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Glen Eden and Waikumete Cemetery Circuit Walk

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When I first came to live in New Zealand, I lived in Glen Eden. I had never visited Waikumete Cemetery until today. What an amazingly beautiful and fascinating place.

The Waikumete Cemetery takes up a huge area between Great North and West Coast Roads, with beautiful landscaping and fabulous trees. And there is so much history here – from the 1918 flu epidemic and the Gallipoli soldiers to the mausoleums of the wine magnates of Corbans and Nobilo. It is really worth visiting.

Part of this loop is a short bush walk where you may be lucky to hear the sounds of native birds, and even spot a rabbit dashing for cover.

The walking route is also suitable for prams/buggies and dog walkers (must be kept on leash within the cemetery grounds).

Description: A mix of level paths and steep paths/steps. Suitable for users of average fitness and mobility (with good knees). May require boots in wet weather, running shoes suitable in dry weather.
To see: Auckland City views, Waitakere Hills, trees and fauna, historical graves.
Time: approx. 60 minutes. (about 5 kms)
Start: Waikumete Road MAP

You may decide to arrive by train to Glen Eden railway station and make this a day outing.
The ‘Pumped Cafe’ at the station has good coffee and food or there is a new Columbus cafe on the corner of Oates Road/West Coast Road.

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2 thoughts on “Glen Eden and Waikumete Cemetery Circuit Walk”

  1. Hi there – love the idea of this but it doesn’t work well. Maybe you could set it up to email PDFs that can be viewed on a phone instead? It did say there would be limited download time but it locked me out after 15 mins so now I can’t view my map….

  2. Hi there Jackie.
    Thanks for the feedback.
    I am not sure that I understand. You did receive the email with the download link? And you were unable to download after 15 minutes of receiving the email with the download link?
    Once you have downloaded the map, you could email it to yourself from a computer,to be picked up on your phone if you wish.
    Cheers Helen

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