# 126 Birdwood Avenue, Beckenham 4 reports on record since August 2018 · 3 with photographs. https://www.chch.live/beckenham/126-birdwood-avenue ## What gets reported here - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/problems/dumped-rubbish), 2 - [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/problems/water-leaks), 1 - [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/problems/road-damage), 1 ## Reported here - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/5798029), 2 Feb 2025 - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/3176284), 19 Mar 2023 - [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/1301138), 11 Nov 2020 - [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/report/483192), 14 Aug 2018 ## Photographed here (3 on record) - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/5798029), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05798029/public/1_z39umvrt972.jpg - [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/1301138), https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/01301138/1_SGNIN3.jpg - [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/report/483192), https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/00483192/0 [More photographs on the Beckenham wall](https://www.chch.live/wall?suburb=beckenham) ## Also reported on Birdwood Avenue - [82 Birdwood Avenue](https://www.chch.live/beckenham/82-birdwood-avenue), 29 reports - [3 Birdwood Avenue](https://www.chch.live/beckenham/3-birdwood-avenue), 21 reports - [91 Birdwood Avenue](https://www.chch.live/beckenham/91-birdwood-avenue), 11 reports - [133 Birdwood Avenue](https://www.chch.live/beckenham/133-birdwood-avenue), 10 reports - [121 Birdwood Avenue](https://www.chch.live/beckenham/121-birdwood-avenue), 9 reports - [77 Birdwood Avenue](https://www.chch.live/beckenham/77-birdwood-avenue), 8 reports - [71 Birdwood Avenue](https://www.chch.live/beckenham/71-birdwood-avenue), 8 reports - [109 Birdwood Avenue](https://www.chch.live/beckenham/109-birdwood-avenue), 8 reports - [Birdwood Avenue, the whole record](https://www.chch.live/street/beckenham/birdwood-avenue) ## From the air, then - [1925-1929](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.564&lon=172.6428&decade=1925_1929), CC BY 3.0 NZ · RNZAF - [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.564&lon=172.6428&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ - [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.564&lon=172.6428&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ - [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.564&lon=172.6428&decade=1975_1979), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ *Sourced from Canterbury Maps and partners. RNZAF, CC BY 3.0 NZ. Clean CC BY decades only; NZAM-covered spots stay out. [RetroLens](https://retrolens.co.nz/) holds more Crown aerials.* ## On the doorstep - [Hettie’s Rock & Crystal Shop](https://www.chch.live/business/hettie-s-rock-crystal-shop-beckenham), 98 m away · Esoteric - [The Birdwood Eatery](https://www.chch.live/business/the-birdwood-eatery-beckenham), 132 m away · Cafés - [The Birdwood Pizzeria](https://www.chch.live/business/the-birdwood-pizzeria-beckenham), 138 m away · Restaurants - [The Birdwood Eatery & Pizzeria](https://www.chch.live/business/the-birdwood-eatery-pizzeria-beckenham), 149 m away · Restaurants *Businesses within four hundred metres, measured at the pin, OpenStreetMap and the council directories.* ## The bus nearby - [Centaurus Rd near Austin Kirk Ln](https://www.chch.live/buses?stop=11043), 430 m away · [the Orbiter (anticlockwise)](https://www.chch.live/buses/oa) *The closest Metro stops, within four hundred and fifty metres.* ## The remembered names nearby - [Thank You for the Inspirational Journey Paul James Blacklow](https://www.chch.live/plaque/33710-beckenham-park), 235 m away, “Thank you for the inspirational journey Paul James Blacklow 26.10.1971 — 11.3.2007 You wer…” · 2008 - [Edgar Taylor Walk Duplicate Entry](https://www.chch.live/plaque/33747-beckenham-park), 240 m away, “EDGAR TAYLOR WALK duplicate entry (full text in 35498)” · 2008 *The plaque pins come from the register, a recorded spot, not a surveyed one. The whole roll: [plaques](https://www.chch.live/plaques).* ## Enrolment zones this address sits inside *Zones nest, a point is inside a primary, an intermediate and a secondary zone at once. The written scheme, not the polygon, decides.* - [Beckenham Te Kura o Puroto](https://www.chch.live/school/3291-beckenham-te-kura-o-puroto), Primary, years 1–8, in force from Jan 2021 - [St Peter's School Te Kura Haoika](https://www.chch.live/school/3542-st-peter-s-school-te-kura-haoika), Primary, years 1–8, in force from Jan 2026 - [Hillview Christian School](https://www.chch.live/school/341-hillview-christian-school), Composite, years 1–13, in force from Jan 2026 ## Bin day (Tuesdays) Bins go out Tuesday, by 6am. - Green bin, Weekly - Yellow bin, Fortnightly · Week One - Red bin, Fortnightly · Week One This address is on the council’s Week One calendar, which of the red and yellow bins goes out alternates, and that alternation is not published as data, so the council’s collection calendar is the check. ## What the land record says ### [What the ground is](https://www.chch.live/ground) - **Up to 95% chance of moderate-to-severe land damage**, [Liquefaction](https://www.chch.live/liquefaction) · Across 30 modelled earthquake scenarios: 22% average likelihood of moderate-to-severe land damage, 95% in