Dallington, New Zealand
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Dallington is a suburb of Christchurch
, New Zealand
, on the north-east side of the city.
It is bounded mainly by the Avon river, stretching in a circular area from the intersection of Gayhurst Road, Dallington Terrace and Locksley Avenue along to New Brighton Road, North Parade and Banks Avenue where it meets the intersection at the other end of Dallington Terrace and River Road. Its neighbouring suburbs are Burwood
, Shirley
, Richmond, and Avonside
.
It is home to a petrol station, an automechanic workshop, a garden supplies centre, charitable organisation Trade Aid's head office, a hairdressing salon, three dairies, a haberdashery store, a "fish & chips" takeaway, a medical centre, two primary schools, Banks Avenue School and St. Paul's School, (a Roman Catholic school), with three high schools - Shirley Boys' High
, Marian College
and Avonside Girls' High
close by, in neighbouring suburbs.
The "Orbiter" bus service, the city council's suburban-based and circular service which runs every 10 minutes during weekdays and 15-30 mins apart during weekends and also connects with city-suburb buses is a major plus for the suburb.
On September 4th, 2010, it was severely hit by a 7.1 magnitude earthquake
, causing immense damage. Consequently, the St Paul's parish church and school which had suffered greatly from the effects of the quake, were forced to relocate their church services to the Marian College
chapel and the students to Catholic Cathedral College
, for the following couple of years estimated that it would take to rebuild.
Christchurch
Christchurch is the largest city in the South Island of New Zealand, and the country's second-largest urban area after Auckland. It lies one third of the way down the South Island's east coast, just north of Banks Peninsula which itself, since 2006, lies within the formal limits of...
, New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
, on the north-east side of the city.
It is bounded mainly by the Avon river, stretching in a circular area from the intersection of Gayhurst Road, Dallington Terrace and Locksley Avenue along to New Brighton Road, North Parade and Banks Avenue where it meets the intersection at the other end of Dallington Terrace and River Road. Its neighbouring suburbs are Burwood
Burwood, New Zealand
Burwood is a north-eastern suburb of Christchurch, New Zealand. The suburb is mostly a residential area and is centred around Burwood Hospital, Travis Wetland Nature Heritage Park and Bottle Lake Forest...
, Shirley
Shirley, New Zealand
Shirley, sometimes referred to as Windsor, is a suburb of Christchurch, New Zealand, about north-east of the city centre.-Naming:Susannah Buxton was married to John Buxton . On her deathbed in 1868, she asked her son, Joseph Shirley Buxton , to gift land to the Methodists to build a church...
, Richmond, and Avonside
Avonside
Avonside is an eastern suburb in Christchurch, New Zealand. It is one of the oldest suburbs of the city, with only Heathcote being older.-History:...
.
It is home to a petrol station, an automechanic workshop, a garden supplies centre, charitable organisation Trade Aid's head office, a hairdressing salon, three dairies, a haberdashery store, a "fish & chips" takeaway, a medical centre, two primary schools, Banks Avenue School and St. Paul's School, (a Roman Catholic school), with three high schools - Shirley Boys' High
Shirley Boys' High School
Shirley Boys' High School is a single sex state secondary school in Christchurch, New Zealand. It is situated on a 6 hectare site in the suburb of Shirley, 3.8 kilometres from the city centre...
, Marian College
Marian College, Christchurch
Marian College, Christchurch was founded in 1982 with the merging of two Catholic secondary schools for girls, St Mary’s College and McKillop College located in Shirley...
and Avonside Girls' High
Avonside Girls' High School
Avonside Girls' High School is a large urban high school in the Christchurch, New Zealand suburb of Avonside. It has more than 1200 girls from Year 9 to Year 13....
close by, in neighbouring suburbs.
The "Orbiter" bus service, the city council's suburban-based and circular service which runs every 10 minutes during weekdays and 15-30 mins apart during weekends and also connects with city-suburb buses is a major plus for the suburb.
On September 4th, 2010, it was severely hit by a 7.1 magnitude earthquake
2010 Canterbury earthquake
The 2010 Canterbury earthquake was a 7.1 magnitude earthquake, which struck the South Island of New Zealand at 4:35 am on local time ....
, causing immense damage. Consequently, the St Paul's parish church and school which had suffered greatly from the effects of the quake, were forced to relocate their church services to the Marian College
Marian College, Christchurch
Marian College, Christchurch was founded in 1982 with the merging of two Catholic secondary schools for girls, St Mary’s College and McKillop College located in Shirley...
chapel and the students to Catholic Cathedral College
Catholic Cathedral College, Christchurch
Catholic Cathedral College, Christchurch is an integrated Catholic co-educational secondary school in Christchurch, New Zealand. It was founded in 1987 but its origins go back to more than a 100 years earlier...
, for the following couple of years estimated that it would take to rebuild.