1 River Road
7 council reports since August 2022, 4 carrying a photograph.
On the register here
- Former Maturing Cellars and Administration Offices and Setting, 294 Kilmore Street (91m)
- Dwelling and Setting, Englefield, 230 Fitzgerald Avenue (95m)
- Former Boiler House and Setting, 175 Chester Street East (138m)
- Heritage Garden and House, 20 Templar Street (228m)
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
- Avon Riverbank Central City, 33 m to the edge · 6 ha
- William Brittan, 53 m to the edge
- Walnut Tree Park, 178 m to the edge · playground, 25 pieces
- Beverley Park, 261 m to the edge · 3 ha · playground, 41 pieces
- Chester Street East Reserve, 297 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
- Scott Base Motors, 49 m away · Car dealers
- Gourmet Grub Food Truck, 54 m away · Fast food
- Little Poms, 76 m away · Cafés
- Pomeroys Old Brewery Inn, 81 m away · Restaurants
Businesses within four hundred metres, measured at the pin, OpenStreetMap and the council directories.
The bus nearby
- Fitzgerald Ave near River Rd, 79 m away · route 7
- Fitzgerald Ave near Harvey Tce, 133 m away · route 7
The closest Metro stops, within four hundred and fifty metres.
The tracks through here
- Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City, 39 m to the line · walk · bike
- Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City, 40 m to the line · walk · bike
- Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City, 40 m to the line · walk · bike
- Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City, 40 m to the line · walk · bike
- Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City, 280 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; the council’s own structure register, bridges, boardwalks and steps standing nearby, the open map’s record.
The remembered names nearby
- William Guise Brittan Historical Garden on 26 November 1994, 61 m away ·
WILLIAM GUISE BRITTAN HISTORICAL GARDEN On 26 November 1994 the first shrubs were planted
· 2009 - He Tohu Whakamaumahara o Matou Tipuna, 63 m away ·
He tohu whakamaumahara o matou tipuna
· 2009
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
Photographed here 4 on record
What’s on record
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure, 4 Feb 2026
Dumped Rubbish, 4 Nov 2024 Whitebaiting equipment dumped under Fitzgerald bridge.
Roads - General, 17 Oct 2024 Re Temporary Traffic Management Footpath closure on Fitzgerald Ave at River Rd directs pedestrians onto carriageway “protected” from passin
- Water General, 13 Oct 2023
- Graffiti, 18 Sept 2023
- Graffiti, 7 Apr 2023
Graffiti, 1 Aug 2022 Entrance of the red zone in Avonside drive
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.
River Road, 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 August 2022, most often graffiti (3), water general (1), roads - general (1).
Christchurch Central City, Christchurch, on River Road.
The heritage register names 4 places at or beside it, Former Maturing Cellars and Administration Offices and Setting, Dwelling and Setting, Englefield.
Avon Riverbank Central City, 33 m to its edge, 6 ha.