Wigram
Wigram is a suburb in the southwest of Christchurch, New Zealand.
Wigram is a suburb in the southwest of Christchurch, New Zealand. The suburb lies close to the industrial estates of Sockburn and the satellite retail and residential zone of Hornby, and has undergone significant growth in recent years due to housing developments. It is seven kilometres to the west of the city centre.
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Worth seeing in and around Wigram
9 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.
3.8 km · public research university in Christchurch, New Zealand · Wikipedia - 02Rugby League Park
Rugby League Park is a sports stadium in Christchurch, New Zealand. It is currently known for sponsorship reasons as Apollo Projects Stadium, and non-commercially as Christchurch Stadium.
3.8 km · separate stadium also in Christchurch, and temporary home to the Crusaders of Super Rugby · Wikipedia - 03Air Force Museum of New Zealand
The Air Force Museum of New Zealand, formerly called The Royal New Zealand Air Force Museum, is located at Wigram, the RNZAF's first operational base, in Christchurch, in the South Island of New Zealand. It opened on 1 April 1987 as part of the celebrations for the RNZAF's 50th anniversary, and is primarily a museum of the Royal New Zealand Air Force, its predecessor, the New Zealand Permanent Air Force and New Zealand squadrons of the Royal Air Force.
1.1 km · military and aviation museum in Christchurch, New Zealand · Wikipedia - 04Wolfbrook Arena
Wolfbrook Arena is an indoor arena in Christchurch, New Zealand. It is located in the suburb of Addington.
3.5 km · Sporting arena in New Zealand · Wikipedia - 05Riccarton Park Racecourse
Riccarton Park Racecourse is the main thoroughbred horse racecourse for the Christchurch city area in New Zealand.
3 km · thoroughbred horse racecourse for the Christchurch, New Zealand · Wikipedia - 06College 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.
3.5 km · hall of residence in Christchurch, New Zealand · Wikipedia - 07Our 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 km · church in Christchurch · Wikipedia - 08St 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 - 09St John of God Halswell
St John of God Health Care is a not for profit, Catholic provider of health care services in Australia, with 25 hospitals and facilities comprising more than 3,200 beds. The group operates in Western Australia, New South Wales, Victoria, and New Zealand.
1.3 km · New Zealand church building · Wikipedia
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Getting to Wigram
- Airports
- Christchurch (CHC), 7 km
- Stations
- Wigram Aerodrome, 500 m
- Wellington → Wigram311 km · quickest by air, 3h 43m · NZ$130–200
- Queenstown → WigramTrain, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side
- Auckland → Wigram768 km · quickest by air, 5h 2m · NZ$210–320
- 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 Wigram
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 Wigram. 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 Wigram
Wigram is 6 km from Christchurch, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Halswellsuburb of Christchurch, New Zealand3.7 km
- Hornbysuburb of Christchurch, New Zealand2.1 km
- Sockburnsuburb of Christchurch, New Zealand2.1 km
- Aidanfieldsuburb of Christchurch, New Zealand1.6 km
- Upper Riccartonsuburb of Christchurch, New Zealand2.7 km
- Ilamsuburb of Christchurch, New Zealand3.8 km