Sefton
Sefton is a small town in the Waimakariri District, New Zealand, about 23 kilometres from Christchurch. In 1886, it had a census population of 276 and was a station on the Christchurch Ashley line.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Village with 207 residents
- Description: locality in Waimakariri District, Canterbury Region, New Zealand
- Also known as: “Sefton, New Zealand”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Balcairn and Waikuku.
Balcairn
Hamlet
Balcairn is a settlement in the Hurunui District in north Canterbury, near the east coast of the South Island of New Zealand. It is on State Highway 72, about 40 km north of Christchurch. It was the seat of Kowai County Council. Balcairn is situated 5 km northeast of Sefton.
Waikuku
Village
Waikuku is a small town in the Canterbury region of New Zealand, which sits 28 km north of central Christchurch. Waikuku lies 11.8 km south of Leithfield on state highway 1 and 3 km north of Woodend. Waikuku is situated 5 km south of Sefton.
Waikuku Beach
Village
Photo: Wildman NZ, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Waikuku Beach is a small settlement on the coast of the Canterbury region of New Zealand, about 3 km east of the settlement of Waikuku. The sandy beach is popular with surfers and swimmers, and the large estuary of the Ashley River hosts many species of birds. Waikuku Beach is situated 6 km southeast of Sefton.
Sefton
- Category: locality
- Location: Waimakariri District, Canterbury, South Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude
-43.24724° or 43° 14′ 50″ southLongitude
172.66799° or 172° 40′ 5″ eastPopulation
207Elevation
13 metres (43 feet)Named after
William Sefton MoorhouseOpen location code
4V8JQM39+45OpenStreetMap ID
node 181810324OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Turkish—“Sefton” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Sefton”
- French: “Sefton (Nouvelle-Zélande)”
- French: “Sefton”
- Malay: “Sefton, New Zealand”
- Malay: “Sefton”
- Polish: “Sefton (Nowa Zelandia)”
- Polish: “Sefton”
- Turkish: “Sefton”
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Highlights include Sefton Hall and Sefton School.
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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 “Sefton”. Photo: Mattinbgn, CC BY 3.0.