Ashton, New Zealand

Ashton
Rural locality
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Coordinates: 44°02′S 171°46′E / 44.033°S 171.767°E / -44.033; 171.767
CountryNew Zealand
RegionCanterbury
Territorial authorityAshburton District
WardEastern

Ashton is a lightly populated locality in the Canterbury region of New Zealand's South Island.[1] It is situated on the Canterbury Plains south of Ashburton, on the Pacific Ocean coastline. It is on the southern side of the Ashburton River / Hakatere's mouth. Nearby settlements include Huntingdon and Wheatstone to the north, Waterton to the southwest, and across the Ashburton River / Hakatere, Riverside to the northeast.

  1. ^ "Place name detail: Ashton". New Zealand Gazetteer. New Zealand Geographic Board. Retrieved 22 January 2008.