Walk Details
NZ Walking Routes > Manawatu > Palmerston North > Manawatu Riverside Walkway and Bridle Track
Manawatu Riverside Walkway and Bridle Track
- Location
Access Points: Riverside Drive (off Te Matai Road), Napier Road, Ruamahunga Crescent, Ruahine Street, Ayr Place, Waterloo Crescent, Albert Street, Fitzherbert Avenue, Victoria Esplanade Drive (Esplanade access), Dittmer Drive, Buick Crescent, Maxwells Line.
Car parks (River Road, Napier Road, Ruahine Street, Fitzherbert Avenue, Palm Drive, Dittmer Drive, Maxwells Line), toilets at Fitzherbert Avenue access
- Description
Experience the ever-changing views of the Manawatu River and its surrounds on this open, flat walk which follows the River from the end of Maxwells Line through to Riverside Drive. While the entire route may not suit an evening stroll, numerous access points allow for the option of shorter walks.
Approximate Distances of walkway sections:
Paneiri Park – End of Dittmer Drive: 2.37 kilometres;
End of Dittmer Drive – Fitzherbert Avenue: 1.31 kilometres;
Fitzherbert Avenue – Albert Street: 1.69 kilometres;
Albert Street – Waterloo Crescent: 0.61 kilometres;
Waterloo Crescent – Ayr Place: 0.60 kilometres;
Ayr Place – Ruahine Street: 0.92 kilometres;
Ruahine Street – Ruamahunga Crescent: 1.10 kilometres;
Ruamahunga Crescent – Napier Road: 0.34 kilometres;
Napier Road – Riverside Drive: 0.94 kilometres- Distance
- 9.86 km
- Level
- Easy
- Source
- www.pncc.govt.nz
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