Boat Museum and Public Transport – The #28 bus runs between Papanui and Lyttelton conveying colonists to Christchurch. The town gains its Magazine Bay, and then right to the remains of Fort Erskine. through the central Christchurch bus exchange. At peak times the English name from the Association chairman, Lord Lyttelton. service extends from Lyttelton to Rapaki. See www.metroinfo.co.nz From Magazine Bay cross the grass and go up the steps along The historic importance of Lyttelton’s steep streets, timber damaged track to the main track. There is a short section that may Mountain biking – None of the routes are completely suitable for cottages, town centre and stone churches was formally be slippery at the top of the steps. At the fork in the track, go left mountain biking. See the Christchurch City Council website for recognised in 2009 when the Historic Places Trust declared on the lower track to Corsair Bay. When leaving Corsair Bay the more places where you can bike in the Lyttelton Harbour area. it one of the largest historic areas in the country. track continues above the coastline and past a tiny beach. Keep on Dogs – are permitted on all these walks. The volcanoes are extinct, but the land is still geologically the coastal track until you reach the first part of Cass Bay beach. Long Distance Routes – The coastal route and part of the active, and the newly registered historic town was severely From here, carry along the top of the cliff and then down to the Urumau Loop in this brochure forms part of the aspirational “Head damaged by a series of earthquakes commencing in main Cass Bay beach. Walk across the beach and then go up the to Head” Walkway. The aim is to eventually have a coastal path September 2010. Although the first quake measuring 7.1 concrete boat ramp. Take the path to the right of the toilets and right around the harbour. The on the Richter Scale was the largest, the town escaped follow the coastal track to the left to make a narrow and winding upland tramps incorporate relatively unscathed as the epicentre was far away on the climb up to Pony Point Reserve. Make a loop return to Cass Bay parts of the Crater Rim Canterbury Plains. However, on 22 February 2011, a 6.3 on the short and very steep path, starting at the road end of the magnitude quake centered very close to Lyttelton sent rocks Walkway – an existing long reserve. No public access past Pony Point. distance track around the tops. tumbling down the hills and many buildings, especially those made of masonry, were subsequently demolished. The crater rim also forms part of the Christchurch 360 trail. The resilient and well organised community of Lyttelton pulled together and kept going. Today it is evolving and, as The Trust exists to foster sustainable management and Lyttelton Harbour you will discover on these walks, building an exciting new conservation in partnership with others and to improve public access to assist with understanding of the environment. Information Centre history as it recovers. 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Points of Interest on Coastal Walk CYR 1 Baden Norris Reserve is named after the former Lyttelton Naval Point 9 Fort Erskine – Historic remains of coastal defences erected in Yacht Club Museum curator. 1885 when a Russian invasion was feared. 2 British Hotel – farewell dinners for Captain Scott’s 1901 10 Torpedo Boat Museum – formerly the Powder Magazine Antarctic Expedition were held here, a reminder of Lyttelton’s Building and now housing the Torpedo Boat, long buried long role as the gateway to Antarctica. on Purau Beach and relocated here in 1999. Museum open Sunday 1pm-3pm and for group bookings. Features a fantastic 3 Pilgrim’s Rock commemorates the arrival of the First Four 6 Sutton Reserve commemorates the original port and has a British Settler Ships for the Canterbury Settlement. carved pou by local carver Caine Tauwhare that represents video telling the extraordinary story. Small entrance fee. - 11 Corsair Bay was named after a whaling brigantine that drifted 4 Site of first telegraph in NZ – sent in 1862 from a building Hinehouroko, an ancestor of the first Maori who occupied - here. Ohinehou (Lyttelton). onto rocks in 1861. 