Christchurch Women’s Prison
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.
- Type: Prison
- Description: New Zealand prison
- Also known as: “Womens Prison”
- Address: 60 Newtons Road, Christchurch, 7676
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. Templeton is situated 3½ km southeast of Christchurch Women’s Prison.
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 5 km east of Christchurch Women’s Prison.
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 5 km east of Christchurch Women’s Prison.
Christchurch Women’s Prison
- Categories: prison for women and government building
- Location: Christchurch City, Canterbury, South Island, New Zealand, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-43.5288° or 43° 31′ 44″ south
Longitude
172.44732° or 172° 26′ 50″ east
Inception
1974
Operator
Open location code
4V8JFCCW+FW
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
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Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
“Christchurch Women’s Prison” goes by many names.
- French: “Christchurch Women’s Prison”
- French: “prison pour femmes de Christchurch”
- French: “Prison pour femmes de Christchurch”
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