the worst modelled scenario. - **Technical category TC2**, [Foundation category](https://www.chch.live/technical-categories) · Minor to moderate land damage from liquefaction is possible in future significant earthquakes _Foundations: Standard timber piled foundations or enhanced concrete foundations_ ### Water - **Inside the modelled 200-year flood extent**, [Flood risk, 200 year](https://www.chch.live/flood-hazard) · Heathcote catchment · 200 Year · climate change modelled to 2115 (CC16) ### [Rules on this land](https://www.chch.live/rules) - **Christchurch / Ōtautahi Clean Air Zone**, [Clean air zone](https://www.chch.live/rules) · Open fires and older woodburners are restricted here under the Canterbury Air Regional Plan. A burner installed before 2001 cannot be replaced like for like. - **In the Christchurch Airshed**, [Gazetted airshed](https://www.chch.live/rules) · A gazetted airshed is the area the national air quality standard is measured over, the 24-hour PM10 average that this one is allowed to breach once a year. _Zone A_ - **In the South Colombo alcohol ban area**, [Alcohol ban area](https://www.chch.live/rules) · A public drinking ban: At all times, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. These are modelled boundaries, not findings on this house, for anything with money attached, the council’s LIM is the certified property file. [Request a LIM](https://ccc.govt.nz/consents-and-licences/property-information-and-lims/land-information-memorandum-lim) · [Natural Hazards Portal](https://www.naturalhazardsportal.govt.nz). ## The street’s crash record NZTA’s record names Birdwood Avenue in 3 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 0 seriously hurt, nobody killed. [The crashes it names, each one →](https://www.chch.live/crashes?road=birdwood-avenue&suburb=beckenham) ## Renting nearby New bonds in Beckenham ran about **$620 a week**, $70 above the city median of $550, [the suburb page keeps the rent record →](https://www.chch.live/beckenham#s-living). ## The civic layer This ground votes in [Cashmere ward](https://www.chch.live/wards/cashmere), 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 Beckenham Library and Setting *207 m away · 65 Sandwich Road · located to ±11 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/461)* - On the register. Nothing researched here yet. ## The green nearby - [Waimea Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1006-waimea-reserve), 194 m to the edge - [Beckenham Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1276-beckenham-park), 208 m to the edge · Sports ground · 5 ha · playground, 34 pieces - [Heathcote Riverbank True Left](https://www.chch.live/park/1326-heathcote-riverbank-true-left), 294 m to the edge · 4 ha - [Palatine Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1258-palatine-reserve), 355 m to the edge · playground, 38 pieces - [Farnley Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1239-farnley-reserve), 384 m to the edge *Within half a kilometre, measured to the boundary, the council’s open data.* ## The civic shelf nearby - [Beckenham Service Centre](https://www.chch.live/facility/service-centre-10), 492 m away · Service centre ## The tracks through here - [Walk and bike track through Beckenham](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-530-beckenham), 6 m to the line · walk · bike - [Walk and bike track through Beckenham](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-517-beckenham), 118 m to the line · walk · bike - [Walk and bike track through Beckenham](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-463-somerfield), 197 m to the line · walk · bike - [Walk and bike track through Beckenham](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-516-cashmere), 237 m to the line · walk · bike - [Walk and bike track through Beckenham](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-520-beckenham), 320 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 126 Birdwood Avenue?** 4 council reports on record since August 2018, most often dumped rubbish (2), water leak (1), roading/streets (1). **What school is 126 Birdwood Avenue zoned for?** [Beckenham Te Kura o Puroto](https://www.chch.live/school/3291-beckenham-te-kura-o-puroto), [St Peter's School Te Kura Haoika](https://www.chch.live/school/3542-st-peter-s-school-te-kura-haoika) and [Hillview Christian School](https://www.chch.live/school/341-hillview-christian-school), and inside the region-wide zone of Cashmere High School, Hagley Community College, Middleton Grange School (Year 11-13), Villa Maria College, Christchurch Adventist School, St Thomas of Canterbury College. Indicative only, the school’s written enrolment scheme is the legal boundary, and it is redrawn, sometimes at short notice. [These zones on the map →](https://www.chch.live/schools?at=-43.56395617889846,172.6428161259803) **Which suburb is 126 Birdwood Avenue in?** Beckenham, Christchurch, on [Birdwood Avenue](https://www.chch.live/street/beckenham/birdwood-avenue). **What stood at 126 Birdwood Avenue before?** The heritage register names a place at or beside it, [Former Beckenham Library and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/461). **What is the nearest park to 126 Birdwood Avenue?** [Waimea Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1006-waimea-reserve), 194 m to its edge. Data: https://api.chch.live/address?suburb=beckenham&address=126-birdwood-avenue · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Beckenham&street=birdwood-avenue