Richmond Hill, Canterbury Map

About Richmond Hill, Canterbury

Richmond Hill is a locality in the Canterbury Region of New Zealand. It sits at an elevation of around 106 m above sea level. It lies approximately 11 km east-southeast of Christchurch, the regional capital. Richmond Hill is located at 43.5723°S, 172.7553°E. It observes New Zealand Time (NZST/NZDT).

Richmond Hill unfurls itself across a series of low, rounded elevations, its slopes a patchwork of verdant pasture and the occasional cluster of dark green pines. It lies 10.7 km east-south-east of Christchurch (from Christchurch: bearing 114°T), and is situated 14.2 km east-south-east of Riccarton. The air here carries a faint, persistent tang of salt, a whisper from Sumner Bay, just a kilometre away, where the rhythmic sigh of the tide is a constant, unseen presence. Sunlight, particularly in the late afternoon, spills across the landscape in molten gold, illuminating the subtle contours of the land and casting long, soft shadows that deepen the greens and browns of the countryside. The soil, a rich, loamy brown, is often visible in the cuts along the unpaved lanes, a testament to the earth’s yielding nature.

Historically, this part of Canterbury has been shaped by a blend of agricultural endeavour and its proximity to the coast. The economy of Richmond Hill has long been tied to the land, with sheep and beef farming being a prominent feature, their woolly forms dotting the hillsides like scattered clouds. This rural character is interwoven with the easy access to the sea, offering opportunities for fishing and recreational pursuits that draw visitors and locals alike. A notable feature is the Captain Thomas Walkway, a kilometre-long ribbon of path that skirts the coastline, inviting contemplation of the wide expanse of Sumner Bay and the distant, hazy outline of the Southern Alps. The local rhythm is unhurried, a gentle cadence dictated by the seasons and the ebb and flow of the tide, a quiet counterpoint to the more boisterous life of the nearby urban centres.

About This Richmond Hill Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Richmond Hill, Canterbury, New Zealand at coordinates -43.57233, 172.75535. 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 Richmond Hill.

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