# 121A Worcester Street, Christchurch Central City

20 reports on record since August 2021 · 15 with photographs.

https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/121a-worcester-street

## What gets reported here
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 7
- [Pavement - General](https://www.chch.live/problems/footpaths), 3
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 3
- [Graffiti on a cabinet, pole or railway asset](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 2
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/problems/water-leaks), 1
- [Sign Poles](https://www.chch.live/problems/road-damage), 1

## Reported here
- [Pavement - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8415204), 15 Jun 2026
- [Roads - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8017003), 1 Apr 2026
- [Damaged Street Sign](https://www.chch.live/report/8006613), 31 Mar 2026
- [Sign Poles](https://www.chch.live/report/7554505), 15 Jan 2026
- [Pavement - General](https://www.chch.live/report/5950408), 28 Feb 2025
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/4978611), 8 Aug 2024
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/4834475), 30 Jun 2024
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/4834470), 30 Jun 2024
- [Graffiti on a cabinet, pole or railway asset](https://www.chch.live/report/4834465), 30 Jun 2024
- [Graffiti on a cabinet, pole or railway asset](https://www.chch.live/report/4454824), 24 Mar 2024

## Photographed here (15 on record)
- [Pavement - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8415204), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08415204/public/1_pl0b2ec0zb9s.jpg
- [Roads - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8017003), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08017003/public/1_5yzfz1mjm8wh.jpg
- [Damaged Street Sign](https://www.chch.live/report/8006613), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08006613/public/1_z7j8huwin3ed.jpg
- [Sign Poles](https://www.chch.live/report/7554505), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07554505/public/1_julrlsozbfu.jpg
- [Pavement - General](https://www.chch.live/report/5950408), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05950408/public/1_a3h302hj0lbp.jpg
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/4978611), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/04978611/public/1_96ztuarup5pa.jpg
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/4834475), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/04834475/public/1_d3noo3i69ran.jpg
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/4834470), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/04834470/public/1_ql71s78wezgp.jpg
- [Graffiti on a cabinet, pole or railway asset](https://www.chch.live/report/4834465), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/04834465/public/1_ft8v2qaag6.jpg
- [Graffiti on a cabinet, pole or railway asset](https://www.chch.live/report/4454824), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/04454824/public/1_924n8t1imqsk.jpg
- [Poles and Signage - General](https://www.chch.live/report/4128104), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/04128104/public/1_1l2mbb2qbo3h.jpg
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/3984803), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/03984803/public/1_encu6x0hlxe4.jpg

[More photographs on the Christchurch Central City wall](https://www.chch.live/wall?suburb=christchurch-central-city)

## Also reported on Worcester Street
- [142 Worcester Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/142-worcester-street), 103 reports
- [3 Worcester Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/3-worcester-street), 78 reports
- [78 Worcester Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/78-worcester-street), 69 reports
- [67 Worcester Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/67-worcester-street), 60 reports
- [138 Worcester Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/138-worcester-street), 60 reports
- [151 Worcester Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/151-worcester-street), 50 reports
- [40 Worcester Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/40-worcester-street), 40 reports
- [154 Worcester Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/154-worcester-street), 34 reports
- [Worcester Street, the whole record](https://www.chch.live/street/christchurch-central-city/worcester-street)

## From the air, then
- [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5309&lon=172.6389&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5309&lon=172.6389&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5309&lon=172.6389&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
- [Hotel 115](https://www.chch.live/business/hotel-115-christchurch-central-city), 10 m away · Hotels
- [Burger Bonanza](https://www.chch.live/business/burger-bonanza-christchurch-central-city), 16 m away · Fast food
- [Seasons Cafe](https://www.chch.live/business/seasons-cafe-christchurch-central-city), 18 m away · Cafés
- [Christchurch Accommodation](https://www.chch.live/business/christchurch-accommodation-christchurch-central-city), 21 m away · Business

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

## The bus nearby
- [Manchester St Super Stop](https://www.chch.live/buses?stop=53061), 74 m away · [route 1](https://www.chch.live/buses/1), [route 5](https://www.chch.live/buses/5), [route 7](https://www.chch.live/buses/7), [route 8](https://www.chch.live/buses/8), [route 27](https://www.chch.live/buses/27), [route 29](https://www.chch.live/buses/29), [route 44](https://www.chch.live/buses/44), [route 86](https://www.chch.live/buses/86), [route 91](https://www.chch.live/buses/91), [route 92](https://www.chch.live/buses/92), [route 95](https://www.chch.live/buses/95)
- [Manchester St Super Stop](https://www.chch.live/buses?stop=53074), 74 m away · [route 1](https://www.chch.live/buses/1), [route 5](https://www.chch.live/buses/5), [route 7](https://www.chch.live/buses/7), [route 8](https://www.chch.live/buses/8), [route 27](https://www.chch.live/buses/27), [route 29](https://www.chch.live/buses/29), [route 44](https://www.chch.live/buses/44), [route 86](https://www.chch.live/buses/86), [route 91](https://www.chch.live/buses/91), [route 92](https://www.chch.live/buses/92), [route 95](https://www.chch.live/buses/95)

