The Chingford Stables are located in North East Valley

North East Valley

North East Valley is a suburb of the New Zealand city of Dunedin.-Geography and demographics:...

, Dunedin, New Zealand. The stables are now used for both private and public functions, and listed as a Category I Historic Place.

History

The stables were built for P.C. Neill in 1880 . The stables housed Dunedin's business men's horses. The building is constructed of basalt

Basalt

Basalt is a common extrusive volcanic rock. It is usually grey to black and fine-grained due to rapid cooling of lava at the surface of a planet. It may be porphyritic containing larger crystals in a fine matrix, or vesicular, or frothy scoria. Unweathered basalt is black or grey...

. The stables no longer houses horses but is used for a venue for private and public events.

Location

The stables are located in Chingford Park which is named after the stables. Chingford Park hosts the Leith Valley Harrier

Cross country running

Cross country running is a sport in which people run a race on open-air courses over natural terrain. The course, typically long, may include surfaces of grass and earth, pass through woodlands and open country, and include hills, flat ground and sometimes gravel road...

 Club, the Dunedin Archery

Archery

Archery is the art, practice, or skill of propelling arrows with the use of a bow, from Latin arcus. Archery has historically been used for hunting and combat; in modern times, however, its main use is that of a recreational activity...

 Club, a children's playground

Playground

A playground or play area is a place with a specific design for children be able to play there. It may be indoors but is typically outdoors...

, and a permanent orienteering

Orienteering

Orienteering is a family of sports that requires navigational skills using a map and compass to navigate from point to point in diverse and usually unfamiliar terrain, and normally moving at speed. Participants are given a topographical map, usually a specially prepared orienteering map, which they...

 course. This area was once Neill's property . Lindsay Creek

Lindsay Creek

The Lindsay Creek is a tributary of the Water of Leith which runs through the northern suburbs of Dunedin, New Zealand. The Māori name for the creek, now rarely used, is Puke-haukea....

, a small stream which runs the length of North East Valley, runs through the park.

External links

• Historic buildings of Dunedin