Bower Park

Bower Park is a park in Christchurch City, Canterbury. Bower Park is situated nearby to Wainoni Road Bridge, as well as near the park Residential Red Zone.

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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Queen Elizabeth II Park and Shirley Boys‘ High School.

Queen Elizabeth II Park

Park

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Queen Elizabeth II Stadium was a multi-use stadium in Christchurch, New Zealand, located in a large park called Queen Elizabeth II Park. The stadium had a capacity of 25,000 people and was built in 1973 to host the 1974 British Commonwealth Games, with a temporary 10,000 seat western stand erected for that event to take the capacity to 35,000.

Shirley Boys‘ High School

School

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Shirley Boys' High School, also known as SBHS, is a single-sex state secondary school in Christchurch, New Zealand. It was originally situated on a six-hectare site in the suburb of Shirley, but in April 2019 moved, along with Avonside Girls' High School, further east to the former QEII Park, 8.6 kilometres from the city centre. Shirley Boys‘ High School is situated 1 km north of Bower Park.

Avonside Girls’ High School

School

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Avonside Girls' High School is a large urban high school in Christchurch, New Zealand, with more than 1,000 girls from Year 9 to Year 13. It was formerly in the suburb of Avonside but moved in 2019, along with Shirley Boys' High School, to the former QEII Park site in the east of Christchurch. Avonside Girls’ High School is situated 1 km north of Bower Park.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bexley and Aranui.

Bexley

Quarter

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Bexley is an eastern suburb of Christchurch, New Zealand. It is located on the right bank of the Avon River / Ōtākaro approximately one kilometre from the Avon Heathcote Estuary.

Aranui

Suburb

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Aranui is one of the eastern suburbs of Christchurch. It is a low socio-economic area. In its early years, Aranui grew along Pages Road, the suburb's main road.

North New Brighton

Suburb

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North New Brighton is a suburb on the northern side of Christchurch city. It was originally known as North Beach and was readily accessible from Christchurch city by tram.

Bower Park

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

-43.50195° or 43° 30′ 7″ south

Longitude

172.70861° or 172° 42′ 31″ east

Operator

Christchurch City Council

Open location code

4V8JFPX5+6C

OpenStreetMap ID

way 27482930

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=park

Wikidata ID

Q66429662

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Highlights include Wainoni Road Bridge and Residential Red Zone.

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