# 245 Manchester Street, Christchurch Central City

18 reports on record since November 2018 · 15 with photographs.

https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/245-manchester-street

## What gets reported here
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti) — 5
- [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti) — 3
- [Road Signage](https://www.chch.live/problems/road-damage) — 2
- [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/problems/footpaths) — 2
- [Damaged Street Sign](https://www.chch.live/problems/road-damage) — 2
- [Vandalism - General](https://www.chch.live/problems/vandalism) — 1

## Reported here
- [Damaged Street Sign](https://www.chch.live/report/6615835) — 16 Jul 2025
- [Vandalism - General](https://www.chch.live/report/5356524) — 3 Nov 2024
- [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/report/5229513) — 6 Oct 2024
- [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/report/5136650) — 13 Sept 2024
- [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/report/5104636) — 6 Sept 2024
- [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/report/5063823) — 28 Aug 2024
- [Rubbish and Bins - General](https://www.chch.live/report/5046153) — 24 Aug 2024
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/4824150) — 27 Jun 2024
- [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/report/4494420) — 3 Apr 2024
- [Road Signage](https://www.chch.live/report/4141522) — 14 Jan 2024

## Photographed here (15 on record)
- [Damaged Street Sign](https://www.chch.live/report/6615835) — https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06615835/public/1_pcnmhanh9pm.jpg
- [Vandalism - General](https://www.chch.live/report/5356524) — https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05356524/public/1_98l5q8b3y1gz.jpg
- [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/report/5229513) — https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05229513/public/1_v9om3pfxvh8b.jpg
- [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/report/5136650) — https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05136650/public/1_gykckfrca5x.jpg
- [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/report/5104636) — https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05104636/public/1_yg8g3li3nd2.jpg
- [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/report/5063823) — https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05063823/public/1_bq7i7cu5yy69.jpg
- [Rubbish and Bins - General](https://www.chch.live/report/5046153) — https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05046153/public/1_q63clemgf9d7.jpg
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/4824150) — https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/04824150/public/1_w4op9kz1yt7.jpg
- [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/report/4494420) — https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/04494420/public/1_pefkqfl6epl7.jpg
- [Road Signage](https://www.chch.live/report/4141522) — https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/04141522/public/1_he7l4cszio9e.jpg
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/4061777) — https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/04061777/public/1_2chndegd13ue.jpg
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/4061776) — https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/04061776/public/1_51ggxh48jo7.jpg

[More photographs on the Christchurch Central City wall](https://www.chch.live/wall?suburb=christchurch-central-city)

## Also reported on Manchester Street
- [297-299 Manchester Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/297-299-manchester-street) — 102 reports
- [293 Manchester Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/293-manchester-street) — 72 reports
- [214 Manchester Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/214-manchester-street) — 72 reports
- [153 Manchester Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/153-manchester-street) — 52 reports
- [218 Manchester Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/218-manchester-street) — 48 reports
- [76 Manchester Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/76-manchester-street) — 45 reports
- [204 Manchester Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/204-manchester-street) — 45 reports
- [192 Manchester Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/192-manchester-street) — 40 reports
- [Manchester Street, the whole record](https://www.chch.live/street/christchurch-central-city/manchester-street)

## On the doorstep
- [Sampan House](https://www.chch.live/business/sampan-house-christchurch-central-city) — 24 m away · Restaurants
- [Sampan Noodle House](https://www.chch.live/business/sampan-noodle-house-christchurch-central-city) — 31 m away · Restaurants
- [Purple Dragon Noodles Food Cart](https://www.chch.live/business/purple-dragon-noodles-food-cart-christchurch-central-city) — 32 m away · Fast food
- [Crew Technology Recruitment](https://www.chch.live/business/crew-technology-recruitment-christchurch-central-city) — 34 m away · Recruitment

*Businesses within four hundred metres, measured at the pin — OpenStreetMap and the council directories.*

## The bus nearby
- Manchester St Super Stop — 83 m away · [route 1](https://www.chch.live/buses/1), [route 5](https://www.chch.live/buses/5), [route 7](https://www.chch.live/buses/7), [route 8](https://www.chch.live/buses/8), [route 27](https://www.chch.live/buses/27), [route 29](https://www.chch.live/buses/29), [route 44](https://www.chch.live/buses/44), [route 86](https://www.chch.live/buses/86), [route 91](https://www.chch.live/buses/91), [route 92](https://www.chch.live/buses/92), [route 95](https://www.chch.live/buses/95)
- Manchester St Super Stop — 148 m away · [route 1](https://www.chch.live/buses/1), [route 5](https://www.chch.live/buses/5), [route 7](https://www.chch.live/buses/7), [route 8](https://www.chch.live/buses/8), [route 27](https://www.chch.live/buses/27), [route 29](https://www.chch.live/buses/29), [route 44](https://www.chch.live/buses/44), [route 86](https://www.chch.live/buses/86), [route 91](https://www.chch.live/buses/91), [route 92](https://www.chch.live/buses/92), [route 95](https://www.chch.live/buses/95)

