W Block
W Block is a school building in Christchurch City, Canterbury. W Block is situated nearby to the pitch Front Field, as well as near the grassland Sacred Lawn.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Cashmere High School and Ngaio Marsh House.
Cashmere High School
School
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Cashmere High School is a state coeducational secondary school, located in southern Christchurch, New Zealand. It was opened in 1956 in response to population growth in southern Christchurch during the 1950s. Cashmere High School is situated 190 metres southwest of W Block.
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 720 metres south of W Block.
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 760 metres southwest of W Block.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Somerfield and Cashmere.
Somerfield
Suburb
Somerfield is a suburb in the south of Christchurch, New Zealand. It is nominally bordered by the Ōpāwaho / Heathcote River to the south and west, Strickland and Colombo Streets to the east, and Milton Street to the north.
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.
Beckenham
Suburb
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Beckenham is an inner suburb of Christchurch, New Zealand, located three kilometres south of the city centre. The Heathcote River winds through this predominantly residential suburb, a section of which is often referred to locally as the "Beckenham Loop".
W Block
- Type: School building
- Categories: building and education
- Location: Christchurch City, Canterbury, South Island, New Zealand, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-43.56551° or 43° 33′ 56″ southLongitude
172.62627° or 172° 37′ 35″ eastLevels
1Open location code
4V8JCJMG+QGOpenStreetMap ID
way 719301075OpenStreetMap feature
building=school
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