# 26 Dickens Street, Addington 18 reports on record since September 2018 · 17 with photographs. https://www.chch.live/addington/26-dickens-street ## What gets reported here - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/problems/dumped-rubbish) — 10 - [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti) — 3 - [Parks](https://www.chch.live/problems/parks-maintenance) — 2 - Water Fountain — 1 - [Road Signage](https://www.chch.live/problems/road-damage) — 1 - [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/problems/overgrown-vegetation) — 1 ## Reported here - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/7861029) — 6 Mar 2026 - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/7793799) — 23 Feb 2026 - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/6902828) — 16 Sept 2025 - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/6001614) — 10 Mar 2025 - [Road Signage](https://www.chch.live/report/5953687) — 1 Mar 2025 - [Water Fountain](https://www.chch.live/report/5952382) — 28 Feb 2025 - [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/5935297) — 25 Feb 2025 - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/5806837) — 3 Feb 2025 - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/5791560) — 31 Jan 2025 - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/5790116) — 31 Jan 2025 ## Photographed here (17 on record) - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/7861029) — https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07861029/public/1_59wsni6gdjxg.jpg - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/7793799) — https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07793799/public/1_yzqmjmsa79z.jpg - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/6902828) — https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06902828/public/1_gd3p2h8e294.jpg - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/6001614) — https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06001614/public/1_ptqu7maygwqf.jpg - [Road Signage](https://www.chch.live/report/5953687) — https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05953687/public/1_4DW8n2i.jpg - [Water Fountain](https://www.chch.live/report/5952382) — https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05952382/public/1_s0tg6hnfspkk.jpg - [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/5935297) — https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05935297/public/1_8dcwtkpngmfn.jpg - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/5806837) — https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05806837/public/1_6ps0jb6prd5l.jpg - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/5791560) — https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05791560/public/1_Uojort4.jpg - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/5790116) — https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05790116/public/1_wqbnk540nga.jpg - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/5425853) — https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05425853/public/1_kn17ir96u9d.jpg - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/5285215) — https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05285215/public/1_842klpoyxoc6.jpg [More photographs on the Addington wall](https://www.chch.live/wall?suburb=addington) ## Also reported on Dickens Street - [28 Dickens Street](https://www.chch.live/addington/28-dickens-street) — 17 reports - [44 Dickens Street](https://www.chch.live/addington/44-dickens-street) — 9 reports - [32 Dickens Street](https://www.chch.live/addington/32-dickens-street) — 9 reports - [23 Dickens Street](https://www.chch.live/addington/23-dickens-street) — 8 reports - [48 Dickens Street](https://www.chch.live/addington/48-dickens-street) — 7 reports - [48A Dickens Street](https://www.chch.live/addington/48a-dickens-street) — 6 reports - [22 Dickens Street](https://www.chch.live/addington/22-dickens-street) — 6 reports - [21A Dickens Street](https://www.chch.live/addington/21a-dickens-street) — 6 reports - [Dickens Street, the whole record](https://www.chch.live/street/addington/dickens-street) ## On the doorstep - [Jailhouse Accommodation](https://www.chch.live/business/jailhouse-accommodation-addington) — 77 m away · Hostels - [Burger King](https://www.chch.live/business/burger-king-addington) — 110 m away · Fast food - [Coffee Culture](https://www.chch.live/business/coffee-culture-addington) — 120 m away · Cafés - [Young Sing Takeaway](https://www.chch.live/business/young-sing-takeaway-addington) — 122 m away · Fast food *Businesses within four hundred metres, measured at the pin — OpenStreetMap and the council directories.* ## The bus nearby - Harman St near Lincoln Rd — 116 m away · [route 120](https://www.chch.live/buses/120) - Lincoln Rd near Dickens St — 143 m away · [route 7](https://www.chch.live/buses/7), [route 120](https://www.chch.live/buses/120) *The closest Metro stops, within four hundred and fifty metres.* ## The remembered names nearby - [Charles Dickens (1812 - 1870) Was One of the Most Popular](https://www.chch.live/plaque/111863-mountfort-park) — 9 m away — “Charles Dickens (1812 - 1870) was one of the most popular English novelists of the Victori…” · 2013 *The plaque pins come from the register — a recorded spot, not a surveyed one. The whole roll: [plaques](https://www.chch.live/plaques).* ## The street’s crash record NZTA’s record names Dickens Street in 6 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006 — 2 seriously hurt, nobody killed. [The crashes it names, each one →](https://www.chch.live/crashes?road=dickens-street&suburb=addington) ## Renting nearby New bonds in Addington ran about **$502 a week** — $48 below the city median of $550 — [the suburb page keeps the rent record →](https://www.chch.live/addington#s-living). ## The civic layer This ground votes in [Spreydon ward](https://www.chch.live/wards/spreydon) — the [Spreydon-Cashmere-Heathcote community board](https://www.chch.live/boards/spreydon-cashmere-heathcote) is its local layer. Ward lines don’t always follow suburb lines; this one is measured at the pin, not the suburb’s centre. The whole roll is at [/wards](https://www.chch.live/wards). ## What was here — Former Addington Gaol, Wall and Setting *102 m away · 15/336 Lincoln Road · located to ±69 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/134)* - On the register. Nothing researched here yet. - Heritage New Zealand list entry: https://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/7467 ## The green nearby - [Mountfort Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1219-mountfort-park) — you are in it · Botanic - [Cornelius O'connor Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1307-cornelius-o-connor-reserve) — 292 m to the edge · playground — 39 pieces - [Hagley Park South](https://www.chch.live/park/1812-hagley-park-south) — 386 m to the edge · Sports ground · 71 ha - [Addington Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1268-addington-park) — 430 m to the edge · Sports ground · 3 ha · playground — 16 pieces - [Walsall Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1773-walsall-reserve) — 432 m to the edge *Within half a kilometre, measured to the boundary — the council’s open data.* ## The tracks through here - [Walk and bike track through Addington](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-398-addington) — 135 m to the line · walk · bike - [Walk and bike track through Addington](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-432-addington) — 210 m to the line · walk · bike - [Walk and bike track through Addington](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-444-addington) — 233 m to the line · walk · bike - [Walk and bike track through Addington](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-392-addington) — 256 m to the line · walk · bike - [Walk and bike track through Addington](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-439-addington) — 263 m to the line · walk · bike *Lines passing within half a kilometre — the council’s open data.* ## Questions, answered briefly **What has been reported at 26 Dickens Street?** 18 council reports on record since September 2018 — most often dumped rubbish (10), graffiti (3), parks (2). **Which suburb is 26 Dickens Street in?** Addington, Christchurch — on [Dickens Street](https://www.chch.live/street/addington/dickens-street). **What stood at 26 Dickens Street before?** The heritage register names a place at or beside it — [Former Addington Gaol, Wall and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/134). **What is the nearest park to 26 Dickens Street?** [Mountfort Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1219-mountfort-park) — the address is inside it. Data: https://api.chch.live/address?suburb=addington&address=26-dickens-street · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Addington&street=dickens-street