Southshore
Southshore is an eastern coastal suburb within Christchurch, New Zealand.
Southshore is an eastern coastal suburb within Christchurch, New Zealand. It is located on a narrow 2.5 km (1.6 mi) long sandspit that runs along the eastern side of the Avon Heathcote Estuary and west of the Pacific Ocean. The suburb is 8 km (5.0 mi) east of the city centre and 5 km (3.1 mi) south of New Brighton's main retail area.
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Worth seeing in and around Southshore
2 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.
- 01Moncks Cave
Moncks Cave is a cave located in Redcliffs, Christchurch, New Zealand. The cave was uncovered by road workers in 1889, and is considered to be one of the greatest archaeological sites in New Zealand.
1.7 km · cave located in Redcliffs, Christchurch · Wikipedia - 02Ferrymead Regional Park
Ferrymead Regional Park is a regional park in Christchurch, New Zealand, near the mouth of the Ōpāwaho / Heathcote River. The park is adjacent to Ferrymead Heritage Park, and the Ferrymead Railway runs through the eastern section of the park.
3.8 km · park in Christchurch, New Zealand · Wikipedia
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Getting to Southshore
- Airports
- Christchurch (CHC), 19 km · Wellington (WLG), 299 km
- Wellington → Southshore302 km · quickest by air, 4h 16m · NZ$150–240
- Queenstown → SouthshoreTrain, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side
- Auckland → Southshore765 km · quickest by air, 5h 35m · NZ$230–360
- 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 Southshore
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 Southshore. 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.
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Next door to Southshore
Southshore is 9 km from Christchurch, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Scarboroughsuburb of Christchurch, New Zealand3.4 km
- Sumnertown in Christchurch, New Zealand2.7 km
- Ferrymeadsuburb of Christchurch, New Zealand3.5 km
- Redcliffssuburb of Christchurch, New Zealand1.6 km
- Mount Pleasantsuburb of Christchurch, New Zealand2.9 km
- Cliftonsuburb of Christchurch, New Zealand1.9 km