Sheffield
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 192 residents
- Description: locality in Selwyn District, Canterbury Region, New Zealand
- Also known as: “Sheffield, New Zealand”
- Historically known as: “Malvern”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Waddington and Springfield.
Waddington
Village
Waddington is a small village located in the Selwyn District of the Canterbury region of New Zealand's South Island, near the Waimakariri Gorge.
Springfield
Photo: Tournasol7, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Springfield is a small town in the foothills of the Torlesse Range on the way to the Craigieburn ski fields and Arthur's Pass. It was an important source of coal for Christchurch and later became an important staging post to service the stage coaches travelling to the West Coast.
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 10 km south of Sheffield.
Sheffield
- Category: locality
- Location: Selwyn District, Canterbury, South Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude
-43.38916° or 43° 23′ 21″ southLongitude
172.02113° or 172° 1′ 16″ eastPopulation
192Elevation
308 metres (1,010 feet)Open location code
4V8JJ26C+8FOpenStreetMap ID
node 291982776OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2182786Wikidata ID
Q7492566
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Turkish—“Sheffield” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Sheffield”
- Dutch: “Sheffield, New Zealand”
- French: “Sheffield (Nouvelle-Zélande)”
- French: “Sheffield”
- Malay: “Sheffield, New Zealand”
- Turkish: “Sheffield”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Sheffield Volunteer Fire Brigade and Community Hall.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Sheffield”. Photo: purplespace, CC BY-SA 2.0.