Library

Library is a school building in Christchurch City, Canterbury. Library is situated nearby to Cashmere High School, as well as near the grassland Sacred Lawn.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Cashmere High School and Princess Margaret Hospital.

Cashmere High School

School

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Cashmere High School is a state coeducational secondary school, located in southern Christchurch, New Zealand. It was opened in 1956 in response to population growth in southern Christchurch during the 1950s.

Princess Margaret Hospital

Hospital

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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 590 metres south of Library.

Ngaio Marsh House

Museum

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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 670 metres south of Library.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Somerfield and Cashmere.

Somerfield

Suburb

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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.

Cashmere

Suburb

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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.