Oaklands
Oaklands is a southern suburb of Christchurch, New Zealand. The area is predominantly residential. When Halswell House was purchased by Peter Watson, he renamed it Oaklands after the trees lining the driveway.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Quarter
- Description: suburb of Christchurch, New Zealand
- Also known as: “Oaklands, New Zealand”
Places of Interest
Highlights include St Mary’s Church, Halswell, Christchurch and Air Force Museum.
Air Force Museum
Museum
Photo: Bernard Spragg. NZ, CC0.
The Air Force Museum of New Zealand, formerly called The Royal New Zealand Air Force Museum, is located at Wigram, the RNZAF's first operational base, in Christchurch, in the South Island of New Zealand. Air Force Museum is situated 3½ km north of Oaklands.
Archives New Zealand
Government office
Archives New Zealand is a government office, which is situated 3½ km north of Oaklands.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Halswell and Wigram.
Halswell
Suburb
Photo: Podzemnik, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Originally a separate village, Halswell is now a residential suburb of Christchurch, New Zealand, located 9 kilometres southwest of Cathedral Square on State Highway 75.
Wigram
Suburb
Wigram is a suburb in the southwest of Christchurch, New Zealand. The suburb lies close to the industrial estates of Sockburn and the satellite retail and residential zone of Hornby, and has undergone significant growth in recent years due to housing developments. Wigram is situated 3 km northwest of Oaklands.
Hillmorton
Suburb
Hillmorton is a suburb of south-western Christchurch, New Zealand. The suburb is centred around the intersection of Lincoln Road and Hoon Hay Road, two arterial routes which form part of State Highway 75 and feed into the Christchurch Southern Motorway which runs to the north of the suburb. Hillmorton is situated 3 km northeast of Oaklands.
Oaklands
- Categories: suburb and locality
- Location: Christchurch City, Canterbury, South Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude
-43.57551° or 43° 34′ 32″ southLongitude
172.56124° or 172° 33′ 41″ eastElevation
18 metres (59 feet)Open location code
4V8JCHF6+QFOpenStreetMap ID
node 9212901603OpenStreetMap feature
place=quarter
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From French to Turkish—“Oaklands” goes by many names.
- French: “Oackland (Nouvelle-Zélande)”
- French: “Oackland”
- Turkish: “Oaklands”
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Localities in the Area
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