Prebbleton

Prebbleton
Prebbleton Location of Prebbleton
Coordinates: 43°34′42″S 172°30′48″E / 43.57833°S 172.51333°E / -43.57833; 172.51333
Population (2013)
• Total	3,117

Prebbleton is a small town in the Selwyn District in the Canterbury Region of New Zealand. It is 11 km southwest of the centre of Christchurch and about 2 km south of the outlying industrial suburb of Hornby.

Prebbleton dates back to 1855, making it one of the earliest settlements on the Canterbury Plains. The Prebble brothers, originally from Kent, England, settled in the district.^[1]

The population of Prebbleton as at 2006 was 3,024 ^[2] The village has experienced considerable growth with several subdivisions built in the last two decades.

References

↑ "Prebbleton". NZETC. Retrieved 2015-09-04.
↑ "QuickStats About Prebbleton". Stats.govt.nz. Retrieved 2015-09-04.

Coordinates: 43°34′52″S 172°30′43″E / 43.581°S 172.5120°E / -43.581; 172.5120

Towns of the Selwyn District, Canterbury, New Zealand
Ellesmere Ward	Bankside Brookside Doyleston Dunsandel Irwell Killinchy Lakeside Leeston Little Rakaia Mead Milltown Rakaia Huts Sedgemere Selwyn Southbridge Taumutu Te Pirita
Malvern Ward	Annat Arthur's Pass Bealey Cass Castle Hill Village Charing Cross Coalgate Courtenay Craigieburn Darfield Greendale Glentunnel Hawkins Homebush Hororata Kimberley Kirwee Kowai Bush Lake Coleridge Racecourse Hill Rakaia Gorge Sheffield Springfield Staircase Waddington Whitecliffs Windwhistle
Selwyn Central Ward	Aylesbury Burnham Halkett Mcleans Island Norwood Paparua Rolleston Sandy Knolls Weedons West Melton
Springs Ward	Broadfield Ellesmere Greenpark Greenpark Huts Ladbrooks Lincoln Lower Selwyn Huts Motukarara Prebbleton Selwyn Huts Springston Springston South Tai Tapu Templeton

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