Kingsley Heights is a suburb of the city of
Upper Hutt
Upper Hutt ( mi, Te Awa Kairangi ki Uta) is a city in the Wellington Region of New Zealand and one of the four cities that constitute the Wellington metropolitan area.
Geography
The Upper Hutt city centre lies approximately 26 km north- ...
, located in the lower
North Island
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of
New Zealand
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. The suburb stands on a hill east of and overlooking the city centre, but has also started expanding into an adjacent valley.
All of the street names in the suburb have a British royalty theme. One example is King Charles Drive, the only road leading into the suburb, which is named after
Charles II of England
Charles II (29 May 1630 – 6 February 1685) was King of Scotland from 1649 until 1651, and King of England, Scotland and Ireland from the 1660 Restoration of the monarchy until his death in 1685.
Charles II was the eldest surviving child o ...
.
This suburb houses drinking-water storage tanks for Upper Hutt.
Demographics
Kingsley Heights is included in the
Upper Hutt Central statistical area.
References
Suburbs of Upper Hutt
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