Celebrity cat Mittens travels around Wellington looking for good company and a place to lie down.

Meet Mittens, cat extraordinaire.

The Turkish angora has become a Wellington celebrity for his daily wanderings of the city's central business district, detailed on Facebook page The Wondrous Adventures of Mittens.

There is fan art, comparisons to other famous felines and photos of Mittens around town. There he is at West Plaza hotel on Wakefield St, The Last Footwear Company, the City to Sea Bridge, outside Te Papa and along the Wellington waterfront.

ROBERT KITCHIN/STUFF Wellington's latest celebrity, Mittens.

"Morning, has anyone spotted Mittens today? My daughter and I are out in town today and she really wants to meet him," Jeanne-Mari Benn pleaded to the 11,049 members of the Facebook page on Saturday.

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Mittens' celebrity status has come as a surprise to owner Silvio Bruinsma even if his ramblings didn't.

ROBERT KITCHIN/STUFF Mittens- the wandering city cat - with owner Silvio Bruinsma and fellow pet Latte at home.

Before moving from suburban Auckland to Wellington, Mittens would often be spotted at the local supermarket or greengrocers.

"Occasionally I would get a call saying, 'your cat is here'," Bruinsma said.

But on moving to a home on the Wellington city fringe two years ago, Mittens' stomping ground became notably more public.

ROBERT KITCHIN/STUFF Mittens hanging at home.

"He has made Wellington his playground," Bruinsma said.

Without his knowledge, SPCA set up the Facebook fan page so people could see that Mittens was indeed OK and it already had about 2000 followers when Bruinsma found it and was given administrator rights.

He has since been spotted at churches, a tattoo parlour, inside Glassons and was often seen walking down Cuba St and into Civic Square.

"Sometimes he will stay out late and come in at 5am," Bruinsma said.

Mittens does appear to have some road sense - probably a good thing as the Wellington Urban Motorway lies between home and the central city - and he tended to use bridges and even reportedly waited at traffic lights.

Even so, Mittens' ramblings do cause some concern for his family.

"I suppose my philosophy is, he doesn't like being locked up and I don't want to give him a life that is miserable.

"I have accepted there may be an accident at some point."

Bruinsma kept Mittens at home over the Christmas and New Year's break when people got "a bit silly" in town, but he was now back out - on the prowl.