# 28 Dickens Street, Addington 17 reports on record since April 2018 · 13 with photographs. https://www.chch.live/addington/28-dickens-street ## What gets reported here - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/problems/dumped-rubbish) — 6 - [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti) — 2 - General Request — 2 - [Vandalism - General](https://www.chch.live/problems/vandalism) — 1 - [Parks](https://www.chch.live/problems/parks-maintenance) — 1 - [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/problems/parks-maintenance) — 1 ## Reported here - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/7862292) — 7 Mar 2026 - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/7324433) — 4 Dec 2025 - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/6968261) — 30 Sept 2025 - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/6489674) — 17 Jun 2025 - [Graffiti on a playground or in a park](https://www.chch.live/report/6367686) — 21 May 2025 - [General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/5982545) — 6 Mar 2025 - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/5981360) — 6 Mar 2025 - [Facility - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/5949946) — 28 Feb 2025 - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/5597244) — 24 Dec 2024 - [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/5391351) — 10 Nov 2024 ## Photographed here (13 on record) - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/7862292) — https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07862292/public/1_pijqk925z2jj.jpg - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/7324433) — https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07324433/public/1_bpakn8tnawnn.jpg - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/6968261) — https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06968261/public/1_vjl3hnd7sfhc.jpg - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/6489674) — https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06489674/public/1_917udhpewghp.jpg - [Graffiti on a playground or in a park](https://www.chch.live/report/6367686) — https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06367686/public/1_hacnbo8pthv1.jpg - [General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/5982545) — https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05981451/public/1_rh0lnn13wcca.jpg - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/5981360) — https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05981360/public/1_h9vjt412ia.jpg - [Facility - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/5949946) — https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05949946/public/1_bgz18pc8556f.jpg - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/5597244) — https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05597244/public/1_ov560mty3q2.jpg - [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/5391351) — https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05391351/public/1_m9z45lzjgnet.jpg - [Graffiti on a sign, mural or public art](https://www.chch.live/report/5285206) — https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05285206/public/1_x8wpatq6cyb8.jpg - [Vandalism - General](https://www.chch.live/report/3981478) — https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/03981478/public/1_pgm5gqej62og.jpg [More photographs on the Addington wall](https://www.chch.live/wall?suburb=addington) ## Also reported on Dickens Street - [26 Dickens Street](https://www.chch.live/addington/26-dickens-street) — 18 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) — 120 m away · Fast food - [Young Sing Takeaway](https://www.chch.live/business/young-sing-takeaway-addington) — 127 m away · Fast food - [Coffee Culture](https://www.chch.live/business/coffee-culture-addington) — 130 m away · Cafés *Businesses within four hundred metres, measured at the pin — OpenStreetMap and the council directories.* ## The bus nearby - Harman St near Lincoln Rd — 119 m away · [route 120](https://www.chch.live/buses/120) - Addington Village — 153 m away · [route 120](https://www.chch.live/buses/120), [route 7](https://www.chch.live/buses/7) *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) — 10 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 *105 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 ## What was here — Church of St Mary the Virgin Lychgate and Setting *247 m away · located to ±3 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/427)* - On the register. Nothing researched here yet. - Heritage New Zealand list entry: https://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/7516 ## 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) — 288 m to the edge · playground — 39 pieces - [Hagley Park South](https://www.chch.live/park/1812-hagley-park-south) — 392 m to the edge · Sports ground · 71 ha - [Addington Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1268-addington-park) — 426 m to the edge · Sports ground · 3 ha · playground — 16 pieces - [Walsall Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1773-walsall-reserve) — 437 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) — 145 m to the line · walk · bike - [Walk and bike track through Addington](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-432-addington) — 201 m to the line · walk · bike - [Walk and bike track through Addington](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-444-addington) — 228 m to the line · walk · bike - [Walk and bike track through Addington](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-439-addington) — 254 m to the line · walk · bike - [Walk and bike track through Addington](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-392-addington) — 265 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 28 Dickens Street?** 17 council reports on record since April 2018 — most often dumped rubbish (6), graffiti (2), general request (2). **Which suburb is 28 Dickens Street in?** Addington, Christchurch — on [Dickens Street](https://www.chch.live/street/addington/dickens-street). **What stood at 28 Dickens Street before?** The heritage register names 2 places at or beside it — [Former Addington Gaol, Wall and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/134), [Church of St Mary the Virgin Lychgate and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/427). **What is the nearest park to 28 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=28-dickens-street · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Addington&street=dickens-street