GREYTOWN
Greytown is not your ordinary small
town in the Wairarapa. Greytown is also a commute town, and Greytown
is again also on the Wellington weekend café set. Bu Greytown is
unique in that this town is a class act. So much so the Greytown is
not a place you pass through. Greytown is a place you go to.
Greytown was first settled in 1854 under the Small
Farms Association Settlement Scheme and was named after Governor Sir
George Grey, who arranged for the land to be bought from local Maori.
The town is
proud of its history, claiming to have the most complete main street
of Victorian architecture in the country, and of being New Zealand's
first planned inland town. It certainly has played these assets up,
today creating a revival largely based on its architecture. Retailers
like the butcher have reversed their 1970s street frontage and
reverted to a more Victorian one, and this type of improvement is
increasingly apparent.
All/any street
side advertising must be discreet and meet the agreed statndards.ie
there are no bill boards in Greytown.
The Cobblestones
Museum a regional history museum, is located on Greytown's Main
Street, and contains several Historic Places Trust category II
buildings.
The Greytown
Hotel, that has heritage protection, claims to be one of New Zealand's
oldest surviving hotels. The hotel has been recently renovated and the
accommodation suites are a delight to observe. The hotel management
has clearly and successfully targeted the Wellington ‘let’s get away
for the weekend set’.     
  
The
Greytown War Memorial is represented at the gates of the Memorial
Park.

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