Godley Head Lighthouse

Godley Head Lighthouse is a building in Christchurch City, Canterbury. Godley Head Lighthouse is situated nearby to the quarter Taylors Mistake, as well as near Scarborough.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Taylors Mistake and Scarborough.

Taylors Mistake

Quarter

Photo: Podzemnik, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Te Onepoto / Taylors Mistake is an area in New Zealand's South Island, at the southeastern extremity of the city of Christchurch Taylors Mistake is a bay adjacent to the locality, on the north side of Awaroa / Godley Head, on the northern edge of Banks Peninsula. Taylors Mistake is situated 2½ km west of Godley Head Lighthouse.

Scarborough

Quarter

Photo: Gobeirne, CC BY 2.5.

Scarborough is a hillside suburb above Sumner in Christchurch, New Zealand. Scarborough is located between Sumner and Te Onepoto / Taylors Mistake. It was named for the seaside resort in North Yorkshire, England. Scarborough is situated 3 km northwest of Godley Head Lighthouse.

Sumner

Suburb

Photo: Schwede66, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Sumner is a coastal seaside suburb of Christchurch, New Zealand, and was surveyed and named in 1849 in honour of John Bird Sumner, the newly appointed Archbishop of Canterbury and president of the Canterbury Association. Sumner is situated 4 km northwest of Godley Head Lighthouse.

Godley Head Lighthouse

Type: Building
Also known as: “Generator House” and “Godley Head Lighthouse Equipment Shed”
Location: Christchurch City, Canterbury, South Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude

-43.58743° or 43° 35′ 15″ south

Longitude

172.80809° or 172° 48′ 29″ east

Elevation

10 metres (33 feet)

Inception

1942

Open location code

4V8JCR75+26

OpenStreetMap ID

way 458265659

OpenStreetMap feature

building=shed

GeoNames ID

11611917

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