Waddington
Waddington is a small village located in the Selwyn District of the Canterbury region of New Zealand's South Island, near the Waimakariri Gorge.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Village with 132 residents
- Description: locality in Selwyn District, Canterbury Region, New Zealand
- Also known as: “Waddington, New Zealand”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sheffield and Kimberley.
Sheffield
Village
Photo: purplespace, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Sheffield is a small village located in the Selwyn District of the Canterbury region of New Zealand's South Island, near the Waimakariri Gorge. Sheffield has a close association with its neighbouring village Waddington, which is 1 kilometre further south-east along State Highway 73.
Kimberley
Locality
Kimberley is a rural area in the Selwyn District of the South Island of New Zealand. It is 35 kilometres west of the outskirts of Christchurch and directly north of Darfield. Kimberley is situated 9 km southeast of Waddington.
Homebush
Hamlet
Homebush is a settlement in the Canterbury region of New Zealand. It has had a long association with the pioneering Deans family. Homebush is situated 9 km south of Waddington.
Waddington
- Category: locality
- Location: Selwyn District, Canterbury, South Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude
-43.39736° or 43° 23′ 51″ southLongitude
172.03371° or 172° 2′ 1″ eastPopulation
132Elevation
293 metres (961 feet)Inception
1873Named after
William WaddingtonOpen location code
4V8JJ23M+3FOpenStreetMap ID
node 291982777OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2180483Wikidata ID
Q7958990
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Turkish—“Waddington” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Waddington, New Zealand”
- French: “Waddington (Nouvelle-Zélande)”
- French: “Waddington”
- Malay: “Waddington, New Zealand”
- Maori: “Waddington”
- Portuguese: “Waddington (Nova Zelândia)”
- Portuguese: “Waddington”
- Turkish: “Waddington”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Waddington Cemetery and Sheffield Contributing School.
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