page_title: Blenheim, New Zealand
section_title: Events and points of interest
hierarchical_section_title: Blenheim, New Zealand / Events and points of interest
caption_attribution_description: English: Seymour Sq, Blenheim in 2012
context_page_description: Blenheim is the most populous town in the region of Marlborough, in the north east of the South Island of New Zealand. It has an urban population of 26,400. The surrounding Marlborough wine region is well known as the centre of the New Zealand wine industry. It enjoys one of New Zealand's sunniest climates, with warm, relatively dry summers and cool, crisp winters.
  Blenheim is named after the Battle of Blenheim, where troops led by John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough defeated a combined French and Bavarian force.
  The New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage gives a translation of "flax stream" for Waiharakeke.
context_section_description: Omaka Aerodrome, south of the town centre, is the setting for the two-yearly Classic Fighters Marlborough airshow. With a large emphasis on aircraft of World War One, it has been held since 2001.
  Seymour Square and Pollard Park are two of the town centres main attractions for walks and general tourism. Seymour Square is an open public area in the centre, containing the War Memorial and Clock Tower, unveiled in 1928, classified as a "Category I" ("places of 'special or outstanding historical or cultural heritage significance or value'") historic place by Heritage New Zealand. The Square was named after Henry Seymour. Pollard Park is a large public park including children's play areas, native shrubbery, rose gardens, a landscaped waterway, and is home to the Blenheim Golf Club and its 9-hole course, the Marlborough Tennis club and its courts, and Blenheim Croquet Club.
  They are dry and arid ranges which have previously been the site of severe grass fires.
  The GCSB Waihopai communications monitoring facility, part of the ECHELON network, is near Blenheim.
caption: Seymour Sq, Blenheim in early spring 2012
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