The best 5 km runs in Wellington City
The best scoring runs in Wellington City at each distance, one per district. The running page has every district.
The top 10, drawn in full Where the other runs on the running page start
- 1 From Houghton Bay - near Cave Road4.2 km, 77 m up
- 2 From Evans Bay Parade at Belvedere Road7.0 km, 251 m up
- 3 From Oriel Avenue (near 112) (stopping area)5.1 km, 272 m up
- 4 From Box Hill5.4 km, 348 m up
- 5 From The Terrace at Bolton Street (near 22)3.4 km, 130 m up
- 6 From Roseneath Shops6.7 km, 243 m up
- 7 From Rintoul Street at Blythe Street3.6 km, 180 m up
- 8 From Oriental Parade (near 328)7.7 km, 247 m up
- 9 From Taranaki Street (near 274)6.5 km, 174 m up
- 10 From Wellington Girls College (school stop)5.9 km, 288 m up
The best 20 km rides in Wellington City
We tested a ride from a station in every 3 km square of Wellington City then rode 20 km, 60 km and 100 km from the best of them and kept the best stations at each distance. These are their best scoring rides.
Running by district
We tested a run from 1,402 stations across Wellington City and kept up to 10 of the best in each district, 155 in all. How we pick the starts
- Wilton
- Crofton Downs
- Ngaio
- Northland
- Wadestown
- Thorndon
- Kaiwharawhara
- Wellington Central
- Pipitea
- Khandallah
- Kelburn
- Karori
- Aro Valley
- Te Aro
- Broadmeadows
- Oriental Bay
- Mount Cook
- Brooklyn
- Mount Victoria
- Johnsonville
- Roseneath
- Vogeltown
- Newlands
- Hataitai
- Newtown
- Churton Park
- Mornington
- Paparangi
- Kingston
- Kilbirnie
- Maupuia
- Berhampore
- Melrose
- Glenside
- Karaka Bay
- Island Bay
- Miramar
- Rongotai
- Southgate
- Lyall Bay
- Houghton Bay
- Seatoun
- Ōwhiro Bay
- Strathmore Park
- Tawa
Running in parks and forests
Cycling by station
We tested 20 stations, one in each 3 km square of Wellington City. These 4 start the best rides, each distance keeping its own. No two at one distance are within 6 km of each other, so they spread across the city.