12 Cass Bay is named after an early surveyor Thomas Cass. 5 Mitre Hotel was established in 1849, Canterbury’s oldest 7 Lyttelton Road Tunnel opened on 27 February 1964 and tavern. The existing Art Deco earthquake damaged building is NZ’s longest road tunnel at 1970 metres. Pedestrians and 13 Pony Point Reserve marks the boundary between Cass Bay - - is the third incarnation with the first two wooden hotels cyclists are not allowed to use the tunnel. and the Maori settlement of Rapaki. A carved pou, also by succumbing to fires in 1875 and 1926. 8 Graving Dock – the South Island’s only dry dock can be seen Caine Tauwhare, bench seats, and a grassy area overlooking the harbour-make it perfect for picnics. 2 Urumau Loop URUMAU LOOP Mt Pleasant Bluffs adio Site buildings rack 4W For the nimble-footed who like Gondola Mt Pleasant scrambling up rocks and narrow cliff Broadleaf Lane Shard rack paths. This walk has magnificent vistas WWII Gun over Whakaraupo¯/Lyttelton harbour, Emplacements 4 hour circular tramp 6.7 Sumner and Christchurch. Major km, 422 m climb. Hornbrook Crater im walkway Directions: Leaving the Lyttelton This tramp includes rack Harbour Information Centre continue Border of LPC land and steep hill climbs that are up Oxford St, past the old Lyttelton auhinuorokie Scenic on goat-like tracks and esere Gaol site. Turn right just after the is unsuitable after heavy Major playground into the driveway between rain. Beware of rock fall Hornbrook Border of Urumau the Norman Kirk Memorial Swimming esereLPC danger. esere Pool and playground and head land towards the “Community Garden” sign. At the end of this drive is the Community Garage Sale. Ascend the metal stairs and walk through the Community Garden. At the top of the garden, go through the gate, turn 4 right and then almost immediately left into Stevenson’s Steep. oster ce Urumau At the end of Stevensons Steep turn left onto Reserve Tce esere Cornwall St Community and walk along the entire front boundary of “the Catholic and Norman irk Garden Dissenters” cemetery. Follow the steps at the far end of the Memorial 3 cemetery marked “To Foster Tce”. At the top of the steps turn Swimming Pool 2 esere left into Foster Tce (which is not marked) and at the end of the ce cul-de-sac enter Urumau Reserve. Steensons Oxford St Steep Once in the reserve take the steps up to the sign and follow 1 the formed path upwards past the new plantings. Look for the Lyttelton Head to Head Walkway sign and journey up on the walking London St track that leads through an open grassy area. At the top of 2 Information the track turn left onto the 4WD track. Follow this track to the Centre end of Urumau Reserve and carry on through Lyttelton Port towards the fence line on the right of the emplacements and Watch for stinging nettle Company land (notice the sign). Follow the walking track to climb the stile. There is also a small metal lifting gate to let Look out for Ongaonga the top of the ridge. Stay left of the pine forest. Turn left and your dog through! After 150m turn left onto the shared Mt (Urtica ferox), the pick your way up the rocky ridgeline and you will soon be on a Pleasant mountain bike/walking track. formed track again. The track twists and turns its way uphill for New Zealand native some distance. You will move into Department of Conservation After passing the radio site buildings join Broadleaf Lane nettle, as you walk the tracks. It can Reserve land. (gravel road). Climb the stile and head down the road and then after about 60m turn left onto the grassy track and follow this range in size from a small young Take the steep climb up the left hand side of the prominent as it loops down towards the Summit Road. When you reach plant up to 2m tall. rock. Once above the rock take the path directly up the the Major Hornbrook Track follow this all the way down into The white hairs hill. Look for the Crater Rim Walkway sign and follow the Lyttelton. As you exit Major Hornbrook Track, turn left and orange W markers up to the remains of the World War 1 and stems give a then right onto Cornwall Road. Keep heading down to London painful sting even if you only brush against it. Illustration gun emplacements. Once you’ve explored these walk down St and follow this back to the Information Centre. Wilson Hugh 3 Points of interest along the Urumau Loop WHAKARAUPO¯ LOOP Whakaraupō Reserve: a regenerating taonga 1 Lyttelton Gaol site – the gaol was opened in 1851 and More than half the plant species found on the reserve are A bracing loop walk with great views closed in 1921. It was designed by prominent Christchurch indigenous. 