Stoke, New Zealand


Stoke is a suburb of Nelson in New Zealand, located between Richmond and Tahunanui. In 2013 its population was 17,163. Stoke was named by William Songer, the personal servant of Arthur Wakefield, after his birthplace Stoke-by-Nayland in Suffolk.
In 2010 it was voted the "Keep New Zealand Beautiful People's Choice Best Place in New Zealand".
A group of streets in Stoke, between Main Road Stoke and Nayland Road, are named after famous literary figures: Kipling, Tennyson, Keats, Shelley, Marlowe, Browning, Dickens, Homer and Coleridge.

Facilities

Saxton's Field is an outdoor sports ground with softball, cricket, football, and hockey fields, a court for netball and an archery programme.
Saxtons' Stadium is a home of indoor sports such as futsal, handball, table tennis and volleyball, and the home of the basketball team Nelson Giants.
Isel Park is an historic park and house, which form part of the legacy left by the Marsden family of Stoke. It includes the Isel Park research facility which is part of the Nelson Provincial Museum.
The Stoke Hand sculpture is located outside Stoke library.

Education

Stoke School is a co-educational state primary school for Year 1 to 6 students/ It has a roll of as of.
Nelson Christian Academy is a co-educational private Christian primary school for Year 1 to 8 students. It has a roll of.
Local high schools include Nayland College, a state school in Nayland, and Garin College, a Catholic school in Richmond.