Ellesmere College is a co-educational high school, located in Leeston in the Canterbury Region of New Zealand, with close to 500 students ranging from ages eleven to eighteen. It encourages voluntary activities such as music lessons, drama, and sports.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Doyleston and Irwell.

Doyleston

Village

Doyleston is a minor Canterbury town in the South Island of New Zealand. It was named after Joseph Hastings Doyle, a publican from Christchurch who moved to the locality. Doyleston is situated 2½ km northeast of Leeston.

Irwell

Hamlet

Irwell was a small rural township in Canterbury, New Zealand on the intersection of Leeston and Selwyn Lake Roads. All that remains are the former school hall, a church, and a small number of houses. Irwell is situated 6 km northeast of Leeston.

Southbridge

Village

Southbridge is a small town on the Canterbury Plains in the South Island of New Zealand. It is located 45 kilometres southwest of Christchurch, between Leeston, Dunsandel and the Rakaia River. Southbridge is situated 7 km southwest of Leeston.

Leeston

Category: locality
Location: Selwyn District, Canterbury, South Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude

-43.75978° or 43° 45′ 35″ south

Longitude

172.30034° or 172° 18′ 1″ east

Population

2,370

Elevation

18 metres (59 feet)

United Nations Location Code

NZ LEO

Open location code

4V8J68R2+34

OpenStreetMap ID

node 295529707

OpenStreetMap feature

place=town

GeoNames ID

2188444

Wikidata ID

Q985373

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In Other Languages

From Bulgarian to Turkish—“Leeston” goes by many names.

Bulgarian: “Лестон”
Catalan: “Leeston”
Cebuano: “Leeston”
Chinese: “利斯頓”
Dutch: “Leeston”
French: “Leeston”
German: “Leeston”
Italian: “Leeston”
Malay: “Leeston”
Maori: “Karumata”
Polish: “Leeston”
Turkish: “Leeston”

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