Ashburton District
Ashburton District is a territorial authority district in the Canterbury Region of the South Island of New Zealand. It encompasses the town of Ashburton, a number of small towns and settlements and the surrounding rural area, roughly coterminous with Mid Canterbury.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: district of New Zealand with 36,800 residents
- Description: territorial authority district in Canterbury Region, New Zealand
- Also known as: “Mid-Canterbury”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Ashburton Art Gallery and Heritage Centre and Ashburton Public Library.
Ashburton Art Gallery and Heritage Centre
Museum
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Ashburton Art Gallery and Heritage Centre is an art gallery and museum complex located in the town of Ashburton, New Zealand, owned and operated by the Ashburton District Council.
Ashburton College
School
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Ashburton College is a state coeducational secondary school located in Ashburton, New Zealand. It opened in 1965 following the merger of two Ashburton secondary schools: Ashburton High School and Hakatere College, and moved to its current site in 1974.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ashburton and Allenton.
Ashburton
Town
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Ashburton is a large town in the Canterbury Region, on the east coast of the South Island of New Zealand. It is the seat of the Ashburton District Council.
Allenton
Suburb
Allenton is a suburb of Ashburton, in the Ashburton District and Canterbury Region of New Zealand's South Island. The suburb has its own rugby club. Ashburton Hospital is located in Allenton.
Tinwald
Suburb
Tinwald is a town in Canterbury, New Zealand, located approximately 3 kilometres south of Ashburton, from which it is separated by the Ashburton River / Hakatere.
Ashburton District
- Location: Canterbury, South Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Ukrainian—“Ashburton District” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Ashburton District”
- French: “Ashburton”
- German: “Ashburton District”
- Italian: “Distretto di Ashburton”
- Japanese: “アシュバートン地区”
- Macedonian: “Ешбертон”
- Ukrainian: “округ Ашбертон”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Netherby and Hampstead.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Fairfield Station and Ashburton Aerodrome.
Canterbury: Must-Visit Destinations
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