209 Madras Street
11 council reports since April 2021, 7 carrying a photograph. The street’s heaviest record is 153 Madras Street, 73 reports on file.
On the register here
- Commercial Building and Setting, Former C F Cotter and Company, 101/158 High Street (141m)
- 158 High Street, G01/158 High Street (152m)
- Façade and Setting, Former New Zealand Farmers’ Co-operative Association of Canterbury Ltd, 214 Cashel Street (158m)
- Commercial Building Façade and Setting, Former A J Whites, 181 High Street (163m)
- Triangle Reserve and Setting, 189F High Street (166m)
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
- Excelsior Hotel Reserve, 201 m to the edge · Botanic
- Wilson Park, 230 m to the edge
- Latimer Square, 279 m to the edge · Botanic · 2 ha
- City Mall, 383 m to the edge
- High Street Triangles, 409 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
Libraries, halls and the rest within half a kilometre, the council’s open data.
On the doorstep
- Ginger Cafe & Eatery, 12 m away · Restaurants
- Domino's, 13 m away · Fast food
- Snap Fitness, 25 m away · Gyms & fitness
- Saladbar, 33 m away · Fast food
Businesses within four hundred metres, measured at the pin, OpenStreetMap and the council directories.
The bus nearby
- Tuam St near Madras St, 120 m away · route 1, route 3, route 5, route 80
- Hereford St near Latimer Square, 272 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, 98 m to the line · walk · bike
- Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City, 147 m to the line · walk · bike
- Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City, 219 m to the line · walk · bike
- Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City, 233 m to the line · walk · bike
- Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City, 390 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, 163 m away ·
‘Corgis on High’ — Christchurch City public artwork, 6 December 2003
· 2009 - The First Public Water Supply Well Was Drilled Near This, 165 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 7 on record
What’s on record
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure, 28 Nov 2025 Graffiti on a fence
Hazard, vehicle, 10 Jun 2025 Hi, a new disabled park has been put in by the new stadium in front of BoxFit 30 and a gym which is great but there is no drop down kerb. Wh
Poles and Signage - General, 4 Jan 2025 Street sign in a totally meaningless location
Graffiti somewhere else, 4 Dec 2024 Trash bin
Pavement - General, 12 Apr 2024 Pavement covered in pigeon droppings. Plus pizza windows. Droppings on pavement all along street. Not a good look when stadium is built
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure, 27 Mar 2024 yellow graffiti on black fence
- Hazard, vehicle, 18 Aug 2023
- General Request, 26 Jul 2023
- Street Gutters / Storm Water, 26 Jul 2023
- Noise - General, 13 Nov 2022
Graffiti, 28 Apr 2021 Painted out by PEEEP Trust 28-4-2021 214 Madras Street 401030
Elsewhere on Madras Street
- 153 Madras Street, 73 reports
- 169 Madras Street, 50 reports
- 145 Madras Street, 49 reports
- 282 Madras Street, 37 reports
- 160 Madras Street, 35 reports
- 163 Madras Street, 32 reports
- 281 Madras Street, 29 reports
- 167 Madras Street, 28 reports
The street’s crash record
NZTA’s record names Madras Street in 161 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 17 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.
Madras 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
11 council reports on record since April 2021, most often hazard, vehicle (2), graffiti on a fence, building or structure (2), street gutters / storm water (1).
Christchurch Central City, Christchurch, on Madras Street.
The heritage register names 5 places at or beside it, Commercial Building and Setting, Former C F Cotter and Company, 158 High Street.
Excelsior Hotel Reserve, 201 m to its edge.