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Arts and entertainment

* ''Waverley'' (novel), by Sir Walter Scott ** ''Waverley'' Overture, a work by Hector Berlioz inspired by Scott's novel * Waverley Harrison, a character in the New Zealand soap opera ''Shortland Street'' *
Bernice Waverley Bernice Waverley is a fictional character from the Australian drama series '' City Homicide'', played by Noni Hazlehurst. She made her first screen appearance in the pilot episode "In The Hands Of Giants Pt 1", which was broadcast on 28 August 2007 ...
, a character in the Australian series ''City Homicide''


Places


Australia


New South Wales

* Waverley, New South Wales, a local government area and suburb of Sydney * Electoral district of Waverley, New South Wales, a former electoral district * Waverley Cemetery, in the suburbs of Sydney, New South Wales


Queensland

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Waverley, Queensland Waverley is an outback locality in the Shire of Boulia, Queensland, Australia. In the , Waverley had a population of 20 people. Geography Waverley is in the Channel Country. All watercourses in this area are part of the Lake Eyre drainage basi ...
, a locality in the Boulia Shire


Tasmania

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Waverley, Tasmania Waverley is a rural/residential locality in the local government area (LGA) of Launceston in the Launceston LGA region of Tasmania. The locality is about east of the town of Launceston. The 2016 census recorded a population of 1501 for the s ...
, a suburb of Launceston


Victoria

* Waverley Province, Victoria, a former electorate of the Victorian Legislative Council * City of Waverley, Victoria, a local government area from 1857 to 1994


Western Australia

* Waverley, Western Australia, an abandoned goldfields town also known as Siberia * Waverley, a local name of Cannington, Western Australia, East Cannington and Beckenham


Canada

* Waverley, Nova Scotia, a suburban community in the Halifax Regional Municipality * Waverley Park (Thunder Bay), a municipal park in Thunder Bay, Ontario *
Waverley (electoral district) Waverley is a provincial electoral district (riding) in the Canadian province of Manitoba that came into effect at the 2019 Manitoba general election. It elects one member to the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba. Created by the decennial provi ...
, an electoral district in Manitoba *
Rural Municipality of Waverley No. 44 The Rural Municipality of Waverley No. 44 ( 2016 population: ) is a rural municipality (RM) in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within Census Division No. 3 and Division No. 2. Located in the southwest portion of the province, it is ad ...
, Saskatchewan


New Zealand

* Waverley, Otago, a suburb of Dunedin * Waverley, Taranaki, a small town


South Africa

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Waverley, Johannesburg Waverley is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. A suburb in northern Johannesburg, it is surrounded by Bramley, Highlands North and Savoy Estate. It is located in Region E of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality. Waverley is l ...
* Waverley, Bloemfontein * Waverley, Pretoria * Waverley, Mpumalanga, a small border crossing between South Africa and Eswatini


United Kingdom

* Waverley, South Yorkshire, a region of Rotherham, England *
Borough of Waverley The Borough of Waverley is a Non-metropolitan district, local government district with borough status in Surrey, England. The borough's headquarters are in the town of Godalming; other notable settlements are the towns of Farnham and Haslemere an ...
, a borough in Surrey, England ** Waverley Abbey, after which the borough is named


United States

* Waverly (Marriottsville, Maryland), also spelled Waverley, listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) * Waverley (Morgantown, Maryland), listed on the NRHP * Waverley, a neighborhood in
Belmont, Massachusetts Belmont is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts. It is a western suburb of Boston, Massachusetts, United States; and is part of the Greater Boston metropolitan area. At the time of the 2020 U.S. Census, the town's population stood at 27,295 ...
* Waverley (West Point, Mississippi), a National Historic Landmark * Waverley Historic District (Enid, Oklahoma), listed on the NRHP


