153 Hereford Street
8 council reports since May 2022, 6 carrying a photograph. The street’s heaviest record is 53 Hereford Street, 125 reports on file.
On the register here
- 167 Hereford Street, 167 Hereford Street (62m)
- Former Government Buildings and Setting, 26/28 Cathedral Square (91m)
- Commercial Building and Setting, Former State Insurance, 58/28 Cathedral Square (101m)
- Shands Emporium: Former Commercial Building, 217 Manchester Street (111m)
- Former Trinity Congregational Church and Setting, 124 Worcester Street (118m)
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
- City Mall, 96 m to the edge
- Cathedral Square, 115 m to the edge · Botanic
- High Street Triangles, 117 m to the edge
- The Stewart Plaza, 119 m to the edge
- Godley Statue Reserve, 208 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
- Triangle, 138 m away · Car park
- Turanga Library, 225 m away · Library
- Re:start - Lichfield Street, 370 m away · Car park
Libraries, halls and the rest within half a kilometre, the council’s open data.
On the doorstep
- Eggbomb Toasts, 18 m away · Fast food
- CityFitness, 41 m away · Gyms & fitness
- Knight Wine Bar, 42 m away · Bars & pubs
- Canterbury Leisure Tours, 43 m away · Attractions
Businesses within four hundred metres, measured at the pin, OpenStreetMap and the council directories.
The bus nearby
- Hereford St near Colombo St, 54 m away · route 8
- Hereford St near Colombo St, 59 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, 101 m to the line · walk · bike
- Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City, 151 m to the line · walk · bike
- Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City, 279 m to the line · walk · bike
- Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City, 356 m to the line · walk · bike
- Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City, 365 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
- Te Kiheru Wai o Tahu / the Canoe Bailer of Tahu / 2015, 141 m away ·
Te Kiheru Wai o Tahu / The Canoe Bailer of Tahu / 2015 / (MÄori text and English translat
· 2015 - Citizens’ War Memorial / Originally Dedicated on 9 June 1937, 219 m away ·
Citizens’ War Memorial / Originally dedicated on 9 June 1937 / Damaged by the Canterbury E
· 2023 - Godley Statue Reserve plaque, 220 m away · 1899
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 6 on record
What’s on record
Hazard, vehicle, 13 Dec 2024 This motorbike drove onto the footpath nearly running me over and has been left parked outside snap fitness
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure, 30 Jun 2024 black graffiti on concrete wall of building, half covered up
Graffiti somewhere else, 24 Jun 2024
Vandalism - General, 26 May 2024
Pavement - General, 21 Jan 2024 Metal base for a sign needs removal from the footpath near 153 Hereford Street.
- Graffiti, 22 Jun 2023
- Graffiti, 27 May 2023
Graffiti, 5 May 2022 Black paint tag plus anti vax misinformation sticky tag on steel lamp pole opposite 147 Hereford Street.
Elsewhere on Hereford Street
- 53 Hereford Street, 125 reports
- 71 Hereford Street, 91 reports
- 48 Hereford Street, 76 reports
- 197 Hereford Street, 62 reports
- 141 Hereford Street, 62 reports
- 262 Hereford Street, 59 reports
- 214 Hereford Street, 54 reports
- 147 Hereford Street, 46 reports
The street’s crash record
NZTA’s record names Hereford Street in 154 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 1 person killed, 25 seriously hurt.
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.
Hereford Street, 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
8 council reports on record since May 2022, most often graffiti (3), vandalism - general (1), pavement - general (1).
Christchurch Central City, Christchurch, on Hereford Street.
The heritage register names 5 places at or beside it, 167 Hereford Street, Former Government Buildings and Setting.
City Mall, 96 m to its edge.





