Avonhead
Avonhead is a suburb of the New Zealand city of Christchurch.
Avonhead is a suburb of the New Zealand city of Christchurch. It has two primary schools, a shopping centre and several parks.
Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Worth seeing in and around Avonhead
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01University of Canterbury
The University of Canterbury is a public research university based in Christchurch, New Zealand. It was founded in 1873 as Canterbury College, the first constituent college of the University of New Zealand.
2.5 km · public research university in Christchurch, New Zealand · Wikipedia - 02Te Whare Waiutuutu Kate Sheppard House
Kate Sheppard House is a historic building and museum on Clyde Road in the Christchurch suburb of Ilam, bordering the University of Canterbury. It was the home of Kate Sheppard from 1888 to 1902, the key years where she led the campaign for women's suffrage.
2.9 km · building in Christchurch, New Zealand · Wikipedia - 03Riccarton Park Racecourse
Riccarton Park Racecourse is the main thoroughbred horse racecourse for the Christchurch city area in New Zealand.
2.2 km · thoroughbred horse racecourse for the Christchurch, New Zealand · Wikipedia - 04Our Lady of Victories Church
Our Lady of Victories Church is a church building in Christchurch, New Zealand, in the suburb of Sockburn. It was designed by Charles Thomas for the Our Lady of Victories Parish.
2.9 km · church in Christchurch · Wikipedia - 05St Peter's Church, Riccarton
St Peter's Church is an Anglican church in Riccarton, Christchurch, New Zealand. It is registered as Category II by Heritage New Zealand.
2.6 km · New Zealand church · Wikipedia - 06Christchurch Football Centre
United Sports Centre, is a multi-purpose stadium in the suburb of Russley in Christchurch, New Zealand. It is used for football matches and is the home stadium of Southern League and National League side Christchurch United and OFC Professional League side South Island United.
2.4 km · football stadium in Russley, Christchurch, New Zealand · Wikipedia - 07St Barnabas Church
St Barnabas Church is an Anglican church in Christchurch, New Zealand. It is registered as Category I by Heritage New Zealand.
3.3 km · church in Christchurch, New Zealand · Wikipedia - 08College House
College House is a hall of residence at the University of Canterbury in Christchurch, New Zealand. Founded originally in 1850 as a collegiate for young men alongside Christ's College, it became a residential college for the then Canterbury College of the new University of New Zealand in 1873.
2 km · hall of residence in Christchurch, New Zealand · Wikipedia - 09Burnside Park
Burnside Park is a cricket ground in Burnside, Canterbury, New Zealand. The first recorded match on the ground came when Canterbury Women played Auckland Women in 1974.
800 m · sports ground in Christchurch, New Zealand · Wikipedia - 10Deans Cottage
Deans Cottage is the oldest remaining building in Canterbury, New Zealand. Located in the Christchurch suburb of Riccarton, it was part of the Riccarton estate.
3.7 km · New Zealand heritage building · Wikipedia
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Getting to Avonhead
- Airports
- Christchurch (CHC), 3 km
- Stations
- Christchurch International Airport, 3 km
- Wellington → Avonhead307 km · quickest by air, 3h 39m · NZ$120–190
- Queenstown → AvonheadTrain, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side
- Auckland → Avonhead764 km · quickest by air, 4h 58m · NZ$200–310
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Avonhead
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Avonhead. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inThis scenic train journey can be done as a day trip.
- Get inAt Picton the Coastal Pacific connects with the Cook Strait ferries from Wellington in the North Island.
- Get inThe train departs Christchurch at 7AM and arrives in Picton at 1:15PM, connecting with the 2PM ferry to Wellington.
- Get inThe 9AM ferry from Wellington connects with the train departing Picton at 2:15PM and arriving in Christchurch at 8:30PM.
- Get aroundServices cover the whole city and areas of interest for a visitor that lie outside the central city, such as Sumner and New Brighton beaches, Lyttelton, and the Gondola.
From Wikivoyage: Christchurch, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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Next door to Avonhead
Avonhead is 7 km from Christchurch, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.