114 have been identified, including remnant that takes you up through Whakaraupo¯ architect Benjamin Woolfield Mountfort. The gaol was built by patches of native forest. The reserve includes some rare, Reserve on the Stan Helms Track and the prisoners themselves and could house a maximum of 300 extremely rare and threatened native plant species including prisoners with 29 cells for female inmates. Mentally ill patients back down the historic Bridle Path. the Banks Peninsula Sun Hebe (Heliohebe lavaudiana). 2 hours circular tramp were gaoled alongside murderers, debtors and thieves until Directions: Turn right out of the 4.22 km, 300 m climb Within the reserve is a cultural Sunnyside Hospital was built in Christchurch in 1863. Seven Lyttelton Harbour Information Centre garden that aims to preserve men were hanged inside the walls between 1868 – 1918. It was This tramp includes and immediately left onto London traditional knowledge the largest gaol in the country and took prisoners from other steep hill climbs. Beware Street. At the end of London Street of harakeke (flax) and parts of New Zealand, including pacifist protestors from the of rock fall danger. carry on ahead as the road curves medicinal (rongo-a) plants. Ma-ori settlement of Parihaka in 1880. Opposite the pedestrian to the right and becomes Hawkhurst The Stan Helms Track was crossing by the gaol site is a historic house which was once Rd. As the street divides take the upper part of Hawkhurst named in memory of the the head gaoler’s (warden's) house. The gaol buildings were Rd and then turn left up the concrete steps into Flimwell Lane former Lyttelton borough and B demolished in 1922. (walkway), just after 31 Hawkhurst Rd. a e Banks Peninsula councillor. nk eb s P H eninsula Sun 2 Lyttelton Community Garden – was established by At the end of Flimwell Land, turn right onto Ticehurst Road, - Wilson Hugh Illustration Plant Life of Banks Peninsula Refer to the Ohinehou Skyline local residents in the late 1990s. It serves as a community then after 25m left onto Ticehurst Tce. Follow the signs to Circuit for information on the Bridle Path and the Pioneer gathering place to share ideas and to improve community the Bridle Path/Stan Helms Track. When you reach the Bridle Women’s Memorial. wellbeing, as well as giving people the opportunity to learn Path intersection cross directly over Harmans Rd. Walk along how to grow food and minimise waste. On leaving the Harmans Rd until you Community Garden if you look to the left you will see a blue reach the Whakaraupo Whakaraupo¯ Loop Pioneer Womens Gondola door where the hanged prisoners were taken from the gaol to Reserve, which has Memorial the cemetery. To the right of Stevensons Steep there’s a row a carved waharoa of historic gaolers’ cottages. In those days you guarded the (entrance way) made prison from work and home! by inmates of Paparua Prison for the year 2000 Bridle 3 Catholic and Dissenters Cemetery – Lyttelton has commemorations. Path two historic cemeteries (the Nooks and Crannies walk Whakaraupō esere passes through the Anglican cemetery). On this walk you Follow the path to the Entrance left of the oil pipe and icehurst ce pass the “Catholic and Dissenters” cemetery. Non-Anglican Stan Helms head up the wooden rack protestants such as Presbyterians and Methodists were limwell classified as “dissenters”. Beneath the flags are the graves steps that cross over the Lane pipeline. After a steep of those who fought in various wars. At the top of the steps Harmans d on the way up to Foster Tce there are the seven unmarked walk you’ll eventually get to the Pioneer Women’s graves of the prisoners who were hanged at Lyttelton Gaol. icehurst Memorial. You can take d 4 Urumau Reserve – was a former dairy farm gazetted a ten minute detour up as a reserve in 2005 and is named after a sacred cave that to the gondola where Bridle Path d Hawkhurst - housed the bones of Maori ancestors. The reserve now offers there is a café, shop and d. opportunities for walkers, cyclists and nature enthusiasts. toilets. To complete the Locals are gradually transforming the reserve back into a walk follow the Bridle Path temperate rain forest with targeted native plantings. Plants downhill back towards Lyttelton Information are eco-sourced from nearby southern facing Port Hills Lyttelton. At the bottom of Centre remnant growth areas. Gorse and broom sheltering the newly the Bridle Path head back planted seedlings will die out once the natives form a shade down London Street and 3 canopy. to the Lyttelton Harbour