Steve Askin 1 Drainage Reserve

Steve Askin 1 Drainage Reserve is a park in Christchurch City, Canterbury. Steve Askin 1 Drainage Reserve is situated nearby to the park Steve Askin 2 Drainage Reserve, as well as near Worsleys Valley 2 Drainage Reserve.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Princess Margaret Hospital and Cracroft Reserve.

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 1½ km north of Steve Askin 1 Drainage Reserve.

Cracroft Reserve

Park

Photo: Jon Sullivan, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Cracroft Reserve is a 3.2-hectare public reserve on Cracroft Hill in the Cashmere suburb of Christchurch, New Zealand. It is situated next to the Sign of the Takahe. Cracroft Reserve is situated 1½ km east of Steve Askin 1 Drainage Reserve.

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 1½ km northeast of Steve Askin 1 Drainage Reserve.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Cracroft and Westmorland.

Cracroft

Suburb

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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.

Westmorland

Suburb

Photo: Podzemnik, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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.

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.

Steve Askin 1 Drainage Reserve

Type: Park
Category: recreation area
Location: Christchurch City, Canterbury, South Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude

-43.58532° or 43° 35′ 7″ south

Longitude

172.61599° or 172° 36′ 58″ east

Operator

Christchurch City Council

Open location code

4V8JCJ78+V9

OpenStreetMap ID

way 1213496804

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=park

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Steve Askin 2 Drainage Reserve and Worsleys Valley 2 Drainage Reserve.

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