Brooklands, Christchurch

Brooklands
Suburb
Brooklands just after the 2010 Canterbury earthquake
Brooklands just after the 2010 Canterbury earthquake
Map
Coordinates: 43°24′14″S 172°41′45″E / 43.40389°S 172.69583°E / -43.40389; 172.69583
CountryNew Zealand
CityChristchurch
Local authorityChristchurch City Council
Electoral wardCoastal
Community boardWaitai Coastal-Burwood-Linwood
Area
[1]
 • Land308 ha (761 acres)
Population
 (2018 Census)[2]
 • Total129
Kaiapoi (Waimakariri River)
Brooklands
 (Brooklands Lagoon)
Chaneys (Bottle Lake Forest)

Brooklands is the northernmost suburb of Christchurch, New Zealand. The settlement was built on former swamp land adjacent to Brooklands Lagoon, which forms part of the Waimakariri River mouth. The land damage sustained in the 2010 and 2011 Christchurch earthquakes and subsequent Red Zone classification resulted in the buyout and demolition of nearly all properties in Brooklands, effectively wiping the suburb off the map.[3]

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