War Shelter & Control Room

War Shelter & Control Room is a bunker in Christchurch City, Canterbury. War Shelter & Control Room is situated near the historic building Radar, as well as near Godley Head Lighthouse (Disused).

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Van Asch College.

Van Asch College

School

Photo: Archives New Zealand, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Van Asch Deaf Education Centre was located in Truro Street, Sumner, Christchurch, New Zealand. It was a special school for deaf children, accepting both day and residential pupils, as well being as a resource centre providing services and support for parents, mainstream students and their teachers in the South Island and the Lower North Island. Van Asch College is situated 4 km west of War Shelter & Control Room.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Taylors Mistake and Scarborough.

Taylors Mistake

Quarter

Photo: Podzemnik, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Te Onepoto / Taylors Mistake is an area in New Zealand's South Island, at the southeastern extremity of the city of Christchurch Taylors Mistake is a bay adjacent to the locality, on the north side of Awaroa / Godley Head, on the northern edge of Banks Peninsula. Taylors Mistake is situated 2½ km west of War Shelter & Control Room.

Scarborough

Quarter

Photo: Gobeirne, CC BY 2.5.

Scarborough is a hillside suburb above Sumner in Christchurch, New Zealand. Scarborough is located between Sumner and Te Onepoto / Taylors Mistake. It was named for the seaside resort in North Yorkshire, England. Scarborough is situated 3 km northwest of War Shelter & Control Room.

Sumner

Suburb

Photo: Schwede66, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Sumner is a coastal seaside suburb of Christchurch, New Zealand, and was surveyed and named in 1849 in honour of John Bird Sumner, the newly appointed Archbishop of Canterbury and president of the Canterbury Association. Sumner is situated 4 km northwest of War Shelter & Control Room.

War Shelter & Control Room

Type: Bunker
Categories: building, historic site, and military installation
Location: Christchurch City, Canterbury, South Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude

-43.58727° or 43° 35′ 14″ south

Longitude

172.80722° or 172° 48′ 26″ east

Open location code

4V8JCR74+3V

OpenStreetMap ID

way 401701428

OpenStreetMap feature

building=bunker

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=bunker

OpenStreetMap feature

military=bunker

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Radar and Godley Head Lighthouse (Disused).

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