1 Cranmer Square
7 council reports since September 2023, 5 carrying a photograph. The street’s heaviest record is 19 Cranmer Square, 23 reports on file.
On the register here
- Dwelling and Setting, Red House, 25 Armagh Street (43m)
- Former Dwelling and Setting, Inveresk, 17 Armagh Street (87m)
- Dwelling and Setting, 56 Armagh Street (110m)
- Cranmer Square and Setting, 1P Cranmer Square (119m) · The exhibition the square didn't get
- Dwellings and Setting, Mildenhall, 7/53 Gloucester Street (140m)
From the air, then
Sourced from Canterbury Maps and partners. LINZ, 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
- Cranmer Square, 3 m to the edge · Botanic · 2 ha
- Armagh Reserve, 161 m to the edge
- Hagley Park North, 196 m to the edge · Sports ground · 91 ha
- Botanic Gardens, 219 m to the edge · Botanic · 21 ha · playground, 53 pieces
- Canterbury Provincial Council Reserve, 292 m to the edge · Botanic
Parks within half a kilometre, measured to the boundary, the council’s open data. The whole roll is at /parks.
The civic shelf nearby
- Armagh Street, 223 m away · Car park
- Aldersgate, 263 m away · Car park
- Rolleston Avenue, 269 m away · Car park
- Civic Offices, 366 m away · Council office
Libraries, halls and the rest within half a kilometre, the council’s open data.
On the doorstep
- The Grange Boutique Bed & Breakfast, 103 m away · B&Bs
- Curtis Vision Optometrists, 122 m away · Business
- The Grange Motel, 130 m away · Motels
- Dorothy's Pop Up Tearooms, 144 m away · Fast food
Businesses within four hundred metres, measured at the pin, OpenStreetMap and the council directories.
The bus nearby
- Park Tce near Chester St W, 187 m away · route 8
- Rolleston Ave near Gloucester St, 227 m away · route 8
The closest Metro stops, within four hundred and fifty metres.
The tracks through here
- Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City, 11 m to the line · walk · bike
- Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City, 41 m to the line · walk · bike
- Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City, 190 m to the line · walk · bike
- Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City, 200 m to the line · walk · bike
- Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City, 230 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
- Rugby Football Was First Played in Cranmer Square, 18 m away ·
Rugby football was first played in Cranmer Square by the Christchurch Football Club in 186
· 2003 - Mischa Kuball / Solidarity Grid, 2013 / Dáœsseldorf, 202 m away ·
Mischa Kuball / Solidarity Grid, 2013 / DÁœSSELDORF
· 2013 - Mischa Kuball / Solidarity Grid, 2015 / Boston, 202 m away ·
Mischa Kuball / Solidarity Grid, 2015 / BOSTON
· 2013
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 Christchurch Central City ran about $508 a week, $42 below the city median of $550, the suburb page keeps the rent record →.
What gets reported here
- Rubbish and Bins - General, 2
- Graffiti, 2
- Street Gutters / Storm Water, 1
- Overgrown Vegetation, 1
- General Request, 1
Photographed here 5 on record
What’s on record
Rubbish and Bins - General, 5 Mar 2024
Rubbish and Bins - General, 19 Feb 2024
Graffiti, 11 Feb 2024 Graffiti on tree
Street Gutters / Storm Water, 17 Jan 2024 Water pouring down street from leak somewhere under footpath or roadside
General Request, 4 Dec 2023 Could the council tidy up the berm here next time they are mowing the park across the road, with no one living adjacent to it it has become
- Graffiti, 9 Oct 2023
- Overgrown Vegetation, 25 Sept 2023
Elsewhere on Cranmer Square
- 19 Cranmer Square, 23 reports
- 25 Cranmer Square, 22 reports
- 28 Cranmer Square, 19 reports
- 10 Cranmer Square, 19 reports
- 9 Cranmer Square, 16 reports
- 33A Cranmer Square, 15 reports
- 32 Cranmer Square, 15 reports
- 22 Cranmer Square, 15 reports
The street’s crash record
NZTA’s record names Cranmer Square in 8 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 2 seriously hurt, nobody killed.
The civic layer
This ground votes in Central ward, the Papanui-Innes-Central 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.
Cranmer Square, the whole record → · Everything about Christchurch Central City → · 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 September 2023, most often rubbish and bins - general (2), graffiti (2), street gutters / storm water (1).
Christchurch Central City, Christchurch, on Cranmer Square.
The heritage register names 5 places at or beside it, Dwelling and Setting, Red House, Former Dwelling and Setting, Inveresk.
Cranmer Square, 3 m to its edge, 2 ha.