Public oilets Information Centre. - Ohinehou Skyline Circuit Christchurch 4 Gondola - Caendish OHINEHOU SKYLINE CIRCUIT Crater im Bluffs Walkway Summit d A tramp up the rugged, steep Major Caendish 4 Hornbrook Track, with fantastic views rack closed over Lyttelton/Whakaraupo¯ Harbour and ¯ 3 hour circular tramp beyond Christchurch/Otautahi to the Major 5.5 kms, 370 m climb. Southern Alps. Return via the historic Hornbrook 3 Bridle Path. rack This tramp includes Bridle Directions: Turn right out of the steep hill climbs. Path Lyttelton Harbour Information Centre Major Beware of rock fall 5 and immediately left onto London Hornbrook esere danger. Entrance Street. Walk one block till you reach Canterbury St and Albion Square. Turn right onto Canterbury St and head uphill for two blocks, then turn Somes d left onto Exeter St. After 70m turn right onto Cornwall Road and continue up the steep hill until you reach Somes Rd. Turn left, following sign to Major Hornbrook Reserve. Cornwall d Enter the Major Hornbrook Reserve and head up the hill past Exeter St regenerating native bush and remnant forest. You will steadily 2 climb uphill noticing the gondola building above. Follow the track right to the Summit Rd and take time to look at the 360 Trail information board which gives wonderful detail about places/ Bridle distances in the greater Christchurch area. Join the Crater Rim Path d walkway to the left just before the cattle stop. 1 At the split in the Crater Rim Walkway take the top path up towards the fence. Follow path straight ahead, not left onto Lyttelton mountain bike path. Go through the gate at the top. You pass Information 4 under the Gondola, which has a shop, café and toilets. To visit Centre it follow the path to the right to a door in the gondola building. Otherwise continue on the Crater Rim walkway towards the Points of interest along the O¯hinehou Skyline Circuit Pioneer Women’s Memorial (look for the pyramid shaped roof). 1 Albion Square was officially opened in November 2014. It 4 The Pioneer Women’s Memorial is a small stone Along the way is the Cavendish Bluffs lookout which has almost is the result of the community voicing the need for a civic space shelter that celebrates the early settler women who arrived in 360-degree views. Keep following the track down towards the and the earthquake rebuild providing an opportunity to create Christchurch via Lyttleton and the Port Hills in the mid-19th Summit Rd and look forward to the seating area at the Pioneer such a place. The square is named after the historic Albion Hotel century. Women’s Memorial (there is also car parking here). When you’re which existed here prior to the earthquakes, though it had not 5 The Bridle Path (named for the horses led over it by bridle) rested, follow the historic Bridle Path back down to Lyttelton. been used as a hotel for many years. The waharoa (entranceway) is a historic route taken by the first European settlers who arrived - is called “O¯ hinehouroko” after an ancestor of local Maori. by ship in Lyttelton and made their way over the hill to where they 2 Cornwall Road is named after the Cornish miners who lived would make their new homes on the Canterbury Plains. Along in this area and helped excavate the Lyttelton Rail Tunnel (1861- the Bridle Path there are old stone memorial seats dedicated to On this spot the pioneer women of Canterbury and their 1867.) Some of the original Cornish miners’ cottages can be the first four ships of the Canterbury Settlement. There is also a children rested after their climb from the Port of Lyttelton seen on Exeter, Cornwall and Somes Roads. mural at the Lyttelton end of the Bridle Path that commemorates and gazed with awe but courage upon the hills and plains of 3 Major Hornbrook Track was named after the owner of the early pioneer spirit and the resilience of the women settlers. Canterbury where they were to make their home. Canterbury’s first pub the Mitre. Inscription inside the Pioneer Women’s Memorial Lyttelton Nooks and Crannies 5 Upham ce NOOKS AND CRANNIES acksons Explore the nooks and crannies that d 3 4 make the historical port town of Cornwall Lyttelton so interesting. d 3 hour circular Directions: Turn right out of Lyttelton Bridle 4.45 kms. 2 Harbour Information Centre and head oyce St Path up Oxford St until you get to the end of 5 1 Some strenuous street 9 the cul-de-sac. Follow the concrete path climbs and uneven oelas d 6 surfaces. up the hill and then turn