Templeton
Templeton is a small town on the outskirts of Christchurch. Lying along State Highway 1. Templeton has been the centre of harness racing in Canterbury.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Suburb with 1,840 residents
- Description: suburb of Christchurch, New Zealand
- Also known as: “Templeton, New Zealand”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Christchurch Women’s Prison.
Christchurch Women’s Prison
Prison
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
There are eighteen adult prisons in New Zealand. Three prisons house women, one each in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch. The remaining fifteen house men; ten in the North Island and five in the South Island. Christchurch Women’s Prison is situated 3½ km northwest of Templeton.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Islington and Hornby.
Islington
Suburb
Islington is a suburb on the western side of Christchurch city. The suburb is named after the London borough of Islington, perhaps because the borough had a market for cattle, while the Christchurch area had a freezing works opened in 1889. Islington is situated 2½ km east of Templeton.
Hornby
Suburb
Hornby is a residential and retail suburb at the western edge of Christchurch, New Zealand. The suburb is directly connected to other parts of Christchurch and the South Island by a number of main arterial routes, including State Highway 1 and the Christchurch Southern Motorway. Hornby is situated 4 km east of Templeton.
Hei Hei
Suburb
Hei Hei is a suburb of Christchurch, New Zealand. It is located in the west of Christchurch 11 kilometres from the central city, and is bisected by State Highway 1. Hei Hei is situated 4 km northeast of Templeton.
Templeton
- Category: locality
- Location: Christchurch City, Canterbury, South Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude
-43.55044° or 43° 33′ 2″ southLongitude
172.47701° or 172° 28′ 37″ eastPopulation
1,840Elevation
44 metres (144 feet)Open location code
4V8JCFXG+RROpenStreetMap ID
node 296873076OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburbGeoNames ID
2181429Wikidata ID
Q7698819
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Turkish—“Templeton” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Templeton”
- Dutch: “Templeton, New Zealand”
- French: “Templeton (Nouvelle-Zélande)”
- French: “Templeton”
- German: “Templeton”
- Japanese: “テンプルトン”
- Turkish: “Templeton”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Templeton School and St Saviour’s Church.
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