Cheviot is a town located in the Hurunui District of north Canterbury, on the east coast of the South Island of New Zealand. It is located on State Highway 1 approximately 110 Km north of Christchurch.

At the time of the 2001 New Zealand census of population and dwellings, the population of Cheviot was 323, a decrease of 48 over the previous five years. A further 980 people lived in the rural areas serviced by the town or in adjacent villages such as Domett, Gore Bay and Port Robinson.

Cheviot is a service town for highway traffic and for a pastoral farming district

Of note is Cathedral Gully, a spectacular weathered clay canyon near Gore Bay, 6km from Cheviot.