left up a grass 10 track into the Anglican cemetery (not 5 marked). Once inside the cemetery head left towards the big old Lyttelton pine tree. At the wide grass track turn right, continuing through 7 Norwich uay Information the cemetery. Look for the Grubb family grave on the left. Exit the 8 Centre cemetery and turn right to cross over the road past the barriers. oelas d Then turn left and, after about 20m, turn right into the gap in the fence with a gravel walkway leading down to the right (the sign on e na Marina the post says Footpath to 83). Follow this and go straight ahead up the concrete driveway. Turn right onto Cornwall Rd and then the first left onto Upham Tce. As the road loops back downhill it becomes Jacksons Rd. You will pass Keebles Lane and then a fork in Jacksons Rd where you take the lower path. Turn sharp left into Kenners Lane, down the steps and then left onto the road. At 7 Godley Quay – also has many grand old homes including the end of Coleridge Tce turn sharp right towards the Lyttelton Top Points of interest along Nooks and Crannies 1 Lyttelton Gaol Site – see Points of Interest along the Urumau number 16, former boarding school Dalcroy House. Club. Walk past the club to the end of the street. Cross London St, Loop. 8 Te Ana Marina – A new waterfront area including The veer right up to Winchester St and head up the Bridle Path. 2 Upham Clock – Dr Charles Upham, known as “the little Woolstore, presently being developed as a retail space with plans A wee way up the Bridle Path take the lower road onto Cunningham Dr” treated the poor for free and was doctor to nine male leper for food/beverages and boutique shopping. ¯ Tce. Walk the length of Cunningham Tce which curves round to the patients interned on Quail Island/Otamahua from 1906 until 1925. 9 Grubb Cottage – John Grubb arrived from Scotland in 1848, left at the end and joins Simeon Quay. Cross the road and turn left Dr Upham was much loved in Lyttelton and Upham Clock was one of the first aP-keha- settlers in Lyttelton. In July 1849, Grubb down into Voelas Rd. Walk down Voelas Rd until you reach a major built in his honour in 1951 on the old Lyttelton gaol site. along with Donald Gollan, James McNeil and Magnus and Robert junction. Cross Brittan Tce and walk down the lower part of Voelas 3 Anglican Cemetery – This cemetery contains the graves of Allan began constructing Lyttelton's first jetty. It was completed Rd. At the bottom take the steps in front of you and walk down to many Lytteltonians of note including John Grubb and Dr Charles by the end of 1849 for the arrival of the Canterbury Association’s Te Ana Marina. Walk through the carpark and head towards The Upham. There is also a Catholic and Dissenters Cemetery on the first four ships. John Grubb’s wife Mary and three children arrived Woolstore. Take some time to get near the waters edge to enjoy the Urumau Loop walk. on one of these ships, the Charlotte Jane. John Grubb built sights and sounds of the marina. Once you’ve walked the length of 4 Jacksons Road – Lyttelton Harbour used to supply produce “Grubb Cottage” at 61 London Street in 1851. the Woolstore follow the signs and footpath up to Norwich Quay via to Christchurch and Jackson’s Road passes through one of the 10 Town Centre buildings – After a great fire in 1870 destroyed Sutton Quay. original orchards areas. Look out for heritage fruit trees. all the wooden buildings in the block bounded by Oxford, London, 5 Lyttelton Top Club – is a community built and owned facility Canterbury Streets and Norwich Quay many were rebuilt in brick, From Norwich Quay cross to the east of the bus stop and on the site of an old dance hall. Cottages from the 1880s can be only to fall down during the 2010/2011 earthquakes. In the west- continue up Dublin St. Turn right onto London St and pass historic seen opposite it in Dublin Street. end of the town the original wooden buildings survived and are Grubb Cottage – open to the public on Saturdays. 6 Cunningham Terrace – has many historic houses including now being repaired and restored. Finish your walk with a relaxing stop at one of the cafes or bars in number 2, built in 1874 for grain merchant and landowner Peter London St and enjoy exploring its unique shops. Cunningham. Copyright Rod Donald Banks Peninsula Trust Brochures 2021. supplied in A4 printable format for private use only, not for public sale, reproduction or further electronic circulation. Steve Pearce Illustrations.