New Zealand, Derby

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New Zealand
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Cobden Street, New Zealand
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Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town DERBY
Postcode district DE22
Dialling code 01332
Police Derbyshire
Fire Derbyshire
Ambulance East Midlands
UK Parliament
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Derbyshire

New Zealand is an inner-city suburb of Derby in Derbyshire, England. It is surrounded by the Mackworth Estate, Rowditch and The West End suburbs. New Zealand also incorporates an area called the Morley Estate.

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It is named after a farm belonging to the Chandos-Pole family which formerly stood in this area of Derby. The farm was originally named to commemorate the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840, which established a British Government in New Zealand. [1]

New Zealand's boundaries are Uttoxeter Old Road to Ashbourne Road/Friargate then Ashbourne Road to Markeaton Island/A38 then Markeaton Island/A38 to A38/Kingsway then A38/Kingsway to Brackensdale Bridge/Lyttleton Street then Lyttleton Street to Cheviot Street then Cheviot Street to Slack Lane and finally Slack Lane to Uttoxeter Old Road.

There is the New Zealand Area Centre (the Lonny Wilsoncroft Centre) on Campion Street/Stepping Lane.

Education and schools

The area has one primary school Ashgate school whose main vehicular entrance is on Frederick Street but can also be accessed on foot from Ashourne Road and also one nursery Ashgate nursery, which is located on the corner of Stepping Lane and Ashbourne Road and Fowler Street and Stepping Lane.

The former Waggon and Horses on Ashbourne Road before it was closed WaggonAndHorsesNewZealandDerby.jpg
The former Waggon and Horses on Ashbourne Road before it was closed

Places of worship

Recreation grounds - public parks

Notable residents

References and notes

  1. "Why is Derby home to California, New Zealand and Dunkirk?". Derbyshire Telegraph. 19 February 2017. Retrieved 25 April 2017.
  2. "St.Barnabas Church Derby" . Retrieved 19 May 2014.
  3. "Derby Born star of The Archers Patricia Greene". Derbyshire Life. Archant Community Meida. 19 May 2011. Retrieved 12 April 2016.

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