16 Southwark Street
13 council reports since October 2019, 11 carrying a photograph. The street’s heaviest record is 42 Southwark Street, 25 reports on file.
On the register here
- Former R. Buchanan & Sons' City Foundry and Setting, 2/210 St Asaph Street (179m)
- Commercial Building and Setting. Duncan's Buildings, 147 High Street (179m)
- 129 High Street, 1/129 High Street (186m)
- Former P & D Duncan Ltd Building and Setting, 7/204 St Asaph Street (199m)
- Commercial Building Façade and Setting, Former A J Whites, 181 High Street (212m)
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
- Wilson Park, 198 m to the edge
- Excelsior Hotel Reserve, 296 m to the edge · Botanic
- Gasson Reserve, 350 m to the edge
- Science Alive Reserve, 384 m to the edge
- Washington Way Reserve, 472 m to the edge · Sports ground
Parks within half a kilometre, measured to the boundary, the council’s open data. The whole roll is at /parks.
The civic shelf nearby
- St Asaph, 292 m away · Car park
- Re:start - Lichfield Street, 438 m away · Car park
Libraries, halls and the rest within half a kilometre, the council’s open data.
On the doorstep
- Quest on Manchester, 31 m away · Hotels
- Celine's, 46 m away · Bars & pubs
- Celeine's Bar & Restaurant, 52 m away · Restaurants
- Mum's 24, 52 m away · Restaurants
Businesses within four hundred metres, measured at the pin, OpenStreetMap and the council directories.
The bus nearby
- Manchester St near Welles St, 73 m away · route 27
- Manchester St near Allen St, 111 m away · route 27, route 84, route 85, route 95
The closest Metro stops, within four hundred and fifty metres.
The tracks through here
- Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City, 61 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, 210 m to the line · walk · bike
- Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City, 221 m to the line · walk · bike
- Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City, 295 m to the line · walk · bike
Tracks whose line passes within half a kilometre, the council’s open data.
The named ground
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
- ‘corgis on High’ — Christchurch City Public Artwork, 236 m away ·
‘Corgis on High’ — Christchurch City public artwork, 6 December 2003
· 2009 - The First Public Water Supply Well Was Drilled Near This, 239 m away ·
THE FIRST PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY WELL was drilled near this site on 10 February 1864 by the C
· 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 11 on record
What’s on record
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure, 5 Sept 2026 graffiti on light lamp post pole nearby
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure, 5 Sept 2026 graffiti on light lamp post pole nearby
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure, 5 Sept 2026 graffiti on light lamp post pole nearby
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure, 19 Nov 2025 graffiti on post above black Orion box West side of fence
Poles and Signage - General, 19 Nov 2025 graffiti tag sticker on p 5 pole
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure, 10 Nov 2025 Graffiti on a fence
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure, 24 Sept 2025 Graffiti on a fence with multi colour
Accessibility, 1 Apr 2025 Again. Southwark St is like this every week, have raised previously.
- Graffiti, 16 Jun 2023
- Graffiti, 22 Jan 2023
Hazard, vehicle, 12 Sept 2022 Footpath blocked by sign and cone storage
Graffiti, 17 May 2022 Blue and white paint tags on metal lamp pole and adjacent wall and base facing the footpath by large car parking yards on Southwark Street.
Graffiti, 2 Oct 2019
Elsewhere on Southwark Street
- 42 Southwark Street, 25 reports
- 7 Southwark Street, 23 reports
- 19 Southwark Street, 19 reports
- 29 Southwark Street, 18 reports
- 15 Southwark Street, 18 reports
- 38 Southwark Street, 12 reports
- 20 Southwark Street, 12 reports
- 17 Southwark Street, 11 reports
The street’s crash record
NZTA’s record names Southwark Street in 4 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 0 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.
Southwark 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
13 council reports on record since October 2019, most often graffiti on a fence, building or structure (6), graffiti (4), poles and signage - general (1).
Christchurch Central City, Christchurch, on Southwark Street.
The heritage register names 5 places at or beside it, Former R. Buchanan & Sons' City Foundry and Setting, Commercial Building and Setting. Duncan's Buildings.
Wilson Park, 198 m to its edge.