# Roydon Quarry, a quarry of Christchurch

A named quarry in Christchurch, at Templeton.

Suburb: [Templeton](https://www.chch.live/templeton)

From the air, an aerial view of Roydon Quarry: https://api.chch.live/biz-img?slug=rock-roydon-quarry (LINZ / ECan aerial survey, CC BY 4.0).

## The ground under it

- [The nearest recorded shake: M3](https://www.chch.live/sequence), 11 September 2010 · ~550 m from the pin · 216 logged within 5 km
The whole stack, answered live: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.553848&lon=172.444946&radius=250

## Around it

- [Old Halswell Quarry](https://www.chch.live/rock/old-halswell-quarry), rock · 12.0 km
- [Waimak Production Site](https://www.chch.live/rock/waimak-production-site), rock · 12.9 km
- [Bivvy Rock](https://www.chch.live/rock/bivvy-rock), rock · 16.8 km
- [Tamatea Crag](https://www.chch.live/rock/tamatea-crag), rock · 18.2 km


## Questions, answered briefly

**What is Roydon Quarry?**

A named quarry in Christchurch, at [Templeton](https://www.chch.live/templeton), as the open map records it.

**Where exactly is Roydon Quarry?**

The pin is OpenStreetMap’s own position for the quarry, the pit’s mapped outline or its middle. Neighbours on the register are near it, not the same record.


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The position and the names are OpenStreetMap’s, a named cliff, rock, reef or quarry inside the city boundary (ODbL). A pin is the mapper’s position for the feature; the dual names and the crag names are recorded as the map carries them.
The page: https://www.chch.live/rock/roydon-quarry
The whole roll as data: https://www.chch.live/rock.geojson
The high places: https://www.chch.live/summit
The old sites: https://www.chch.live/site