Alicetown

Alicetown is a central suburb of Lower Hutt located at the bottom of the North Island of New Zealand. The suburb is situated north of the major suburb of Petone and west of the Lower Hutt CBD.Its boundaries are the Ewen Bridge that crosses the Hutt River, New Zealand to the east, the Western Hutt Rd/Melling Railway track to the west, Wakefield St/Hutt Railway track to the south and Railway Ave to the north.Beginning as a farming settlement, Alicetown was settled from the early 1900s by Petone factory workers.EducationAlicetown has two schools: Hutt Central School is a state contributing primary school in northern Alicetown, and has students as of Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Te Ara Whanui is a state Māori-immersion full primary school in southern Alicetown, and has students as of The nearest state intermediate school is Hutt Intermediate School, and the nearest state secondary school is Hutt Valley High School, both across the Hutt River in neighbouring Woburn.