Richmond & surrounds
Richmond Plains Winery
Conveniently close to so many of our region’s outdoor experience highlights, Richmond is also a bustling shopping and popular indoor entertainment location.
However, it also has the area’s best indoor pool complex and the largest shopping centre in the top of the South. It is only minutes away from Nelson City but has its own unique character and microclimate. Many of Tasman’s best wineries and fruit growers are situated on the outskirts of Richmond, and the nearby Appleby area is internationally famous for its real fruit ice cream and boysenberry crop, which holds the title as the largest in the world.
During the summer months, berry farms open their gates to visitors, and many families head out in search of the perfect toppings for their Christmas pavlovas.
Local artisan products such as chocolate-dipped boysenberries and Appleby Farm's ice cream can be found in Richmond.
Wakefield, Brightwater and Tapawera (the gateway to the Kahurangi National Park) are also within easy reach of the Richmond township. Brightwater was the birthplace of Nobel Prize-winning nuclear physicist, Lord Ernest Rutherford, and the town celebrates its famous son with a distinctive memorial on Lord Rutherford Road.
