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Sandringham is an Auckland Suburb . Sandringham was named after the Country house of Edward, Prince of Wales. This house, which is located in Norfolk is now the personal property of the Queen. Perhaps coincidentialy the Auckland suburb of Sandringham is, like its Norfolk namesake rather flat in nature. The main road is Sandringham road which runs more or less north-south. At the northern, Kingsland end is located the Eden Park Rugby grounds. The Sandringham shops are located at the southern end of Sandringham Road just before it connects with Mount Albert Road. Today, Sandringham is a bustling, multi-ethnic suburb, and has a population of 10074. HISTORY OF SANDRINGHAM The Sandringham suburb began as a small farming settlement in the 1870s. Up to that time, most of the population had been living in the town of Auckland, which was a relatively small centre on the Waitemata Harbour. The first residents of the Sandringham area were mainly engaged in dairy farming or growing produce. Substantial development only came around 1910 with the construction of the tramline, resulting in the core of what is now the Sandringham Shopping Centre being built. Rows of evenly spaced streets spread on each side of Sandringham road and were lined with wooden Edwardian houses. Large parts of the area remained undeveloped however, and services such as telephone, electricity and gas were only provided at a minimum level. Over the following decades more retail buildings were constructed, including the Waring shop buildings, a local landmark on the corner of Kitchener Road and Sandringham Road. The once flat and empty farmland became suburbia and houses, mostly 1920s californian bungalows, began to dominate. Around 1923, the Mayfair Cinema was built, providing entertainment in the area. This elegant building was in the Neo-Greek style and closely resembled the Capital Cinema in nearby Balmoral, it was demolished in the early 1990s. After the Second World War, what little remained of the farmland was developed as state housing, and the town was absorbed into the suburbs of Auckland. The Sandringham Shops remain a nice centre for the suburb and are a virtually intact example of an interwar suburban shopping precinct. LANDMARKS IN THE AREA
RECREATION IN THE AREA: There are quite a few things to do in the area:
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