# 265 Worcester Street, Christchurch Central City

2 reports on record since October 2025 · 2 with photographs.

https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/265-worcester-street

## What gets reported here
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/problems/water-leaks), 2

## Reported here
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/7480372), 4 Jan 2026
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/7025016), 11 Oct 2025

## Photographed here (2 on record)
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/7480372), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07480372/public/1_3jynjjsu6th8.jpg
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/7025016), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07025016/public/1_nncxd0i5esq.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=-43.5307&lon=172.6486&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1960-1964](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5307&lon=172.6486&decade=1960_1964), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5307&lon=172.6486&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5307&lon=172.6486&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), 92 m away · Hostels
- [e-motors](https://www.chch.live/business/e-motors-christchurch-central-city), 124 m away · Car repair
- [Avenue Dairy](https://www.chch.live/business/avenue-dairy-christchurch-central-city), 137 m away · Dairies & convenience
- [Figlo Laundromat](https://www.chch.live/business/figlo-laundromat-christchurch-central-city), 138 m away · Laundromats

*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), 90 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), 101 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), 84 m away, “Thanks to / KÄinga 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 rating valuation
- Capital value: $465,000, land $195,000, improvements $270,000 · 140 m² · ref 22710/41400/D · roll last edited February 2026

A mass appraisal the council runs every three years to divide the rates bill, not a market price, and not a valuation of this house in particular.

## Enrolment zones this address sits inside

*Zones nest, a point is inside a primary, an intermediate and a secondary zone at once. The written scheme, not the polygon, decides.*
- [Christchurch East School](https://www.chch.live/school/3317-christchurch-east-school), Primary, years 1–8, in force from Jul 2024
- [Te Aratai College (Year 9-15)](https://www.chch.live/school/337-te-aratai-college-year-9-15), Secondary, years 9–13, in force from Jan 2021
- [Hillview Christian School](https://www.chch.live/school/341-hillview-christian-school), Composite, years 1–13, in force from Jan 2026

## Bin day (Mondays)

Bins go out Monday, by 6am.
- Green bin, Weekly
- Yellow bin, Fortnightly · Week Two
- Red bin, Fortnightly · Week Two

This address is on the council’s Week Two calendar, which of the red and yellow bins goes out alternates, and that alternation is not published as data, so the council’s collection calendar is the check.

## What the land record says

### [What the ground is](https://www.chch.live/ground)
- **Up to 69% chance of moderate-to-severe land damage**, [Liquefaction](https://www.chch.live/liquefaction) · Across 30 modelled earthquake scenarios: 10% average likelihood of moderate-to-severe land damage, 69% in the worst modelled scenario.
- **Liquefaction was mapped here after the September 2010 earthquake**, [Liquefied in September 2010](https://www.chch.live/liquefaction) · The survey recorded this as certain. Mapped from aerial imagery and site visits after the event, this is a record of what happened, not a model of what might.
- **Technical category TC2**, [Foundation category](https://www.chch.live/technical-categories) · Minor to moderate land damage from liquefaction is possible in future significant earthquakes _Foundations: Standard timber piled foundations or enhanced concrete foundations_

### [Rules on this land](https://www.chch.live/rules)
- **Christchurch / Ōtautahi Clean Air Zone**, [Clean air zone](https://www.chch.live/rules) · Open fires and older woodburners are restricted here under the Canterbury Air Regional Plan. A burner installed before 2001 cannot be replaced like for like.
- **In the Christchurch Airshed**, [Gazetted airshed](https://www.chch.live/rules) · A gazetted airshed is the area the national air quality standard is measured over, the 24-hour PM10 average that this one is allowed to breach once a year. _Zone A_
- **In the Central City alcohol ban area**, [Alcohol ban area](https://www.chch.live/rules) · A public drinking ban: At all times, 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

These are modelled boundaries, not findings on this house, for anything with money attached, the council’s LIM is the certified property file. [Request a LIM](https://ccc.govt.nz/consents-and-licences/property-information-and-lims/land-information-memorandum-lim) · [Natural Hazards Portal](https://www.naturalhazardsportal.govt.nz).

## 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/Commercial Building and Setting
*181 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, Dwelling and Setting
*195 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, St Luke's Chapel and Setting
*244 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), 286 m to the edge
- [Worcester Pump Station Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1340-worcester-pump-station-park), 318 m to the edge · playground, 2 pieces
- [Latimer Square](https://www.chch.live/park/1026-latimer-square), 442 m to the edge · Botanic · 2 ha
- [William Brittan](https://www.chch.live/park/1734-william-brittan), 462 m to the edge
- [Raglan Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1684-raglan-reserve), 476 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), 154 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-571-christchurch-central-city), 154 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-534-linwood), 215 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-569-christchurch-central-city), 263 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-532-christchurch-central-city), 458 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 265 Worcester Street?**

2 council reports on record since October 2025, most often water leak (2).

**What school is 265 Worcester Street zoned for?**

[Christchurch East School](https://www.chch.live/school/3317-christchurch-east-school), [Te Aratai College (Year 9-15)](https://www.chch.live/school/337-te-aratai-college-year-9-15) and [Hillview Christian School](https://www.chch.live/school/341-hillview-christian-school), and inside the region-wide zone of Hagley Community College, Marian College, Middleton Grange School (Year 11-13), Christchurch Adventist School. Indicative only, the school’s written enrolment scheme is the legal boundary, and it is redrawn, sometimes at short notice. [These zones on the map →](https://www.chch.live/schools?at=-43.53068433747566,172.64864244970477)

**Which suburb is 265 Worcester Street in?**

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

**What stood at 265 Worcester Street before?**

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

**What is the nearest park to 265 Worcester Street?**

[Chester Street East Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1665-chester-street-east-reserve), 286 m to its edge.

Data: https://api.chch.live/address?suburb=christchurch-central-city&address=265-worcester-street · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Christchurch%20Central%20City&street=worcester-street
