193 Hereford Street
10 council reports since January 2021, 10 carrying a photograph. The street’s heaviest record is 53 Hereford Street, 125 reports on file.
On the register here
- Christchurch Club and Setting, 154 Worcester Street (114m)
- Shands Emporium: Former Commercial Building, 217 Manchester Street (122m)
- 167 Hereford Street, 167 Hereford Street (123m)
- Former Trinity Congregational Church and Setting, 124 Worcester Street (135m)
- Commercial Building and Setting, Former State Insurance, 58/28 Cathedral Square (145m)
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
- Latimer Square, 119 m to the edge · Botanic · 2 ha
- City Mall, 232 m to the edge
- High Street Triangles, 257 m to the edge
- Cathedral Square, 264 m to the edge · Botanic
- Excelsior Hotel Reserve, 283 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, 301 m away · Car park
- Turanga Library, 347 m away · Library
- Re:start - Lichfield Street, 487 m away · Car park
Libraries, halls and the rest within half a kilometre, the council’s open data.
On the doorstep
- Mexico, 99 m away · Restaurants
- Christchurch Club, 103 m away · Clubs
- Mexico Restaurant, 104 m away · Restaurants
- Kensington Fun House Bar, 110 m away · Venues & events
Businesses within four hundred metres, measured at the pin, OpenStreetMap and the council directories.
The bus nearby
- Hereford St near Latimer Square, 59 m away · route 60
- Hereford St near Latimer Square, 67 m away · route 60
The closest Metro stops, within four hundred and fifty metres.
The tracks through here
- Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City, 83 m to the line · walk · bike
- Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City, 114 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, 370 m to the line · walk · bike
- Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City, 372 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
- In Memory of / Jaime Robert McDowell Gilbert, 223 m away ·
IN MEMORY OF / JAIME ROBERT MCDOWELL GILBERT / WHO LOST HIS LIFE / AT THIS LOCATION IN THE
· 2018 - Te Kiheru Wai o Tahu / the Canoe Bailer of Tahu / 2015, 225 m away ·
Te Kiheru Wai o Tahu / The Canoe Bailer of Tahu / 2015 / (MÄori text and English translat
· 2015
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
- Graffiti, 4
- Roading/Streets, 2
- Parks, 2
- Rubbish/Recycling, 1
- General Request, 1
Photographed here 10 on record
What’s on record
General Request, 26 Jun 2022 Corner Hereford and Hanoi lane
Parks, 5 Nov 2021 Lawns not mowed. Other areas mowed poorly.
Graffiti, 8 Sept 2021 I am not familiar with the detailed issues surrounding these buildings on Hereford Street other than that they are clearly earthquake compro
Parks, 7 Sept 2021 Vandalism of ornamental tree. History has been deliberately snapped buy a human butt there is still enough wood between the root and stump a
Rubbish/Recycling, 17 Jul 2021 Midday in the CBD. SURELY there are people who are on task to swoop on this kind of mealtime residue - doesn't show up well but there was ch
Roading/Streets, 29 Jun 2021 the occurrence of badly parked cars on Huinui Lane in Rauora Park is getting worse. No access for pedestrians or cyclists. biking through
Roading/Streets, 24 Apr 2021 cars parked on footpaths
Graffiti, 21 Apr 2021 Here are two more examples of expensive city infrastructure being vandalized with graffiti, in an area which has designed and developed to b
Graffiti, 17 Jan 2021 can you please remove
Graffiti, 1 Jan 2021
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
10 council reports on record since January 2021, most often graffiti (4), roading/streets (2), parks (2).
Christchurch Central City, Christchurch, on Hereford Street.
The heritage register names 5 places at or beside it, Christchurch Club and Setting, Shands Emporium: Former Commercial Building.
Latimer Square, 119 m to its edge, 2 ha.









