Francis Reserve
Francis Reserve is a park in Canterbury, South Island. Francis Reserve is situated nearby to the nature reserve Cashmere Stream Reserve, as well as near the park Willow Dell Reserve.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Centennial Park and Princess Margaret Hospital.
Centennial Park
Recreation area
Photo: Nzfooty, Public domain.
Centennial Park is a public park located in the suburb of Spreydon in the southwestern part of Christchurch, New Zealand. It is bordered by Lyttelton Street to the east, Rose Street to the south, Ōpāwaho / Heathcote River to the west and Pioneer Recreation and Sport Centre to the north. Centennial Park is situated 1¼ km northeast of Francis 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 east of Francis 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 2 km east of Francis Reserve.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Westmorland and Cracroft.
Westmorland
Suburb
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. It was expected to be completed in approx 2020, adding 250 homes to the suburb of Westmorland.
Cracroft
Suburb
Photo: Schwede66, Public domain.
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.
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.
Francis Reserve
- Type: Park
- Category: recreation area
- Location: Canterbury, South Island, New Zealand, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-43.57587° or 43° 34′ 33″ southLongitude
172.60441° or 172° 36′ 16″ eastOpen location code
4V8JCJF3+MQOpenStreetMap ID
way 32867065OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=park
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