Ruapuna Park Raceway

Ruapuna Park Raceway is an athletics track in Christchurch City, Canterbury. Ruapuna Park Raceway is situated nearby to Euromarque Motorsport Park, as well as near the suburb Templeton.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Christchurch Women’s Prison and Yaldhurst Museum.

Christchurch Women’s Prison

Prison

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There are 18 adult prisons in New Zealand. Three prisons house women, one each in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch. The remaining fifteen house men; ten in the North Island and five in the South Island. Christchurch Women’s Prison is situated 2½ km west of Ruapuna Park Raceway.

Yaldhurst Museum

Museum

Photo: Gtc2009, Public domain.

The Yaldhurst Museum is located in the suburb of Yaldhurst, Christchurch, New Zealand, close to the Christchurch International Airport, Riccarton Race Course and the Ruapuna Speedway. Yaldhurst Museum is situated 3 km northeast of Ruapuna Park Raceway.

Hornby High School

School

Hornby High School is a state coeducational secondary school located in the western Christchurch, New Zealand suburb of Hornby. It caters for approximately 1,022 students from Years 7 to 13. Hornby High School is situated 4 km east of Ruapuna Park Raceway.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Templeton and Islington.

Templeton

Suburb

Templeton is a small town on the outskirts of Christchurch. Lying along State Highway 1. Templeton has been the centre of harness racing in Canterbury.

Islington

Suburb

Islington is a suburb on the western side of Christchurch city. The suburb is named after the London borough of Islington, perhaps because the borough had a market for cattle, while the Christchurch area had a freezing works opened in 1889. Islington is situated 2½ km southeast of Ruapuna Park Raceway.

Yaldhurst

Suburb

Yaldhurst is a semi-rural suburb on the western outskirts of Christchurch city. Frederick William Delamain, a settler and horse breeder, named a horse Yaldhurst after some stables in England. Yaldhurst is situated 3 km northeast of Ruapuna Park Raceway.

Ruapuna Park Raceway

Type: Athletics track
Categories: recreation area and sports location
Location: Christchurch City, Canterbury, South Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude

-43.53131° or 43° 31′ 53″ south

Longitude

172.47899° or 172° 28′ 44″ east

Open location code

4V8JFF9H+FH

OpenStreetMap ID

node 597115231

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=track

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