Prestons | |
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| Coordinates: 43°28′26″S 172°40′08″E / 43.474°S 172.669°E | |
| Country | New Zealand |
| City | Christchurch |
| Local authority | Christchurch City Council |
| Electoral ward | Burwood |
| Community board | Waitai Coastal-Burwood-Linwood |
| Area | |
| • Land | 407 ha (1,006 acres) |
| Population (June 2024)[2] | |
| • Total | 5,170 |
| Belfast | Bottle Lake | |
| Marshland |
  Prestons  |
Parklands |
| Mairehau | Shirley | Burwood |
Prestons is a suburb on the northeastern side of Christchurch city.
The suburb is named for Thomas Herbert Preston (1824–1884), a local resident and chair of the Avon Road Board. It was first planned as a residential suburb in 2007,[3] and constructed in the 2010s.[4]
The suburb has a main exit to Preston Road at the north, and a minor one to the east. An exit to the south to reduce congestion has been delayed by disagreements over the intersection design.[5] The new exit was still delayed in May 2023.[6]
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
Areawas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Aotearoa Data Explorer". Statistics New Zealand. Retrieved 26 October 2024.
- ^ "Christchurch Place Names: N - Z : Prestons" (PDF). Christchurch City Libraries. February 2016. pp. 28–30.
- ^ Chamberlain, Peter (1 August 2010). "Community Commodified: The Prestons Road Residential Subdivision". Lincoln Planning Review. doi:10.34900/lpr.v2i2.528.
- ^ Walton, Steven (21 December 2022). "Subdivision residents hemmed in after dispute over tiny stretch of road". Stuff.
- ^ Gill, Sinead (25 May 2023). "Thousands of residents still using the one exit out of subdivision despite assurances". The Press.