Beckenham, New Zealand
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Beckenham is an inner suburb of Christchurch, New Zealand, located three kilometres south of the city centre. The Ōpāwaho / Heathcote River winds through this predominantly residential suburb, a section of which is often referred to locally as the "Beckenham Loop". Beckenham is bounded by Sydenham to the north, Somerfield to the west, Cashmere and Huntsbury to the south and St Martins to the east.
Fisher Avenue, Beckenham
The Beckenham shops which have now been demolished after the 2011 Canterbury earthquakes.
The former Beckenham library building. Now home to the toy library (November 2020)
The Heathcote river in flood spilling into Eastern Terrace, Beckenham
Cashmere, New Zealand
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Cashmere is a suburb which rises above the southern end of the city of Christchurch in New Zealand's South Island.
Sign of the Kiwi at Dyer's Pass
Dame Ngaio Marsh's Home
John Cracroft Wilson in 1878