96 Martin Avenue
7 council reports since November 2023, 6 carrying a photograph. The most-reported address on Martin Avenue.
On the register here
- Former Beckenham Library and Setting, 65 Sandwich Road (194m)
From the air, then
Sourced from Canterbury Maps and partners. RNZAF, CC BY 3.0 NZ. Each frame is cut from Environment Canterbury’s historic imagery MapServer for that decade, only where the Footprints layer names a CC BY survey (NZAM-covered spots stay out). RetroLens holds more Crown aerials →
The green nearby
- Heathcote Riverbank True Left, 21 m to the edge · 4 ha
- Palatine Reserve, 88 m to the edge · playground, 38 pieces
- Huntsbury Playground, 173 m to the edge · playground, 8 pieces
- Beckenham Park, 182 m to the edge · Sports ground · 5 ha · playground, 34 pieces
- Farnley Reserve, 236 m to the edge
Parks within half a kilometre, measured to the boundary, the council’s open data. The whole roll is at /parks.
On the doorstep
- Southern Districts Cricket Club, 266 m away · Clubs
- Cashmere Health, 289 m away · Doctors & clinics
- Cashmere Pharmacy, 303 m away · Pharmacies
- Hettie’s Rock & Crystal Shop, 314 m away · Esoteric
Businesses within four hundred metres, measured at the pin, OpenStreetMap and the council directories.
The bus nearby
- Centaurus Rd near Austin Kirk Ln, 152 m away · the Orbiter (anticlockwise)
- Centaurus Rd near Austin Kirk Ln, 160 m away · the Orbiter (clockwise)
The closest Metro stops, within four hundred and fifty metres.
The tracks through here
- Walk and bike track through Beckenham, 16 m to the line · walk · bike
- Walk and bike track through Beckenham, 42 m to the line · walk · bike
- Walk and bike track through Beckenham, 90 m to the line · walk · bike
- Walk and bike track through Beckenham, 132 m to the line · walk · bike
- Walk and bike track through Beckenham, 251 m to the line · walk · bike
Tracks whose line passes within half a kilometre, the council’s open data.
The named ground
Named water within 500 m of this address, measured to the line or the edge; Named places within 1.5 km of this address; the council’s own structure register, bridges, boardwalks and steps standing nearby, the open map’s record.
The remembered names nearby
- Arbor Day 1950 Planted to Commemorate the Centennial, 212 m away ·
ARBOR DAY 1950 PLANTED TO COMMEMORATE THE CENTENNIAL OF CANTERBURY
· 2008
Inscribed plaques within two hundred and fifty metres, the register’s pins, not surveyed spots. The whole roll is at /plaques.
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 →.
What gets reported here
Photographed here 6 on record
What’s on record
Street Gutters / Storm Water, 21 Jun 2026 Hi can we have these leaves cleared ? Cnr Martin Ave & Eastern Terrace . Ongoing rain issues , trying to keep it clear the best I can . Than
Street Gutters / Storm Water, 26 Apr 2026 Hi , can we have this build up of leaves and debris cleared from the stormwater entrance cnr Martin Ave and Eastern Terrace
Fallen Tree, 17 Feb 2026 Hi , a tree has come down on the corner of Martin Ave and Eastern Terrace obscuring the footpath . Can a council team come out and assess ?
Rubbish and Bins - General, 20 Jan 2026 Hi our green bin lid has become dislodged and requires repair/replacement following the collection today .
Street Gutters / Storm Water, 12 Jan 2026 Can we have someone in our area clear this storm water drain debris . Predominately green refuse . Thanks Blair
Street Gutters / Storm Water, 19 Jul 2024 Per the photos our stormwater outlet has disintegrated due to the Re pavement of the footpath along Martin Ave . Speaking with Higgins this
- Pavement - Damaged, 5 Nov 2023
Elsewhere on Martin Avenue
- 38 Martin Avenue, 5 reports
- 21 Martin Avenue, 5 reports
- 60 Martin Avenue, 4 reports
- 36 Martin Avenue, 4 reports
- 17 Martin Avenue, 4 reports
- 9 Martin Avenue, 3 reports
- 80 Martin Avenue, 3 reports
- 71 Martin Avenue, 3 reports
The civic layer
This ground votes in Cashmere ward, the Spreydon-Cashmere-Heathcote community board 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.
Martin Avenue, the whole record → · Everything about Beckenham → · What stood on this ground → · On the map → · From the air, RetroLens holds the Crown’s aerials back to 1936; search the address there →
Questions, answered briefly
7 council reports on record since November 2023, most often street gutters / storm water (4), rubbish and bins - general (1), pavement - damaged (1).
Beckenham, Christchurch, on Martin Avenue.
The heritage register names a place at or beside it, Former Beckenham Library and Setting.
Heathcote Riverbank True Left, 21 m to its edge, 4 ha.





