Blakes Drainage Reserve

Blakes Drainage Reserve is a grassland in Canterbury, South Island. Blakes Drainage Reserve is situated nearby to Belfast Cemetery, Christchurch, as well as near the park Tyrone Reserve.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Belfast Cemetery, Christchurch and Belfast School.

Belfast Cemetery, Christchurch

Cemetery

Photo: Schwede66, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Belfast Cemetery, Christchurch is situated 390 metres southeast of Blakes Drainage Reserve.

Belfast School

School

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Belfast School is situated 1¼ km southwest of Blakes Drainage Reserve.

Bottle Lake is an area in the north-east of Christchurch with a low number of residents. Most of the area is covered by Bottle Lake Forest, which has since the mid-1970s become a popular recreation area. Bottle Lake is situated 3½ km southeast of Blakes Drainage Reserve.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Belfast and Northwood.

Belfast

Suburb

Photo: Dlpkbr, CC BY 3.0.

Belfast is a suburb of Christchurch, New Zealand. It is in the north of the city 10 km from Cathedral Square, close to the banks of the Waimakariri River.

Northwood

Suburb

Photo: Bernard Spragg. NZ, CC0.

Northwood is a suburb on the northern outskirts of Christchurch city. It was developed in 2000 as a subdivision of Belfast on land previously used for apple orchards. Northwood is situated 2½ km southwest of Blakes Drainage Reserve.

Marshland

Suburb

Photo: Gavin Treadgold, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Marshland is a semi-rural suburb on the northern side of Christchurch city. The land is primarily used for horticulture and dairy farming. The suburb is named for the peaty soil, and was also called Rhodes' Swamp after landowner and politician Robert Heaton Rhodes. Marshland is situated 3 km southeast of Blakes Drainage Reserve.

Blakes Drainage Reserve

Type: Grassland
Location: Canterbury, South Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude

-43.44878° or 43° 26′ 56″ south

Longitude

172.64045° or 172° 38′ 26″ east

Open location code

4V8JHJ2R+F5

OpenStreetMap ID

way 1468088251

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=grass

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Tyrone Reserve and Kā Pūtahi Esplanade Reserve.

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