Norwood

Norwood is a locality in Canterbury, South Island. Norwood is situated nearby to the locality Selwyn, as well as near the village Dunsandel.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Selwyn and Dunsandel.

Selwyn

Hamlet

Photo: brian nz, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Selwyn is a village in the Selwyn District of Canterbury, New Zealand. It was laid out in the 1860s for a population of 2,000 people, but it currently has very few houses.

Dunsandel is a small rural town in the Canterbury region of the South Island, New Zealand. The town is located on the Canterbury Plains just south of the Selwyn River / Waikirikiri and about 40 km south of Christchurch. Dunsandel is situated 3½ km southwest of Norwood.

Burnham Military Camp

Town

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Burnham, also known as Burnham Camp, is the largest army base in New Zealand's South Island. It is located 28 kilometres south of Christchurch on the Canterbury Plains in the Selwyn District, close to the town of Dunsandel. Burnham Military Camp is situated 6 km northeast of Norwood.

Norwood

Type: Locality
Location: Canterbury, South Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude

-43.63833° or 43° 38′ 18″ south

Longitude

172.23012° or 172° 13′ 48″ east

Elevation

72 metres (236 feet)

Open location code

4V8J966J+M2

GeoNames ID

6218824

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