Darfield
Darfield is a town in the Selwyn District of the South Island of New Zealand. It is 35 kilometres west of Christchurch and has a population of 3,590 as of June 2025.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Town with 2,960 residents
- Description: locality in Selwyn District, Canterbury Region, New Zealand
- Also known as: “Darfield, New Zealand”, “Horndon”, “Horndon Junction”, and “White Cliffs Junction”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Darfield High School.
Darfield High School
School
Darfield High School is a secondary school in Darfield, New Zealand. As of July 2025, it had 806 students.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hawkins and Kimberley.
Hawkins
Locality
Hawkins is a rural settlement located in the Selwyn District of the Canterbury region of New Zealand's South Island. It is located on State Highway 77, and is 5 kilometres west from Darfield and 9 kilometres east of Glentunnel. Hawkins is situated 4½ km west of Darfield.
Kimberley
Locality
Kimberley is a rural area in the Selwyn District of the South Island of New Zealand. It is 35 kilometres west of the outskirts of Christchurch and directly north of Darfield. Kimberley is situated 4½ km north of Darfield.
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 8 km west of Darfield.
Darfield
- Category: locality
- Location: Selwyn District, Canterbury, South Island, New Zealand, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-43.48823° or 43° 29′ 18″ southLongitude
172.10872° or 172° 6′ 31″ eastPopulation
2,960Elevation
204 metres (669 feet)Named after
DarfieldOpen location code
4V8JG465+PFOpenStreetMap ID
node 173746567OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Urdu—“Darfield” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “دارفيلد”
- Cebuano: “Darfield”
- Dutch: “Darfield”
- French: “Darfield”
- German: “Darfield”
- Malay: “Darfield, New Zealand”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Darfield”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Darfield på New Zealand”
- Norwegian: “Darfield”
- Polish: “Darfield”
- Portuguese: “Darfield (Nova Zelândia)”
- Portuguese: “Darfield”
- Russian: “Дарфилд”
- Slovak: “Darfield (Nový Zéland)”
- Slovak: “Darfield”
- Spanish: “Darfield (Nueva Zelanda)”
- Spanish: “Darfield”
- Turkish: “Darfield”
- Urdu: “ڈارفیلڈ، نیوزی لینڈ”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Cressy Oaks and Darfield Estates.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Darfield Skatepark and Homebush Station.
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