Schools

* Waverley College, a Catholic secondary school for boys in Sydney, Australia *
Waverley Christian College Waverley Christian College is a co-educational independent Christian school with two campuses - Wantirna South and Narre Warren South. The College offers Christian education to pre-school, primary, and secondary students. History Originally est ...
, Melbourne, Australia, an inter-denominational, co-educational independent Christian school *
Waverley School, Birmingham Waverley School is a mixed all-through school located in Small Heath, Birmingham, England. History The co-educational Waverley Grammar School was situated between Byron Road and Waverley Road, now next to the A45–Muntz St (B4145) roundabout ...
, England, a mixed all-through school * Waverley School, former name of Harris Girls' Academy East Dulwich, London, England *
Waverley Girls' High School Waverley Girls' High School is a public school for girls located in the suburb of Waverley in Johannesburg, South Africa. History Early history Plans for building the school started back in 1952, and the school was completed in 1953. It fina ...
, Waverley, Johannesburg, South Africa


Transportation

* GWR Waverley Class, a class of Great Western Railway broad-gauge steam locomotives, England * Edinburgh Waverley railway station, the main railway station in Edinburgh, Scotland ** Waverley Route, former railway line in Scotland, later reinstated between Edinburgh and Tweedbank *
Waverley (passenger train) The ''Waverley'', originally called the ''Thames–Forth Express'', is the name of an express passenger train which operated on the Midland Main Line from St Pancras railway station to and which ceased in 1968. The original name was given to ...
, an express train from London St Pancras to Edinburgh Waverley which ceased operating in 1968 * Waverley Bridge, a road bridge in Edinburgh, Scotland * PS ''Waverley'', a paddle steamer based on the River Clyde in Scotland * Waverley Bus Depot, in the Sydney, Australia suburb of Bondi Junction *
Waverley Rail Trail __NOTOC__ The Waverley Rail Trail is a combination of shared use path for cyclists and pedestrians and on-road bicycle route, which follows the Glen Waverley railway line from Holmesglen railway station to Glen Waverley railway station in the s ...
, a combined shared-use path for cyclists and pedestrians and on-road bicycle route in the suburbs of Melbourne, Australia *
Winnipeg Route 80 Route 80, locally known as Waverley Street, is a major arterial road in the southwest portion of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. It runs from Kenaston Boulevard (Route 90) to Grant Avenue (Route 105). Waverley Street serves as a major route to get ...
, known locally as Waverley Street, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada *
Waverley (MBTA station) Waverley station is an MBTA Commuter Rail station in Belmont, Massachusetts. It serves the Fitchburg Line. It is located below grade in Waverley Square in the triangle of Trapelo Road, Lexington Street, and Church Street in western Belmont. Histo ...
, a transit station in Belmont, Massachusetts, United States


Australian sports

* Waverley Football Club, an Australian rules football club from 1961 until 1987, based in the Melbourne suburb of Glen Waverley * Waverley Rugby Club, based in Waverley, New South Wales * Waverley Cricket Club, former longtime name of Eastern Suburbs Cricket Club, a wandering cricket team from the Surrey/Hants area * Waverley Baseball Club, based in Glen Waverley * Waverley Hockey Club, based in the suburbs of Melbourne * Waverley Park, a disused sporting stadium in Melbourne, formerly used for Australian rules football, now a training venue


Other uses

* Waverley Root (1903-1982), American journalist and writer *
Viscount Waverley Viscount Waverley, of Westdean in the County of Sussex, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 28 January 1952 for the civil servant and politician John Anderson, 1st Viscount Waverley, Sir John Anderson, who served va ...
, a title in the peerage of the United Kingdom * Waverley Country Club, Portland, Oregon, United States * The Waverley pen nib, made by
Macniven and Cameron Macniven and Cameron Ltd., later known as Waverley Cameron Ltd., was a printing and stationery company based in Edinburgh, Scotland. The company was best known for its pen nibs, the "Pickwick", the "Owl", and the "Waverley", which were sold unde ...
, a popular 19th-century writing instrument named after the Waverley novels


See also

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Pope-Waverley Pope-Waverley was one of the marques of the Pope Manufacturing Company, Pope Motor Car Company founded by Albert Augustus Pope and was a manufacturer of Brass Era car, Brass Era electric vehicle, electric automobiles in Indianapolis, Indiana. From ...
, early 20th-century automobiles made in Indiana, U.S. *
Waverly (disambiguation) Waverly may refer to: Education ;United States * Waverly Community Schools, a school district located in Lansing, Michigan * Waverly School District 145, Nebraska * Waverly Central School District, New York * Waverly High School (disambiguation) ...
* Wavorly {{disambiguation, geo