Riverhead Mill - Visit

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Riverhead Mill

SITE TO VISIT
Riverhead Mill
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Site type: Industrial site
Where: Head of the Waitemata Harbour 30 minutes from Auckland central.
How to get there: Car
How Long to allow: 15 minutes
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<googlemap lat="-36.754427" lon="174.596851" zoom="17"> -36.758665, 174.59224, Riverhead, New Zealand -36.754995, 174.597001, Riverhead Mill </googlemap>

What: Paper mill on the site of earlier timber and then four mill. Originally water powered - a wheel pit it the most obvious feature along with the wharf alongside the river. Interpretation signs. Where: At Riverhead on SH 18 on the west side of the river south of the highway bridge. Google Earth

Web Info:

How to get there: Take SH16 from the city (the northwest motorway) and take the turnoff to the right to Riverhead. Half an hour from Auckland

How long to allow: 15 minutes

What else to do there: Wineries, country cafes, hot pools at Parakai, Helensville heritage township, Muriwai Beach (gannet colony).

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