# 255 Manchester Street, Christchurch Central City

20 reports on record since May 2016 · 11 with photographs.

https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/255-manchester-street

## What gets reported here
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti) — 8
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/problems/dumped-rubbish) — 2
- [Damaged Street Sign](https://www.chch.live/problems/road-damage) — 2
- [Water Supply](https://www.chch.live/problems/water-leaks) — 1
- [Rubbish and Bins - General](https://www.chch.live/problems/bins-recycling) — 1
- [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/problems/road-damage) — 1

## Reported here
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8889183) — 9 Sept 2026
- [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/report/5542660) — 12 Dec 2024
- [Damaged Street Sign](https://www.chch.live/report/4859143) — 7 Jul 2024
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/4859057) — 7 Jul 2024
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/4859053) — 7 Jul 2024
- [Graffiti on a cabinet, pole or railway asset](https://www.chch.live/report/4828111) — 28 Jun 2024
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/3890365) — 8 Nov 2023
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/3810796) — 18 Oct 2023
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/3733422) — 26 Sept 2023
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/3628542) — 23 Aug 2023

## Photographed here (11 on record)
- [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/report/5542660) — https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05542660/public/1_nnlavtgayjko.jpg
- [Damaged Street Sign](https://www.chch.live/report/4859143) — https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/04859143/public/1_93o5yi42s645.jpg
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/4859057) — https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/04859057/public/1_dcdjfn37z0er.jpg
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/4859053) — https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/04859053/public/1_9upagkqvxti.jpg
- [Graffiti on a cabinet, pole or railway asset](https://www.chch.live/report/4828111) — https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/04828111/public/1_iumijjlipms3.jpg
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/2443820) — https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/02443820/public/1_4hdQwXh.jpg
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/2372868) — https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/02372868/public/1_gISVGGr.jpg
- [Parks](https://www.chch.live/report/1572665) — https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/01572665/1_GLPbE5.jpg
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/981183) — https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/00981183/0_EczUfL
- [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/report/768664) — https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/00768664/0
- [Water Supply](https://www.chch.live/report/138839) — https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/00138839/0

[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
- [Crew Technology Recruitment](https://www.chch.live/business/crew-technology-recruitment-christchurch-central-city) — 10 m away · Recruitment
- [Fletcher Living](https://www.chch.live/business/fletcher-living-christchurch-central-city) — 19 m away · Business
- [UniMed](https://www.chch.live/business/unimed-christchurch-central-city) — 35 m away · Insurance
- [Sampan Noodle House](https://www.chch.live/business/sampan-noodle-house-christchurch-central-city) — 36 m away · Restaurants

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

## The bus nearby
- Manchester St Super Stop — 115 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)
- Gloucester St near Latimer Square — 143 m away · [route 5](https://www.chch.live/buses/5), [route 7](https://www.chch.live/buses/7)

*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) — 38 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) — 136 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) — 207 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
*84 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 — Theatre Royal Façade, Dome, Staircase and Setting
*119 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 MED Converter Station and Substation
*122 m away · 102/210 Armagh Street · located to ±30 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/506)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.

## What was here — Commercial Building Façade and Setting, Former A W Smith and Son's Central Garage/Mayfair-Cinerama Theatre
*146 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 — Former Trinity Congregational Church and Setting
*162 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

## The green nearby
- [Edmonds Band Rotunda](https://www.chch.live/park/1767-edmonds-band-rotunda) — 196 m to the edge · Botanic
- [Cathedral Square](https://www.chch.live/park/1431-cathedral-square) — 200 m to the edge · Botanic
- [Latimer Square](https://www.chch.live/park/1026-latimer-square) — 206 m to the edge · Botanic · 2 ha
- [Victoria Square](https://www.chch.live/park/1066-victoria-square) — 278 m to the edge · Botanic · 2 ha
- [Poplars Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1124-poplars-reserve) — 292 m to the edge · Botanic

*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) — 199 m away · Library · Cathedral Square, Christchurch
- [Triangle](https://www.chch.live/facility/car-park-33) — 394 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) — 3 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-491-christchurch-central-city) — 108 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-523-christchurch-central-city) — 134 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-524-christchurch-central-city) — 179 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-534-christchurch-central-city) — 269 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 255 Manchester Street?**

20 council reports on record since May 2016 — most often graffiti (8), dumped rubbish (2), damaged street sign (2).

**Which suburb is 255 Manchester Street in?**

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

**What stood at 255 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), [Theatre Royal Façade, Dome, Staircase and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/87).

**What is the nearest park to 255 Manchester Street?**

[Edmonds Band Rotunda](https://www.chch.live/park/1767-edmonds-band-rotunda) — 196 m to its edge.

Data: https://api.chch.live/address?suburb=christchurch-central-city&address=255-manchester-street · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Christchurch%20Central%20City&street=manchester-street
