Fairdale

Fairdale is a farmstead in Ashburton District, Canterbury. Fairdale is situated nearby to the quarter Fairton, as well as near Ashburton Aerodrome.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Ashburton Aerodrome and Ashburton Aviation Museum.

Ashburton Aerodrome

Aerodrome

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Ashburton Aerodrome is a small airport 2 NM to the east of Ashburton township on the east coast of the South Island, New Zealand. Newmans Air operated a Christchurch to Queenstown service via Ashburton in the 1980s which allowed skiers to connect to the nearby skifield of Mt. Ashburton Aerodrome is situated 2½ km south of Fairdale.

Ashburton Aviation Museum

Building

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The Ashburton Aviation Museum is located at Ashburton Aerodrome, a small airport 3.7 km to the east of Ashburton in the South Island of New Zealand. There are two buildings housing a collection of around 40 aircraft. Ashburton Aviation Museum is situated 3 km south of Fairdale.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Fairton and Ashburton.

Fairton

Quarter

Fairton is a town in the Ashburton District, New Zealand. According to the 2001 New Zealand census it had a population of 1185, of which 612 were male and 573 were female.

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. Ashburton is situated 5 km southwest of Fairdale.

Allenton

Suburb

Photo: Wildman NZ, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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. Allenton is situated 5 km west of Fairdale.

Fairdale

Type: Farmstead
Category: agriculture
Location: Ashburton District, Canterbury, South Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude

-43.87833° or 43° 52′ 42″ south

Longitude

171.81011° or 171° 48′ 36″ east

Elevation

102 metres (335 feet)

Open location code

4V8H4RC6+M2

GeoNames ID

6219063

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