256 Oxford Terrace, Christchurch Central City
37 reports on record since October 2018 · 30 with photographs. The street’s heaviest record is 159 Oxford Terrace — 180 reports on file. Indicative rating valuation and school zones, hazards, bin day and what stood here before.
What gets reported here
Photographed here 30 on record
Reported here
Pavement - General —
Playground Equipment — One of the flying foxes at Margaret Mahy is missing a seat
Dumped Rubbish — Traffic cone in river
Playground Equipment — Flying Fox seat gone - chain dangerous
Park - General Request — Big hole by playground Been here for days
Playground Equipment — Big hole under swing makes it dangerous for tripping
Street Gutters / Storm Water — Grill has been stolen. Margaret Mahy Park near pathway.
Facility - General Request — Needs repair
Playground Equipment — Swing mat disintegrating
Playground Equipment — The drain in the water play area at Margret Mahy playground is blocked.
Graffiti on a playground or in a park — Graffiti on concrete seat
Graffiti on a playground or in a park —
Playground Equipment — Failing matting around play equipment. Trip hazard for children.
Graffiti on a cabinet, pole or railway asset —
Graffiti on a cabinet, pole or railway asset —
Playground Equipment — Damaged to external wire net, on rope tower beside the one with the big blue slide
- Pavement - Damaged —
Avon Jetty. Metal non-slip tread separated from the step and sticking up. Trip and cutting hazard.
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure —
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure —
Pavement - General — The whole path needs a new layer of grit. It is now just slippery mud especially when wet.
Graffiti somewhere else —
Graffiti somewhere else — Park’s team couldn’t remove stickers
Vandalism - General —
Graffiti somewhere else —
Playground Equipment — Flying fox at MM broken
- Graffiti —
- Fallen Tree —
- Graffiti —
- Graffiti —
- Graffiti —
- Playground Equipment —
Parks — This has been broken leaving a jagged piece of steel that a child can cut themselves on - Margaret Mahey playground (flying fox)
Graffiti — Graffiti on Margaret Mahy water play area
Parks — Water feature not working
Parks — broken fountain at Margaret mayhey play ground water facility. requires a stainless steel m10x25 cap screw, washer and lock washer to make t
Parks —
Flying fox broken in Margaret mahy playground. The wire is broken on the flying fox closest to the river.
Parks —
Button broken at Margaret Mahy
Also reported on Oxford Terrace
- 159 Oxford Terrace — 180 reports
- 153 Oxford Terrace — 174 reports
- 95 Oxford Terrace — 126 reports
- 211 Oxford Terrace — 125 reports
- 182 Oxford Terrace — 122 reports
- 184 Oxford Terrace — 109 reports
- 294 Oxford Terrace — 92 reports
- 152 Oxford Terrace — 87 reports
The street’s crash record
NZTA’s record names Oxford Terrace in 56 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006 — 1 person killed, 11 seriously hurt.
The green nearby
- Edmonds Band Rotunda — 84 m to the edge · Botanic
- Poplars Reserve — 116 m to the edge · Botanic
- Cambridge Reserve — 165 m to the edge
- Fire Fighters Reserve — 225 m to the edge
- Latimer Square — 235 m to the edge · Botanic · 2 ha
Parks within half a kilometre, measured to the boundary — the council’s open data.
The civic shelf nearby
- Turanga Library — 344 m away · Library · Cathedral Square, Christchurch
Libraries, halls and the rest within half a kilometre — the council’s open data.
On the doorstep
- Margaret Mahy Family Playground — 50 m away · Attractions
- Coffee & Donuts — 51 m away · Fast food
- Kea Coffee Cafe Cart — 53 m away · Cafés
- Berry Healthy — 61 m away · Fast food
Businesses within four hundred metres, measured at the pin — OpenStreetMap and the council directories.
The bus nearby
- Gloucester St near Latimer Square — 194 m away · route 5, route 7
- Manchester St near Kilmore St — 199 m away · route 44, route 91, route 92
The closest Metro stops, within four hundred and fifty metres.
The tracks through here
- Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City — 20 m to the line · walk · bike
- Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City — 64 m to the line · walk · bike
- Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City — 71 m to the line · walk · bike
- Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City — 183 m to the line · walk · bike
- Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City — 185 m to the line · walk · bike
Tracks whose line passes within half a kilometre, measured to the line itself — 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
- Margaret Mahy Family Playground — 59 m away ·
MARGARET MAHY FAMILY PLAYGROUND / Officially opened on 22 December 2015 by / Elsie Mahy /
· 2017 - ANZCO Foods — 91 m away ·
ANZCO FOODS / Donated for the people of Canterbury to enjoy, following fundraising by ANZC
· 2017 - This Rotunda Shelter and Circular Seat Were Presented — 138 m away ·
THIS ROTUNDA SHELTER AND CIRCULAR SEAT WERE PRESENTED BY T.J. EDMONDS TO CELEBRATE FIFTY Y
· 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 was here — Former MED Converter Station and Substation
88 m away · 102/210 Armagh Street · located to ±30 m · the place’s own record →
On the register. Nothing researched here yet.
What was here — Poplars, Lamp Standards and Setting
on this spot · located to ±139 m · the place’s own record →
On the register. Nothing researched here yet.
What was here — Edmonds Band Rotunda Area including Rotunda, Shelter, Balustrades, Landing and Lamp Standards and Setting
141 m away · 230 Cambridge Terrace · located to ±57 m · the place’s own record →
On the register. Nothing researched here yet.
What was here — Edmonds Clock Tower, Telephone Cabinet and Setting
163 m away · 295F Madras Street · located to ±15 m · the place’s own record →
On the register. Nothing researched here yet.
What was here — Dwellings and Setting
192 m away · 86 Chester Street East · located to ±15 m · the place’s own record →
On the register. Nothing researched here yet.
The civic layer
This ground votes in Central ward — the Papanui-Innes-Central community board. Ward lines don’t always follow suburb lines; this one is measured at the pin, not the suburb’s centre.
What stood on this ground → · On the map → · From the air — the Crown’s aerials back to 1936; search the address on RetroLens →
Questions, answered briefly
37 council reports on record since October 2018 — most often playground equipment (9), parks (5), graffiti (5).
Christchurch Central City, Christchurch — on Oxford Terrace.
The heritage register names 5 places at or beside it — Former MED Converter Station and Substation, Poplars, Lamp Standards and Setting.
Edmonds Band Rotunda — 84 m to its edge.











