Flemington, Canterbury

Flemington

This article is about the locality in Canterbury. For the other Flemington in New Zealand, see Flemington, Hawke's Bay.

Flemington is a lightly populated locality in the Canterbury region of New Zealand's South Island.^[1]

Geography

Flemington is situated on the Canterbury Plains south of Ashburton, between the Ashburton River and Hinds River. Nearby settlements include Eiffelton to the east, Huntingdon to the north, Wheatstone and Ashton to the east on the banks of the Ashburton River, and the ghost town of Waterton to the south on the Pacific Ocean coastline.

Education

Until 1999, Flemington had its own school. In 2000, it merged with two other local schools and was relocated to the former site of Willowby's school and is now known as Longbeach School.^[2]

References

↑ "Place Name Detail: Flemington". New Zealand Geographic Placenames Database. Land Information New Zealand. Retrieved 23 January 2008.
↑ Department of Internal Affairs, Notice Number 6786: Merger of Schools, New Zealand Gazette (16 September 1999), accessed 23 January 2008.

Coordinates: 44°01′04″S 171°43′46″E / 44.0178°S 171.7295°E / -44.0178; 171.7295

Towns of the Ashburton District, Canterbury, New Zealand

Major Towns	Ashburton Methven Rakaia Tinwald

Other Towns	Chertsey Ealing Fairton Hinds Lake Clearwater Lake Hood Mayfield Mount Somers Winslow

Localities	Acton Alford Forest Anama Ashburton Forks Ashburton Gorge Ashton Barhill Buccleuch Bushside Cairnbrae Carew Cavendish Coldstream Dorie Dromore Eiffelton Elgin Erewhon Flemington Greenstreet Hackthorne Hakatere (Gorge River mouth) Hatfield Highbank Huntingdon Kyle Lagmhor Lauriston Lismore Longbeach Lowcliffe Lyndhurst Lynnford Marawiti Maronan Mitcham Montalto Mount Hutt Mount Possession Newland Overdale Pendarves Punawai Rokeby Ruapuna Seafield Sherwood Somerton Springburn Staveley Urrall Valetta Wakanui Waterton Westerfield Wheatstone Willowby Winchmore Windermere

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