Halswell
Originally a separate village, Halswell is now a residential suburb of Christchurch, New Zealand, located 9 kilometres southwest of Cathedral Square on State Highway 75.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include St Mary’s Church, Halswell, Christchurch and Halswell Quarry Park.
Halswell Quarry Park
Quarry
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Halswell Quarry operated between 1861 and 1990 before becoming the 60.4 hectares Halswell Quarry Park, one of many Christchurch City Council reserves. It offers a combination of walking and mountain biking tracks, historic sites, picnic areas, botanical collections, and six sister city gardens.
Hillmorton High School
School
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Hillmorton High School is situated 3½ km northeast of Halswell.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Oaklands and Kennedys Bush.
Oaklands
Quarter
Oaklands is a southern suburb of Christchurch, New Zealand. The area is predominantly residential. When Halswell House was purchased by Peter Watson, he renamed it Oaklands after the trees lining the driveway.
Westmorland
Suburb
Westmorland is an outer suburb of Christchurch, New Zealand. It is situated mostly on a hillside and is a recent development of the city, dating back to the 1970s. It was expected to be completed in approx 2020, adding 250 homes to the suburb of Westmorland. Westmorland is situated 3 km east of Halswell.
Halswell
- Type: Suburb with 13,200 residents
- Description: suburb of Christchurch, New Zealand
- Category: locality
- Location: Christchurch City, Canterbury, South Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude
-43.58556° or 43° 35′ 8″ southLongitude
172.57058° or 172° 34′ 14″ eastPopulation
13,200Elevation
18 metres (59 feet)Named after
Edmund HalswellOpen location code
4V8JCH7C+Q6OpenStreetMap ID
node 291543161OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Turkish—“Halswell” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Halswell”
- French: “Halswell (Nouvelle-Zélande)”
- French: “Halswell”
- Russian: “Халсвелл”
- Turkish: “Halswell”
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