One of the Northern most suburbs in the Wellington City Council’s jurisdiction, Grenada Village was developed from the late 1970’s and features expansive West facing views. It has been a cul-de-sac suburb for decades after the land developers ran out of steam and cash to finish the job the started. It currently has about 350 homes and a population of around 1000 but the road running through Grenada Village was opened up in 2008 and now vehicles can get on to the motorway via the Churton Park off ramp north of Johnsonville, making it a desirable commuter suburb. This also allows access to large tracts of rolling West facing land perfect for housing Wellington’s future population growth over the coming 20 years.
Grenada Village has a small hub in Mandeville Terrace with a community hall, tennis courts, and a play park that is ideal for young school children and toddlers. There are also two sports fields in the area. Grenada Village has no shops or schooling but relies on its older brother Paparangi with its well stocked dairy, takeaways, kindy and school. Grenada Village has a proactive Community association which is rightly proud of their suburb and protective of its unique character.
Transport
Homeowners are largely reliant on their own private transport but there is a bus service that travel to and from Courtenay Place during peak periods or transfer at the Johnsonville hub to the Churton Park service to the city in off peak times. A separate school bus transfers students to and from Newlands Intermediate and Newlands College.
Seton Nossiter Park
At the Southern entrance to Grenada Village there is the lovely valley reserve complete with stream, walking track and picnic tables known as Seton Nossiter Park.
Seton Nossiter Park, named after Mr Seton Nossiter whose parents registered the first licensed dairy farm in the Ohariu/Johnsonville area in 1916. Seton Nossiter carried on the dairy farming tradition and he and his wife didn’t retire until he was 70 years old. During the years that the farm was in operation, many school children were taken on trips to visit the farm and often lambs and calves were taken in to city schools to educate the children. This is a lovely hidden jewel of a reserve and is well used by the surrounding community as a dog excercise area, jogging or walking track, and family picnic spot. If you are struggling with new places to go with the kids in the school holidays, make an effort to visit this lovely park.
New Housing
At the North end of Grenada Village, a new area of development (named by the developers as Hunters Hill) has begun which features lovely green West facing views and easy access to State Highway One via the Churton Park off ramp. An initial offering of sections was available in 2009 with further development planned in the next few years. This subdivision, now known as Hunters Hill, along with the further development of land north of Churton Park, are areas to watch as further suburban and infrastructure development will make this a vibrant and fast growing community.
There are limited section and home packages available for buying off the plans in the Hunters Hill subdivision. Email me if you would like to know more!
Links:
- See the councils website for more details regarding the Northern Growth Management Framework