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

## The remembered names nearby
- [In Memory of / Jaime Robert McDowell Gilbert](https://www.chch.live/plaque/310859-ground), 124 m away, “IN MEMORY OF / JAIME ROBERT MCDOWELL GILBERT / WHO LOST HIS LIFE / AT THIS LOCATION IN THE…” · 2018
- [Godley Statue Reserve plaque](https://www.chch.live/plaque/311006-godley-statue-reserve), 160 m away · 1899
- [Godley Statue Reserve plaque](https://www.chch.live/plaque/311004-godley-statue-reserve), 162 m away · 1899

*The plaque pins come from the register, a recorded spot, not a surveyed one. The whole roll: [plaques](https://www.chch.live/plaques).*

## The street’s crash record

NZTA’s record names Worcester Street in 64 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 9 seriously hurt, nobody killed.

[The crashes it names, each one →](https://www.chch.live/crashes?road=worcester-street&suburb=christchurch-central-city)

## 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, Commercial Building Façade and Setting, Former A W Smith and Son's Central Garage/Mayfair-Cinerama Theatre
*19 m away · 115A Worcester Street · located to ±12 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/277)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.

## What was here, Former Government Buildings and Setting
*on this spot · 26/28 Cathedral Square · located to ±43 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/276)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.
- Heritage New Zealand list entry: https://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/301

## What was here, Commercial Building and Setting, Former State Insurance
*45 m away · 58/28 Cathedral Square · located to ±28 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/278)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.
- Heritage New Zealand list entry: https://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/1931

## What was here, Former Trinity Congregational Church and Setting
*53 m away · 124 Worcester Street · located to ±14 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/279)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.
- Heritage New Zealand list entry: https://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/306

## What was here, Shands Emporium: Former Commercial Building
*66 m away · 217 Manchester Street · located to ±6 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/105)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.
- Heritage New Zealand list entry: https://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/307

## The green nearby
- [Cathedral Square](https://www.chch.live/park/1431-cathedral-square), 93 m to the edge · Botanic
- [City Mall](https://www.chch.live/park/1278-city-mall), 203 m to the edge
- [Godley Statue Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1084-godley-statue-reserve), 219 m to the edge · Botanic
- [The Stewart Plaza](https://www.chch.live/park/1566-the-stewart-plaza), 220 m to the edge
- [High Street Triangles](https://www.chch.live/park/1903-high-street-triangles), 235 m to the edge

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

## The civic shelf nearby
- [Turanga Library](https://www.chch.live/facility/library-56), 160 m away · Library · Cathedral Square, Christchurch
- [Triangle](https://www.chch.live/facility/car-park-33), 250 m away · Car park
- [Re:start - Lichfield Street](https://www.chch.live/facility/car-park-31), 489 m away · Car park

## The tracks through here
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-522-christchurch-central-city), 64 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-523-christchurch-central-city), 64 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-491-christchurch-central-city), 240 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-505-christchurch-central-city), 292 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-524-christchurch-central-city), 321 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 121A Worcester Street?**

20 council reports on record since August 2021, most often graffiti (7), pavement - general (3), graffiti on a fence, building or structure (3).

**Which suburb is 121A Worcester Street in?**

Christchurch Central City, Christchurch, on [Worcester Street](https://www.chch.live/street/christchurch-central-city/worcester-street).

**What stood at 121A Worcester Street before?**

The heritage register names 5 places at or beside it, [Commercial Building Façade and Setting, Former A W Smith and Son's Central Garage/Mayfair-Cinerama Theatre](https://www.chch.live/place/277), [Former Government Buildings and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/276).

**What is the nearest park to 121A Worcester Street?**

[Cathedral Square](https://www.chch.live/park/1431-cathedral-square), 93 m to its edge.

Data: https://api.chch.live/address?suburb=christchurch-central-city&address=121a-worcester-street · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Christchurch%20Central%20City&street=worcester-street
