215 Manchester Street
8 council reports since September 2022, 7 carrying a photograph. The street’s heaviest record is 297-299 Manchester Street, 103 reports on file.
On the register here
- Shands Emporium: Former Commercial Building, 217 Manchester Street (7m)
- Former Trinity Congregational Church and Setting, 124 Worcester Street (20m)
- Commercial Building and Setting, Former State Insurance, 58/28 Cathedral Square (31m)
- 167 Hereford Street, 167 Hereford Street (67m)
- Former Government Buildings and Setting, 26/28 Cathedral Square (88m)
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
- Cathedral Square, 154 m to the edge · Botanic
- City Mall, 209 m to the edge
- Latimer Square, 214 m to the edge · Botanic · 2 ha
- High Street Triangles, 229 m to the edge
- The Stewart Plaza, 233 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
- Turanga Library, 231 m away · Library
- Triangle, 252 m away · Car park
- Re:start - Lichfield Street, 477 m away · Car park
Libraries, halls and the rest within half a kilometre, the council’s open data.
On the doorstep
- Paddy McNaughton's, 11 m away · Bars & pubs
- The Church Pub, 20 m away · Bars & pubs
- The Church Pub And Paddy McNaughton's, 23 m away · Bars & pubs
- Mexico Restaurant, 54 m away · Restaurants
Businesses within four hundred metres, measured at the pin, OpenStreetMap and the council directories.
The bus nearby
- Manchester St Super Stop, 3 m away · route 1, route 5, route 7, route 8, route 27, route 29, route 44, route 86, route 91, route 92, route 95
- Manchester St Super Stop, 66 m away · route 1, route 5, route 7, route 8, route 27, route 29, route 44, route 86, route 91, route 92, route 95
The closest Metro stops, within four hundred and fifty metres.
The tracks through here
- Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City, 9 m to the line · walk · bike
- Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City, 45 m to the line · walk · bike
- Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City, 286 m to the line · walk · bike
- Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City, 350 m to the line · walk · bike
- Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City, 356 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, 145 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 - Godley Statue Reserve plaque, 232 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
- Graffiti on a fence, building or structure, 4
- Graffiti on a bus stop or public toilet, 1
- Graffiti, 1
- Facility - General Request, 1
- Bus Shelter Issue, 1
Photographed here 7 on record
What’s on record
Graffiti on a bus stop or public toilet, 10 Sept 2026 graffiti on bus shelter back wooden brown colour
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure, 10 Sept 2026 graffiti on yellow wall
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure, 13 Aug 2026 graffiti on wall up alley
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure, 2 Jul 2026 graffiti on planter box grey
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure, 2 Jul 2026 graffiti on planter box grey
Facility - General Request, 2 Sept 2025 Some idiot have broken the disco ball at dance -o-mat.
Bus Shelter Issue, 21 Jun 2025 Hi, this was Wed night just gone. The display for 'next bus' was very dim and needs replacing.
- Graffiti, 27 Sept 2022
Elsewhere on Manchester Street
- 297-299 Manchester Street, 103 reports
- 293 Manchester Street, 72 reports
- 214 Manchester Street, 72 reports
- 153 Manchester Street, 52 reports
- 218 Manchester Street, 48 reports
- 76 Manchester Street, 45 reports
- 204 Manchester Street, 45 reports
- 192 Manchester Street, 40 reports
The street’s crash record
NZTA’s record names Manchester Street in 235 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 1 person killed, 38 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.
Manchester 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 September 2022, most often graffiti on a fence, building or structure (4), graffiti on a bus stop or public toilet (1), graffiti (1).
Christchurch Central City, Christchurch, on Manchester Street.
The heritage register names 5 places at or beside it, Shands Emporium: Former Commercial Building, Former Trinity Congregational Church and Setting.
Cathedral Square, 154 m to its edge.