Heritage walks
Sixteen places close to the front door.
Duo Cafe, our breakfast partner, is across the street. Bike hire is about 70 metres away, Clyde's restaurants and cafes are close by, and Lake Dunstan is an easy walk from the home.
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1
Across street
1 min
Breakfast partner
Duo Cafe
Our breakfast partner directly across the street from the home. Easy morning coffee, brunch, or a relaxed start before the trails.
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2
70 m
1 min
Trail pickup
Bike hire
Bike hire is close enough for an easy pickup before the Rail Trail or Lake Dunstan Trail, without needing to move the car.
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3
3 min
3 min
Local coffee
Three Peaks Coffee
A good coffee stop a few minutes further through the village, useful when you are already wandering Sunderland Street.
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4
40 m
50 sec
Built 1869 · Heritage NZ Category 1
Olivers
Yorkshire merchant Benjamin Naylor built it as a general store for the diggings. Fleur Sullivan reopened it as a restaurant in 1977. Today it is one of Clyde's best-known places for dinner.
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5
55 m
1 min
Cellar 1863, building 1898 · Category 2
Dunstan House
A hotel site from 1863, rebuilt in schist after the 1898 fire, with the original cellar still intact. Today it has a bar, bistro and accommodation.
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6
80 m
1 min
Built 1900 · Category 2
The Old Post Office
Local schist with the original red post-office windows. It served as Clyde's post office until the 1990s and now runs as a restaurant, bar and garden with historic charm.
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7
120 m
1.5 min
1869 and 1874 · Category 2
Town Hall and Athenaeum
Two adjoining classical buildings. The Town Hall has a four-pillar Doric portico, and the Athenaeum next door has Corinthian pilasters.
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8
220 m
3 min
Built 1864
Clyde Courthouse
Locally-quarried schist, the oldest public building on the street. The Briar Herb Factory Museum is a few doors down (afternoons only, closed in winter; the Council is rebuilding it as the new Clyde Historical Museum).
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9
400 m
5 min
Trail opened 2000 · last train 1990
Otago Central Rail Trail trailhead
Western terminus of New Zealand's first rail trail. 152 km of compacted gravel east to Middlemarch, on the bed of the Victorian branch line. Trail Journeys and Bike It Now! both rent here and will deliver to the door.
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10
400 m
5 min
Opened 2021
Lake Dunstan Cycle Trail trailhead
A separate Great Ride that starts near the Rail Trail. It runs 41 km north along the gorge to Cromwell, with cantilevered sections on the schist cliffs.
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11
600 m
8 min
Féraud's name on the street
Monte Christo Café
Carries the name of the Frenchman who planted the South Island's first commercial vines in 1864. The cafe is on Sunderland Street, with the original vineyard site a little further up Springvale Road.
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12
900 m
12 min
Built 1979-1992
Clyde Dam lookout
A gentle uphill walk from the home. The lookout gives a clear view of New Zealand's largest concrete gravity dam.
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13
1.2 km
15 min
Lake formed 1992-93
Lake Dunstan foreshore
Flat path along the water. First swim point on a hot afternoon, slow loop on a slow morning. Same lake the Lake Dunstan Trail rides north to Cromwell.
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14
1.5 km
18 min
Last train: 30 April 1990
Clyde railhead marker
The marker shows where the last passenger railcar left before the line closed and later became part of the rail trail story.
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15
5 km
5 min by car
Built 1920s · Category 1
Earnscleugh Castle
A short drive west of the village. Earnscleugh Castle is a major heritage landmark and a natural part of a Clyde visit.
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16
4 min drive
Springvale Rd
Historic Féraud winery site
Monte Christo Winery
A short drive from the village on Springvale Road, tied to the Féraud wine story and useful for a local Central Otago wine stop.
A printed map of the street sits on the kitchen bench when you arrive. What's open in the season you've come, and what to walk past on the way back.