Pioneer Pool
Pioneer Pool is a swimming pool in Christchurch City, Canterbury. Pioneer Pool is situated nearby to the sports venue Pioneer Recreation and Sport Centre, as well as near Pioneer Stadium.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Centennial Park and Princess Margaret Hospital.
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. Centennial Park is situated 110 metres southwest of Pioneer Pool.
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. Princess Margaret Hospital is situated 1 km southeast of Pioneer Pool.
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. Ngaio Marsh House is situated 1¼ km southeast of Pioneer Pool.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Somerfield and Cracroft.
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.
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.
Spreydon
Suburb
Spreydon is a suburb of Christchurch, New Zealand, 4 kilometres south-south-west of Cathedral Square. The most central street through Spreydon is Barrington Street.
Pioneer Pool
- Type: Swimming pool
- Categories: recreation area and sports location
- Location: Christchurch City, Canterbury, South Island, New Zealand, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-43.56575° or 43° 33′ 57″ southLongitude
172.61431° or 172° 36′ 52″ eastOpen location code
4V8JCJM7+PPOpenStreetMap ID
node 4891515003OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=swimming_pool
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