About Walpole & Districts

Despite its small stature, the tidy town of Walpole and its surrounding districts is immensely proud of its place in the world, which is stunningly beautiful and is home to a rich natural and cultural heritage.

We honour and celebrate our place and our people in this series of articles:


Top Deck Cafe our Business of the Month

WalpoleOnline.com is your local online business directory and to start the year our February business of the month is Top Deck Café. Top deck Café locally known as ‘Top Deck’, is a popular place to dine in Walpole. Dale Jardine has been Top Deck’s owner-operator for the past eight years.… Continue reading

Our Swedish connection

Adapted from a contribution by Julie Benson to the August 19, 2015 edition of the Walpole Weekly: This week I had the pleasure of meeting a Swedish relative of the Benson family. Carl (Charles) Albert Benson was a pioneer of Walpole & Districts after starting life in Gothenburg with his… Continue reading