Levin is the largest town in the Horowhenua district.  It is on State Highway 1 and the North Island Main trunk railway, 90km north of Wellington, 50km south of Palmerston North and two kilometres to the east of Lake Horowhenua.

The town was named after William Hort Levin, a director of the Wellington and Manawatu Railway Company.  Levin is a service centre for the surrounding rural area.

There are many activities in and around the Levin area and we have listed a few of them here for you.