Ealing, Canterbury Map

About Ealing, Canterbury

Ealing is a locality in the Canterbury Region of New Zealand. It has a population of approximately 1,740. It sits at an elevation of around 112 m above sea level. It lies approximately 113 km west-southwest of Christchurch, the regional capital. Ealing is located at 44.0500°S, 171.4167°E. It observes New Zealand Time (NZST/NZDT). Statistics New Zealand classifies the area as a small urban area.

Ealing lies in a broad, fertile valley, where the land rolls with a gentle persistence towards the distant, hazy line of the Tara Haoa Range. It lies 30.2 km south-west of Ashburton (from Ashburton: bearing 236°T), and is situated 14.5 km east-north-east of Geraldine. The country here is a mosaic of cultivated fields, their colours shifting with the seasons from the deep green of pasture to the golden stubble of harvest, interspersed with stands of native bush that cling to the lower slopes of the hills. The air, particularly in the early morning, carries a crispness that speaks of its inland position, a cool breath drawn from the vast plains stretching towards the south. Sunlight, when it breaks through the often-clouded Canterbury sky, paints the landscape in broad strokes of ochre and emerald, a quiet beauty that feels both ancient and enduring.

The history of Ealing is woven into the agricultural tapestry of the region, its economy long sustained by the rich soil and the steady flow of the nearby Rangitata River. For generations, sheep and beef farming have been the lifeblood of this community, the wool gathered and the beasts moved along time-worn tracks. While the broader agricultural landscape of Canterbury has diversified, Ealing retains a strong connection to its pastoral roots, with many families having worked the same land for decades. The rhythm of life here is dictated by the land and the seasons, a steady, predictable pulse that has shaped the character of Ealing and its people.

About This Ealing Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Ealing, Canterbury, New Zealand at coordinates -44.05, 171.41667. Use the Map and Satellite buttons to switch views, the plus and minus buttons to zoom, and Fullscreen to fill the screen.

Search Maps opens a second, independent map with four things the embedded map cannot do. It searches OpenStreetMap for any New Zealand town, suburb or landmark by name. It offers LINZ topographic maps as a base layer — the official Topo250 and Topo50 sheets, switching scale automatically as you zoom, and the standard reference for tramping, hunting and back-country travel. It offers LINZ aerial imagery down to 5cm resolution in urban areas. And it can take a single GPS fix from your device and report your position as both an NZTM2000 grid reference and plain latitude and longitude — the grid reference being what New Zealand search and rescue services work from. Map tiles require mobile coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map itself cannot load.

My Location & Navigate starts the vector-tile navigator: live turn-by-turn driving directions from your current position to any destination, with spoken guidance, lane hints and automatic re-routing.

Live weather conditions with current observations and a 7-day forecast are powered by Open-Meteo. Real-time New Zealand and world news feeds keep the page current, while an editorial description provides background on Ealing.

Ealing sits within the Canterbury Region. Location data is drawn from the GeoNames geographical database and verified by coordinates, ensuring the correct Ealing is identified even where the name is shared across multiple New Zealand localities.