# 118 Chester St E, Christchurch Central City

1 report on record since July 2018.

https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/118-chester-st-e

## What gets reported here
- [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/problems/road-damage), 1

## Reported here
- [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/report/458909), 4 Jul 2018

## Also reported on Chester St E
- [80 Chester St E](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/80-chester-st-e), 11 reports
- [80E Chester St E](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/80e-chester-st-e), 6 reports
- [119 Chester St E](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/119-chester-st-e), 5 reports
- [142 Chester St E](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/142-chester-st-e), 4 reports
- [140 Chester St E](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/140-chester-st-e), 4 reports
- [129 Chester St E](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/129-chester-st-e), 4 reports
- [82 Chester St E](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/82-chester-st-e), 3 reports
- [149 Chester St E](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/149-chester-st-e), 3 reports
- [Chester St E, the whole record](https://www.chch.live/street/christchurch-central-city/chester-st-e)

## From the air, then
- [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5279&lon=172.6446&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1960-1964](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5279&lon=172.6446&decade=1960_1964), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5279&lon=172.6446&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5279&lon=172.6446&decade=1975_1979), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ

*Sourced from Canterbury Maps and partners. LINZ, 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
- [Beat Street](https://www.chch.live/business/beat-street-christchurch-central-city), 127 m away · Cafés
- [Street Bowls Vegan & GF Food Truck](https://www.chch.live/business/street-bowls-vegan-gf-food-truck-christchurch-central-city), 127 m away · Fast food
- [Foley Towers](https://www.chch.live/business/foley-towers-christchurch-central-city), 128 m away · Hostels
- [Armagh Automotive](https://www.chch.live/business/armagh-automotive-christchurch-central-city), 136 m away · Car repair

*Businesses within four hundred metres, measured at the pin, OpenStreetMap and the council directories.*

## The bus nearby
- [Gloucester St near Barbadoes St](https://www.chch.live/buses?stop=46339), 209 m away · [route 5](https://www.chch.live/buses/5), [route 7](https://www.chch.live/buses/7)
- [Gloucester St near Barbadoes St](https://www.chch.live/buses?stop=46133), 225 m away · [route 5](https://www.chch.live/buses/5), [route 7](https://www.chch.live/buses/7)

*The closest Metro stops, within four hundred and fifty metres.*

## The remembered names nearby
- [Christchurch City Council 1969 H2o – Sig – T16](https://www.chch.live/plaque/61619-fire-fighters-reserve), 165 m away, “CHRISTCHURCH CITY COUNCIL 1969 H2O – SIG – T16” · 2009
- [Christchurch City Council Acknowledges Generous Support](https://www.chch.live/plaque/61630-fire-fighters-reserve), 170 m away, “Christchurch City Council acknowledges generous support of sponsors (full list engraved)” · 2009
- [Lion Foundation a Gaming Machine Charitable Trust Belfast](https://www.chch.live/plaque/61639-fire-fighters-reserve), 173 m away, “LION FOUNDATION A GAMING MACHINE CHARITABLE TRUST Belfast Tavern; Bush Inn Hotel; Halswell…” · 2009

*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.*
- [Christchurch East School](https://www.chch.live/school/3317-christchurch-east-school), Primary, years 1–8, in force from Jul 2024
- [Te Aratai College (Year 9-15)](https://www.chch.live/school/337-te-aratai-college-year-9-15), Secondary, years 9–13, in force from Jan 2021
- [Hillview Christian School](https://www.chch.live/school/341-hillview-christian-school), Composite, years 1–13, in force from Jan 2026

## What the land record says

### [What the ground is](https://www.chch.live/ground)
- **Liquefaction was mapped here after the February 2011 earthquake**, [Liquefied in February 2011](https://www.chch.live/liquefaction) · The survey recorded this as certain. Mapped from aerial imagery and site visits after the event, this is a record of what happened, not a model of what might.

### [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_

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).

## 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 →](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city#s-living).

## The civic layer

This ground votes in [Central ward](https://www.chch.live/wards/central), the [Papanui-Innes-Central community board](https://www.chch.live/boards/papanui-innes-central) 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, Dwellings and Setting
*94 m away · 100 Chester Street East · located to ±13 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/36)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.
- Heritage New Zealand list entry: https://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/7323

## What was here, Dwellings and Setting
*140 m away · 86 Chester Street East · located to ±15 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/34)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.
- Heritage New Zealand list entry: https://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/1881

## What was here, Commercial Building and Setting
*164 m away · 228 Kilmore Street · located to ±11 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/124)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.

## What was here, Edmonds Clock Tower, Telephone Cabinet and Setting
*190 m away · 295F Madras Street · located to ±15 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/322)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.

## The green nearby
- [Fire Fighters Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/949-fire-fighters-reserve), 164 m to the edge
- [Poplars Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1124-poplars-reserve), 171 m to the edge · Botanic
- [Cambridge Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1495-cambridge-reserve), 207 m to the edge
- [Chester Street East Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1665-chester-street-east-reserve), 217 m to the edge
- [Latimer Square](https://www.chch.live/park/1026-latimer-square), 255 m to the edge · Botanic · 2 ha

*Within half a kilometre, measured to the boundary, the council’s open data.*

## The tracks through here
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-534-linwood), 96 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-532-christchurch-central-city), 147 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-524-christchurch-central-city), 159 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-533-christchurch-central-city), 161 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-491-christchurch-central-city), 185 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 118 Chester St E?**

1 council report on record since July 2018, most often roading/streets (1).

**What school is 118 Chester St E zoned for?**

[Christchurch East School](https://www.chch.live/school/3317-christchurch-east-school), [Te Aratai College (Year 9-15)](https://www.chch.live/school/337-te-aratai-college-year-9-15) and [Hillview Christian School](https://www.chch.live/school/341-hillview-christian-school), and inside the region-wide zone of Hagley Community College, Marian College, Middleton Grange School (Year 11-13), Christchurch Adventist School. 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=-43.527894598913946,172.6446087004933)

**Which suburb is 118 Chester St E in?**

Christchurch Central City, Christchurch, on [Chester St E](https://www.chch.live/street/christchurch-central-city/chester-st-e).

**What stood at 118 Chester St E before?**

The heritage register names 4 places at or beside it, [Dwellings and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/36), [Dwellings and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/34).

**What is the nearest park to 118 Chester St E?**

[Fire Fighters Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/949-fire-fighters-reserve), 164 m to its edge.

Data: https://api.chch.live/address?suburb=christchurch-central-city&address=118-chester-st-e · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Christchurch%20Central%20City&street=chester-st-e
