249 Durham Street South
8 council reports since November 2019, 5 carrying a photograph. The street’s heaviest record is 214 Durham Street South, 33 reports on file.
On the register here
- St Michael's School Stone Building and Setting (23m)
- St. Michael and All Angels Church & Setting, 90 Oxford Terrace (29m)
- St Michael's School Hall and Setting, 243 Durham Street South (55m)
- St Michael and All Angels Church Belfry and Setting, 90 Oxford Terrace (57m)
- Former Dwelling and Setting, 95 Oxford Terrace (73m)
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
- Tiffany Reserve, 73 m to the edge
- Friendship Corner, 75 m to the edge · Botanic
- Bridge Of Remembrance, 150 m to the edge · Botanic
- City Mall, 315 m to the edge
- The Stewart Plaza, 363 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
- Re:start - Lichfield Street, 226 m away · Car park
- Scales, 236 m away · Car park
- Civic Offices, 342 m away · Council office
- Triangle, 365 m away · Car park
Libraries, halls and the rest within half a kilometre, the council’s open data.
On the doorstep
- Le Panier, 67 m away · Bakeries
- Empire Chicken, 68 m away · Fast food
- The Creperie, 71 m away · Cafés
- Jimmy's Smoke House, 72 m away · Restaurants
Businesses within four hundred metres, measured at the pin, OpenStreetMap and the council directories.
The bus nearby
- St Asaph St near Colombo St, 279 m away · route 3, route 5, route 7, route 60, route 80, route 81, route 84, route 85, route 86
- Bus Interchange (Intercity stop), 302 m away · route 3, route 8, route 80
The closest Metro stops, within four hundred and fifty metres.
The tracks through here
- Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City, 60 m to the line · walk · bike
- Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City, 66 m to the line · walk · bike
- Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City, 79 m to the line · walk · bike
- Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City, 105 m to the line · walk · bike
- Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City, 349 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
- Rose, 115 m away ·
Rose. Soroptimist International Donated and planted by Soroptimists of Christchurch To cel
· 2009 - The Chapel Is Open 1 Pm to 4 Pm Daily Closed Sundays, 120 m away ·
THE CHAPEL IS OPEN 1 PM TO 4 PM DAILY CLOSED SUNDAYS & CHRISTMAS DAY
· 2009 - Planted on 14th April 1983 by His Excellency Premier Zhao, 123 m away ·
PLANTED ON 14TH APRIL 1983 BY HIS EXCELLENCY PREMIER ZHAO ZIYANG OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC
· 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 5 on record
What’s on record
Pavement - General, 9 Mar 2026 Covers over holes are broken
- Graffiti on a fence, building or structure, 26 Aug 2025
Note graffiti on bollard see all pics
Poles and Signage - General, 14 Jan 2025 Loading zone p5 sign taken down needs to be put back ASAP as we're unable to enforce parking restrictions
Roads - General, 25 Jul 2024 The phasing of these traffic lights is problematic at peak am. It only allows one or two cars through per phase so backs up with cars wantin
- Pit and Equipment - General, 11 Feb 2023
- Vandalism - General, 15 Dec 2022
Graffiti, 29 Mar 2021Water Supply, 7 Nov 2019
Elsewhere on Durham Street South
- 214 Durham Street South, 33 reports
- 176 Durham Street South, 30 reports
- 175 Durham Street South, 25 reports
- 241 Durham Street South, 22 reports
- 227 Durham Street South, 19 reports
- 158F Durham Street South, 19 reports
- 158 Durham Street South, 19 reports
- 188 Durham Street South, 18 reports
The street’s crash record
NZTA’s record names Durham Street South in 20 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 4 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.
Durham Street South, 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 November 2019, most often water supply (1), vandalism - general (1), roads - general (1).
Christchurch Central City, Christchurch, on Durham Street South.
The heritage register names 5 places at or beside it, St Michael's School Stone Building and Setting, St. Michael and All Angels Church & Setting.
Tiffany Reserve, 73 m to its edge.