# 261 Worcester Street, Christchurch Central City

24 reports on record since June 2021 · 20 with photographs.

https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/261-worcester-street

## What gets reported here
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/problems/dumped-rubbish), 11
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 5
- [Rubbish/Recycling](https://www.chch.live/problems/bins-recycling), 2
- [Rubbish and Bins - General](https://www.chch.live/problems/bins-recycling), 1
- [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/problems/footpaths), 1
- [Litter](https://www.chch.live/problems/dumped-rubbish), 1

## Reported here
- [General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/8775935), 20 Aug 2026
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8670811), 1 Aug 2026
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8107190), 18 Apr 2026
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8046838), 7 Apr 2026
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/7662589), 2 Feb 2026
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/6945557), 25 Sept 2025
- [Litter](https://www.chch.live/report/6712015), 7 Aug 2025
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/6112487), 31 Mar 2025
- [Graffiti on a playground or in a park](https://www.chch.live/report/6037228), 17 Mar 2025
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/5208749), 1 Oct 2024

## Photographed here (20 on record)
- [General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/8775935), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08775935/public/1_s4u2aj0gdd4.jpg
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8670811), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08670811/public/1_tvy61q7dx1fi.jpg
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8107190), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08107190/public/1_9l2elb39q6hi.jpg
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8046838), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08046838/public/1_ugjcgy2mebon.jpg
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/7662589), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07662589/public/1_7l58slxhhhdh.jpg
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/6945557), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06945557/public/1_1wera75u8lr3.jpg
- [Litter](https://www.chch.live/report/6712015), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06712015/public/1_kd2g4j2p697.jpg
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/6112487), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06112487/public/1_bel75wwzd5ru.jpg
- [Graffiti on a playground or in a park](https://www.chch.live/report/6037228), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06037228/public/1_dyyfo1v1tfk6.jpg
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/5208749), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05208749/public/1_qm38jx2bndk.jpg
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/4279636), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/04279636/public/1_icnqq7c0jymj.jpg
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/4278103), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/04278103/public/1_wclw5bxcz49.jpg

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

## Also reported on Worcester Street
- [142 Worcester Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/142-worcester-street), 103 reports
- [3 Worcester Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/3-worcester-street), 78 reports
- [78 Worcester Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/78-worcester-street), 69 reports
- [67 Worcester Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/67-worcester-street), 60 reports
- [138 Worcester Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/138-worcester-street), 60 reports
- [151 Worcester Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/151-worcester-street), 50 reports
- [40 Worcester Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/40-worcester-street), 40 reports
- [154 Worcester Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/154-worcester-street), 34 reports
- [Worcester Street, the whole record](https://www.chch.live/street/christchurch-central-city/worcester-street)

## From the air, then
- [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5308&lon=172.6482&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1960-1964](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5308&lon=172.6482&decade=1960_1964), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5308&lon=172.6482&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5308&lon=172.6482&decade=1975_1979), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ

*Sourced from Canterbury Maps and partners. LINZ, CC BY 3.0 NZ. Clean CC BY decades only; NZAM-covered spots stay out. [RetroLens](https://retrolens.co.nz/) holds more Crown aerials.*

## On the doorstep
- [Vagabond Backpackers](https://www.chch.live/business/vagabond-backpackers-christchurch-central-city), 57 m away · Hostels
- [YWCA](https://www.chch.live/business/ywca-christchurch-central-city), 114 m away · Ngo
- [Christchurch Bowling Club](https://www.chch.live/business/christchurch-bowling-club-christchurch-central-city), 117 m away · Sports centres
- [The Great Opportunity Shop](https://www.chch.live/business/the-great-opportunity-shop-christchurch-central-city), 138 m away · Op shops

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

## The bus nearby
- [Gloucester St near Fitzgerald Ave](https://www.chch.live/buses?stop=14024), 116 m away · [route 5](https://www.chch.live/buses/5), [route 7](https://www.chch.live/buses/7)
- [Gloucester St near Fitzgerald Ave](https://www.chch.live/buses?stop=36033), 122 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
- [Thanks to / Käinga ORA](https://www.chch.live/plaque/310903-te-ara-a-rongo-gloucester-worc), 95 m away, “Thanks to / Kāinga Ora / for their contribution to this seat / and the local community”

*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 Worcester Street in 64 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 9 seriously hurt, nobody killed.

[The crashes it names, each one →](https://www.chch.live/crashes?road=worcester-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, Dwelling and Setting
*160 m away · 229 Worcester Street · located to ±10 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/281)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.

## What was here, Dwelling/Commercial Building and Setting
*197 m away · 147 Fitzgerald Avenue · located to ±12 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/317)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.

## What was here, St Luke's Chapel and Setting
*209 m away · 272 Hereford Street · located to ±6 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/106)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.
- Heritage New Zealand list entry: https://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/5328

## The green nearby
- [Chester Street East Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1665-chester-street-east-reserve), 293 m to the edge
- [Worcester Pump Station Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1340-worcester-pump-station-park), 353 m to the edge · playground, 2 pieces
- [Latimer Square](https://www.chch.live/park/1026-latimer-square), 407 m to the edge · Botanic · 2 ha
- [William Brittan](https://www.chch.live/park/1734-william-brittan), 490 m to the edge
- [Raglan Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1684-raglan-reserve), 497 m to the edge

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

## The tracks through here
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-570-christchurch-central-city), 190 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-571-christchurch-central-city), 190 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-534-linwood), 230 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-569-christchurch-central-city), 296 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-532-christchurch-central-city), 471 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 261 Worcester Street?**

24 council reports on record since June 2021, most often dumped rubbish (11), graffiti (5), rubbish/recycling (2).

**Which suburb is 261 Worcester Street in?**

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

**What stood at 261 Worcester Street before?**

The heritage register names 3 places at or beside it, [Dwelling and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/281), [Dwelling/Commercial Building and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/317).

**What is the nearest park to 261 Worcester Street?**

[Chester Street East Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1665-chester-street-east-reserve), 293 m to its edge.

Data: https://api.chch.live/address?suburb=christchurch-central-city&address=261-worcester-street · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Christchurch%20Central%20City&street=worcester-street