St Ita’s Parish - Rakaia

St Ita’s Parish - Rakaia is a church in Ashburton District, Canterbury which is located on West Town Belt. St Ita’s Parish - Rakaia is situated nearby to Rakaia Fire Station, as well as near St Mark’s Anglican Church - Rakaia.

Type: Church
Denomination: Catholic
Address: West Town Belt, Rakaia, Ashburton, 7710

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Rakaia Bridge.

Rakaia Bridge

Bridge

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 2.0.

The Rakaia Bridge is New Zealand's longest road bridge and crosses the Rakaia River, one of Canterbury's large braided rivers. The present bridge was opened in 1939 and replaced an earlier combined road and rail bridge from 1873. Rakaia Bridge is situated 2 km northeast of St Ita’s Parish - Rakaia.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Rakaia and Chertsey.

Rakaia

Town

Photo: Mr Bungle, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Rakaia is a town sited on the southern banks of the Rakaia River on the Canterbury Plains in New Zealand's South Island, approximately 57 km south of Christchurch on State Highway 1 and the Main South Line.

Chertsey

Hamlet

Chertsey is a town in the Ashburton District, of New Zealand's South Island. It is located close to State Highway 1, which bypasses the town to the west, between Ashburton and Rakaia on the Canterbury Plains. Chertsey is situated 8 km southwest of St Ita’s Parish - Rakaia.

St Ita’s Parish - Rakaia

Categories: building, place of worship, and religion
Location: Ashburton District, Canterbury, South Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude

-43.75381° or 43° 45′ 14″ south

Longitude

172.01599° or 172° 0′ 58″ east

Open location code

4V8J62W8+F9

OpenStreetMap ID

way 406753571

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=place_of_worship

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

OpenStreetMap attribute

denomination=catholic

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Rakaia Fire Station and St Mark’s Anglican Church - Rakaia.

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