Westmorland
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Suburb with 2,200 residents
- Description: suburb of Christchurch, New Zealand
- Also known as: “Westmorland, New Zealand”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Princess Margaret Hospital and Centennial Park.
Princess Margaret Hospital
Hospital
Photo: Podzemnik, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Princess Margaret Hospital was a public hospital in Christchurch, New Zealand, run by the Canterbury District Health Board. It opened in 1959 and closed in 2024.
Centennial Park
Recreation area
Photo: Nzfooty, Public domain.
Centennial Park is a public park located in the suburb of Spreydon in the southwestern part of Christchurch, New Zealand. It is bordered by Lyttelton Street to the east, Rose Street to the south, Ōpāwaho / Heathcote River to the west and Pioneer Recreation and Sport Centre to the north.
Ngaio Marsh House
Museum
Photo: Roslyn Russell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ngaio Marsh House, the home of Dame Ngaio Marsh for most her life, is a heritage property in Valley Road in the Christchurch suburb of Cashmere. It serves as a museum to Dame Ngaio, one of New Zealand's most famous cultural figures and one of the original Queens of Crime from the Golden Age of Detective Fiction, alongside Agatha Christie, Dorothy L Sayers, and Margery Allingham.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cracroft and Cashmere.
Cracroft
Suburb
Photo: Schwede66, Public domain.
Cracroft is a south-west suburb of Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand. Cracroft was named for John Cracroft Wilson, who settled in this part of Christchurch at the bottom of the Port Hills Range in 1854.
Cashmere
Suburb
Photo: Podzemnik, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Cashmere is a suburb which rises above the southern end of the city of Christchurch in New Zealand's South Island, on the north side of the Port Hills.
Somerfield
Suburb
Somerfield is a suburb in the south of Christchurch, New Zealand. It is nominally bordered by the Ōpāwaho / Heathcote River to the south and west, Strickland and Colombo Streets to the east, and Milton Street to the north. Somerfield is situated 2½ km northeast of Westmorland.
Westmorland
- Category: locality
- Location: Canterbury, South Island, New Zealand, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-43.57966° or 43° 34′ 47″ southLongitude
172.60411° or 172° 36′ 15″ eastPopulation
2,200Elevation
16 metres (52 feet)Open location code
4V8JCJC3+4JOpenStreetMap ID
node 1141411788OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburbGeoNames ID
6220787Wikidata ID
Q7989302
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From French to Turkish—“Westmorland” goes by many names.
- French: “Westmorland (Nouvelle-Zélande)”
- French: “Westmorland”
- Maori: “Westmorland”
- Turkish: “Westmorland”
Places with the Same Name
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Cashmere Estate and Hoon Hay.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Sedgewick Reserve and Westmorland East Valley Reserve.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Westmorland”. Photo: Podzemnik, CC BY-SA 4.0.