*The closest Metro stops, within four hundred and fifty metres.*

## The remembered names nearby
- [In Memory of / Jaime Robert McDowell Gilbert](https://www.chch.live/plaque/310859-ground) — 23 m away — “IN MEMORY OF / JAIME ROBERT MCDOWELL GILBERT / WHO LOST HIS LIFE / AT THIS LOCATION IN THE…” · 2018
- [Margaret Mahy Family Playground](https://www.chch.live/plaque/284635-margaret-mahy-family-playgroun) — 169 m away — “MARGARET MAHY FAMILY PLAYGROUND / Officially opened on 22 December 2015 by / Elsie Mahy /…” · 2017
- [Godley Statue Reserve plaque](https://www.chch.live/plaque/311006-godley-statue-reserve) — 195 m away · 1899

*The plaque pins come from the register — a recorded spot, not a surveyed one. The whole roll: [plaques](https://www.chch.live/plaques).*

## 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 crashes it names, each one →](https://www.chch.live/crashes?road=manchester-street&suburb=christchurch-central-city)

## 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 →](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city#s-living).

## The civic layer

This ground votes in [Central ward](https://www.chch.live/wards/central) — the [Papanui-Innes-Central community board](https://www.chch.live/boards/papanui-innes-central) 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](https://www.chch.live/wards).

## What was here — New Regent Street Shops and Setting
*99 m away · 17 New Regent Street · located to ±48 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/164)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.
- Heritage New Zealand list entry: https://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/4385

## What was here — Commercial Building Façade and Setting, Former A W Smith and Son's Central Garage/Mayfair-Cinerama Theatre
*115 m away · 115A Worcester Street · located to ±12 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/277)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.

## What was here — Theatre Royal Façade, Dome, Staircase and Setting
*121 m away · 145 Gloucester Street · located to ±24 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/87)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.
- Heritage New Zealand list entry: https://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/1936

## What was here — Former Trinity Congregational Church and Setting
*129 m away · 124 Worcester Street · located to ±14 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/279)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.
- Heritage New Zealand list entry: https://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/306

## What was here — Commercial Building and Setting, Former State Insurance
*138 m away · 58/28 Cathedral Square · located to ±28 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/278)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.
- Heritage New Zealand list entry: https://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/1931

## The green nearby
- [Cathedral Square](https://www.chch.live/park/1431-cathedral-square) — 176 m to the edge · Botanic
- [Latimer Square](https://www.chch.live/park/1026-latimer-square) — 211 m to the edge · Botanic · 2 ha
- [Edmonds Band Rotunda](https://www.chch.live/park/1767-edmonds-band-rotunda) — 228 m to the edge · Botanic
- [Godley Statue Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1084-godley-statue-reserve) — 287 m to the edge · Botanic
- [Victoria Square](https://www.chch.live/park/1066-victoria-square) — 289 m to the edge · Botanic · 2 ha

*Within half a kilometre, measured to the boundary — the council’s open data.*

## The civic shelf nearby
- [Turanga Library](https://www.chch.live/facility/library-56) — 188 m away · Library · Cathedral Square, Christchurch
- [Triangle](https://www.chch.live/facility/car-park-33) — 362 m away · Car park

## The tracks through here
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-522-christchurch-central-city) — 10 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-523-christchurch-central-city) — 101 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-491-christchurch-central-city) — 141 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-524-christchurch-central-city) — 212 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-534-christchurch-central-city) — 289 m to the line · walk · bike

*Lines passing within half a kilometre — the council’s open data.*

## Questions, answered briefly

**What has been reported at 245 Manchester Street?**

18 council reports on record since November 2018 — most often graffiti (5), graffiti somewhere else (3), road signage (2).

**Which suburb is 245 Manchester Street in?**

Christchurch Central City, Christchurch — on [Manchester Street](https://www.chch.live/street/christchurch-central-city/manchester-street).

**What stood at 245 Manchester Street before?**

The heritage register names 5 places at or beside it — [New Regent Street Shops and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/164), [Commercial Building Façade and Setting, Former A W Smith and Son's Central Garage/Mayfair-Cinerama Theatre](https://www.chch.live/place/277).

**What is the nearest park to 245 Manchester Street?**

[Cathedral Square](https://www.chch.live/park/1431-cathedral-square) — 176 m to its edge.

Data: https://api.chch.live/address?suburb=christchurch-central-city&address=245-manchester-street · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Christchurch%20Central%20City&street=manchester-street
