Aro Valley
Aro Valley is the inner-city valley suburb of Wellington five minutes from Cuba Street, with 1890s cottages, a bakery since 1989, a brewery on Aro Street and the bush at the end of every road.
Why people love it here
Aro Valley is the closest thing Wellington has to a village inside the city. Aro Street runs the length of it, with the bakery, the cafe, the fish and chip shop and the superette in a row, and Garage Project brewing at number 68 with the taproom across the road.
The houses are the reason people fall for it. Workers' cottages and villas from the 1890s and 1900s, painted every colour, on streets that climb the valley sides. Small sections, big character, and a community that has looked after all of it for a long time.
The community centre at 48 Aro Street runs the Aro Fair and the Arolympics, Aro Park has the playground, and Te Aro School sits at the mouth of the valley on The Terrace.
At the top end the valley turns into Waimapihi Reserve, with walking and mountain-bike tracks up to the Zealandia fence and over to Brooklyn and Karori. Cuba Street is a ten-minute walk the other way.
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Aro Valley, counted
Stats NZ figures for the statistical area Aro Valley, Place summaries. Population is the estimated resident population; the rest are the 2023 Census. Licensed CC BY 4.0.
The best of Aro Valley
Every pick checked against its own listing on 13 September 2026.
What you can buy here
The valley cottage
Two bedrooms, a front verandah on the street, and a garden up the back. The house Aro Valley is known for.
The villa on the slope
Up the side streets, a storey taller, with the valley in the front windows.
The renovated home
A cottage opened up at the back, insulated and warm, on the same small section.
Bakery, brewery, bush
The strip
Arobake, Aro Cafe and Garage Project within a hundred metres of each other on Aro Street.
The reserve
Waimapihi at the top of the valley, with tracks to the sanctuary fence, Brooklyn and Karori.
What people ask about Aro Valley
Where is Aro Valley?
Aro Valley runs west from The Terrace in central Wellington towards Waimapihi Reserve, about 1.5 km from Lambton Quay, below Kelburn and Highbury.
How far is Aro Valley from Wellington's city centre?
Cuba Street is a ten-minute walk down Aro Street, and Lambton Quay is about 1.5 km away.
What is Aro Valley known for?
Its painted workers' cottages, Arobake, Garage Project's brewery, the Aro Fair and the Polhill tracks in Waimapihi Reserve.
What kind of homes are in Aro Valley?
Workers' cottages and villas from the 1890s and 1900s on small sections, many renovated, on the valley floor and the slopes either side.
What schools are in Aro Valley?
Te Aro School is at the mouth of the valley on The Terrace, and Wellington High School, Wellington College, Wellington Girls' College and Wellington East Girls' College are the zoned secondaries.
How many properties has Jason Lange sold in Aro Valley?
4 properties, from my own sale records, counting every title once. Every one is on the results page with its address. See them→
4 properties I have sold in Aro Valley
From my own sale records, read 17 September 2026. Sale prices are not published here.
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