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Bridle Path

New ZealandCanterburyRegional route4.4 km · 2.7 mi

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About this trail

1850: Canterbury's first European settlers from Lyttelton to Christchurch. Steep track. Stunning views from city to the Southern Alps and Lyttelton and Banks Peninsula. Several memorial seats, Stone shelter at top commemorates pioneer women of Canterbury

Description from OpenStreetMap (ODbL).

Trail facts

Mapped length
4.4 km · 2.7 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
Country
New Zealand
Region
Canterbury
Continent
Oceania
Route type
Regional route
Ref
Brdl
From / to
Lyttelton → Ferrymead
Route centre
-43.5796, 172.7093 (centre of the mapped route’s extent)
Route start
-43.6001, 172.7139 (first point of the mapped route)
OpenStreetMap
relation 13388436

Photo taken near this trail: “Old Hops Store, Heathcote - panoramio.jpg” by DB Thats-Me, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

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