CJ Wellington Metropolitan Region

Update 4
A Brief Overview of the Metropolitan Region
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Wellington Peninsula
The peninsula extends out of the mainland into Gulf St Vincent and forms a significant part of the region's character and urban design. The shape of the peninsula has influenced Wellington's growth and development since the 18th Century.

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Central Business District
The CBD is the beating heart of Wellington Metropolitan Region. This was the same location when Wellington was first settled in the late 1700s and has transformed into a dense, vibrant and busy Central Business District for the metropolitan region. This area alone has 16 skyscrapers over 125 metres tall.

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Wellington University
UoW was established in 1784 at the original location on Mary Street in CBD until it was relocated to the current location in the early 1820s. UoW is one of the highest ranking universities in the world. The central campus is located approximately 2 kilometres southeast from the CBD, in Randwick, and is home to approximately 66,000 students.

Map References:
A - University House (built in 1824)
B - Chancellory Buildings (built in 1880)
C - Great Court
D - School of Medicine
E - School of Law
F - School of Architecture and Planning
G - School of Education
H - School of Science (includes all strands/pathways of Science)
I - Technical Manufacturing Centre
J - University Arts Centre and Gallery (UACG)
K - School of Geology and the Environment
L - Centre of Historical and Natural Museum
M - Wellington University Sports and Aquatic Centre
N - University Central Students Dormitory Tower
O - School of Technology
P - School of Business and Commerce
Q - School of Economics
R - School of Languages
CP1/CP2 - Multistorey car park building (8 storeys)

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Elephant Rock
A monolith rock, named Elephant Rock, is a remnant of an ancient volcano which is now extinct. The Rock is now a major tourist attraction because it offers beautiful 360 degree view at the summit as well as other activities including rockclimbing, abseiling, gliding or quick parachuting (from the summit). The rock is located between much famed Brighton Beach and Clontarf Beach.

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Wellington Stadium Precinct
The Stadium Precinct is one of the newest and largest urban renewal project in the region. It was completed in 2018. It consists of three separate developments - 70,000 seat Wellington Stadium, Margaret Turner Hospital and the Precinct transit oriented development. This precinct alone has three train stations within the immediate vicinity as well as two underground bus rapid transit stations. This urban renewal project is located on what was once abandoned railway depot and train manufacturing warehouses.

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Newmarket
Newmarket is one of many inner-city suburbs located within 5 kilometres from CBD. It is home to many cafes, boutique stores and shopping centres as well as some office buildings. Newmarket is now in midst of gentrification and urban renewal because the land price in Newmarket was considerably cheap right up until mid 2010s.

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Kings Cross
Kings Cross, often called as "the Cross" by locals, was seen as very rundown, derelict and unattractive until the early 2000s when it was gentrified and completely transformed into a vibrant district. During the day, the Cross is a very popular place for people to come together for a coffee, brunch and shop, however, during the night, everyone goes out nightclubbing. Kings Cross has the most nightclubs, bars and 24/7 convenience stores in the whole metropolitan region.

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Newtown
This area is located just about 1.5 kilometres north of Kings Cross, on the same road. Newtown is a hip area full of culture, different communities, shops, cafes and it has a lot of art galleries! This is one of the suburbs a light rail could go through soon.

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Flemington
A yet another dense inner-city suburb, Flemington is home to the Wellington Showgrounds and Races. Every year Flemington Park hosts the Wellington Cup (a famous horse racing event) as well as the Royal Wellington Show which is basically an agricultural show but with rides, showbags and all different kinds of food. Everything happens right there on the Showgrounds.

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Croydon
Croydon is a major satellite city centre located 12 kilometres northwest of Wellington CBD. In the past 5 years, Croydon has become very competitive with the CBD and Stockport for new development and office space. Croydon also has the second largest train station in the metropolitan region - servicing four metropolitan commuter train lines from Wellington Central station.

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Stockport
As you can see, the Stockport area is not completed yet in game but let's just ignore that. Stockport is basically second to Wellington for the business, finance and services sector with many different office buildings, glass skyscrapers and apartment towers. Since the 1800s, Stockport was home to the largest seaport and warehousing district for international shipping services but that went through a gradual decline in the 1970s. Stockport is home to two major train stations - Queen Street station and High Street station as well as a large underground bus rapid transit terminal. The area is also home to the University of Stockport (built in 1831), a rival university to the University of Wellington. If you ask locals what exactly makes Stockport different, and better, than Wellington - they would say that Stockport has trams. When Wellington dismantled their tramway network in 1969, Stockport retained theirs and they still use the same network today.

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Northwestern suburbs
In this image, you can see a couple of northwestern suburbs such as Aberfoyle, North Weald, Epping and Ongar. These suburbs are located nearly 20 kilometres northwest of the CBD - past Croydon.

Which area is your favourite?