Clyde Quay Boat Harbour Heritage Area

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Image: WCC, 2011
Image: WCC, 2011
Image: WCC, 2012

Image: WCC, 2014

Boat Sheds 2 - 13 (Image: WCC - Charles Collins, 2015)
Boat Sheds 2 - 13 (Image: WCC - Charles Collins, 2015)
Sheds 14-27 (Image: WCC, 2005)

Boat Sheds 14-27 (Image: WCC, 2005)

Boat Sheds 38 - 49 (Image: WCC, 2015)
Boat Sheds 38 - 49 (Image: WCC, 2015)
Image: WCC - Charles Collins, 2015

Coene Sheds (Image: WCC - Charles Collins, 2015)

Image: WCC - Charles Collins, 2015

Coene Sheds, cradle and slipway (Image: WCC - Charles Collins, 2015)

Slipway and Cradle (Image: WCC, 2014)
Slipway and Cradle (Image: WCC, 2014)
Image: WCC - Charles Collins, 2015

Royal Port Nicholson Yacht Club (Clubhouse). Image: WCC - Charles Collins, 2016

Former Clubhouse, Royal Port Nicholson Yacht Club (Image: WCC - Charles Collins, 2015)
Former Clubhouse, Royal Port Nicholson Yacht Club (Image: WCC - Charles Collins, 2015)
The former Te Aro Sailing Club Sheds (Image: WCC - Charles Collins, 2015)
The former Te Aro Sailing Club Sheds (Image: WCC - Charles Collins, 2015)
Typical flight of steps (Image: WCC, 2014)
Typical flight of steps (Image: WCC, 2014)
West Seawall (Herd Street). Image: WCC, 2014
West Seawall (Herd Street). Image: WCC, 2014
East Seawall (Freyberg Pool). Image: WCC, 2014
East Seawall (Freyberg Pool). Image: WCC, 2014
Concrete Hard (Image:WCC, 2014)
Concrete Hard (Image:WCC, 2014)
Derrick (Image: WCC, 2014)
Derrick (Image: WCC, 2014)
Decking and Bollards (Image: WCC, 2014)
Decking and Bollards (Image: WCC, 2014)
Inner and Outer Breakwater, 1902 & 1904 (Image: WCC, 2014)
Inner and Outer Breakwater, 1902 & 1904 (Image: WCC, 2014)

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  • Clyde Quay Boat Harbour was formed in 1901-04 after land was reclaimed at the intersection of Clyde Quay and Oriental Parade. It originally consisted of a mini-harbour, with sea walls on three sides and partly flanking breakwaters to protect the moorings. Over time, sets of boatsheds (1905 and 1922) and a collection of other buildings, clubrooms and larger sheds were built. The biggest single intervention tool place during World War II when it was placed at the disposal of American marines and a hospital (now the Royal Port Nicholson Yacht Club clubrooms) and other structures were erected. The harbour has primarily been the home of the RPNYC and other clubs and private boat owners who have leased the sheds for well over a century.

    Located on Wellington’s inner harbour beneath the hills of Mount Victoria and under the watchful gaze of St Gerard’s Monastery, the boat harbour is constrained between the Freyberg Pool to the east and the modern Clyde Quay Wharf apartments to the west. It is made up of a varied collection of structures and objects, including the distinctive arrays of small boatsheds on its landward side.


Last updated: 5/10/2023 11:29:23 PM