26 Riccarton Avenue
2 council reports since October 2025, 2 carrying a photograph. The street’s heaviest record is 14 Riccarton Avenue, 140 reports on file.
On the register here
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
- Hagley Park North, 9 m to the edge · Sports ground · 91 ha
- Hagley Park South, 20 m to the edge · Sports ground · 71 ha
- Botanic Gardens, 99 m to the edge · Botanic · 21 ha · playground, 53 pieces
- Nurses Memorial Chapel, 304 m to the edge · Botanic
Parks within half a kilometre, measured to the boundary, the council’s open data. The whole roll is at /parks.
The civic shelf nearby
- Christchurch Hospital Grounds, 334 m away · Car park
Libraries, halls and the rest within half a kilometre, the council’s open data.
On the doorstep
- Hagley Oval, 160 m away · Venues & events
- The Albert Edward Oak, 233 m away · Attractions
- Sir Richard Hadlee Sports Centre, 267 m away · Sports centres
- Curator's House Restaurant, 327 m away · Restaurants
Businesses within four hundred metres, measured at the pin, OpenStreetMap and the council directories.
The bus nearby
- Riccarton Ave (Hospital), 146 m away · route 3, route 5, route 80, route 86
- Riccarton Ave (Hospital), 190 m away · route 3, route 5, route 80, route 86
The closest Metro stops, within four hundred and fifty metres.
The tracks through here
- Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City, 40 m to the line · walk · bike
- Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City, 63 m to the line · walk · bike
- Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City, 300 m to the line · walk · bike
- Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City, 403 m to the line · walk · bike
- Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City, 432 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
- Hagley Park South plaque, 91 m away · 2009
- Hagley Park South plaque, 93 m away · 2009
- Botanic Gardens plaque, 121 m away · 2017
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
- Hazard, vehicle, 1
- General Request, 1
Photographed here 2 on record
What’s on record
General Request, 16 Nov 2025 Wheel chair from hospital left on the hospital side of road opposite entry to cricket
Hazard, vehicle, 13 Oct 2025 Two cars parked on yellow lines blocking accessibility to the foot path for pedestrians
Elsewhere on Riccarton Avenue
- 14 Riccarton Avenue, 140 reports
- 2 Riccarton Avenue, 84 reports
- 8 Riccarton Avenue, 83 reports
- 16 Riccarton Avenue, 77 reports
- 12 Riccarton Avenue, 61 reports
- 71 Riccarton Avenue, 52 reports
- 10 Riccarton Avenue, 40 reports
- 6 Riccarton Avenue, 37 reports
The street’s crash record
NZTA’s record names Riccarton Avenue in 62 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 17 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.
Riccarton Avenue, 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
2 council reports on record since October 2025, most often hazard, vehicle (1), general request (1).
Christchurch Central City, Christchurch, on Riccarton Avenue.
The heritage register names 2 places at or beside it, Cricket Pavilion and Setting, Bandsmen's Memorial Rotunda and Setting.
Hagley Park North, 9 m to its edge, 91 ha.