2–28 Chester St West
3 council reports since May 2026, 3 carrying a photograph. The street’s heaviest record is 55 Chester St West, 8 reports on file.
On the register here
- Former St Margaret's School Building and Setting, 25A Cranmer Square (26m)
- Former Dwelling and Setting, Inveresk, 17 Armagh Street (102m)
- Cranmer Square and Setting, 1P Cranmer Square (103m) · The exhibition the square didn't get
- Dwelling and Setting, Red House, 25 Armagh Street (112m)
- Dwelling and Setting (190m)
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
- Cranmer Square, 56 m to the edge · Botanic · 2 ha
- Hagley Park North, 112 m to the edge · Sports ground · 91 ha
- Armagh Reserve, 116 m to the edge
- Botanic Gardens, 206 m to the edge · Botanic · 21 ha · playground, 53 pieces
- Victoria Triangles, 335 m to the edge
Parks within half a kilometre, measured to the boundary, the council’s open data. The whole roll is at /parks.
The civic shelf nearby
- Armagh Street, 300 m away · Car park
- Aldersgate, 319 m away · Car park
- Rolleston Avenue, 340 m away · Car park
- Civic Offices, 498 m away · Council office
Libraries, halls and the rest within half a kilometre, the council’s open data.
On the doorstep
- Dorothy's Pop Up Tearooms, 116 m away · Fast food
- Polo Bar & Restaurant, 185 m away · Restaurants
- The George Hotel, 187 m away · Hotels
- Hotel Montreal, 195 m away · Hotels
Businesses within four hundred metres, measured at the pin, OpenStreetMap and the council directories.
The bus nearby
- Park Tce near Chester St W, 110 m away · route 8
- Rolleston Ave near Gloucester St, 251 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, 105 m to the line · walk · bike
- Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City, 116 m to the line · walk · bike
- Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City, 127 m to the line · walk · bike
- Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City, 163 m to the line · walk · bike
- Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City, 165 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
- Mischa Kuball / Solidarity Grid, 2013 / Adelaide, 118 m away ·
Mischa Kuball / Solidarity Grid, 2013 / ADELAIDE
· 2013 - Mischa Kuball / Solidarity Grid, 2013 / Kurashiki, 119 m away ·
Mischa Kuball / Solidarity Grid, 2013 / KURASHIKI
· 2013 - Mischa Kuball / Solidarity Grid, 2014 / Mexico City, 119 m away ·
Mischa Kuball / Solidarity Grid, 2014 / MEXICO CITY
· 2013
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 3 on record
What’s on record
Hazard, vehicle, 21 May 2026 Parking doing school pick up
Overgrown Vegetation, 10 May 2026 Markrokarpa type hedge needs to have the top trimmed as cannot see children going to school or returning from school and there is a lot of
Damaged Street Light, 10 May 2026 Light with Street sign attached has been hit by vehicle
Elsewhere on Chester St West
- 55 Chester St West, 8 reports
- 66 Chester St West, 6 reports
- 59 Chester St West, 4 reports
- 28 Chester St West, 3 reports
- 48 Chester St West, 2 reports
- 2 Chester St West, 2 reports
- 54 Chester St West, 1 report
- 51 Chester St West, 1 report
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.
Chester St West, 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
3 council reports on record since May 2026, most often overgrown vegetation (1), hazard, vehicle (1), damaged street light (1).
Christchurch Central City, Christchurch, on Chester St West.
The heritage register names 5 places at or beside it, Former St Margaret's School Building and Setting, Former Dwelling and Setting, Inveresk.
Cranmer Square, 56 m to its edge, 2 ha.