284 Durham Street North
7 council reports since May 2023, 5 carrying a photograph. The street’s heaviest record is 329 Durham Street North, 55 reports on file.
On the register here
- Former Magistrates Court and Setting, 85 Armagh Street (60m)
- Armagh Street Kerbstones and Setting, 280A Durham Street North (83m)
- Floral Clock and Setting, 66 Chester Street West (98m)
- Canterbury Provincial Council Buildings Former Land Transfer Office, 86 Armagh Street (106m)
- Armagh Street Bridge and Setting (109m)
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
- Canterbury Provincial Council Reserve, 79 m to the edge · Botanic
- Victoria Square, 111 m to the edge · Botanic · 2 ha
- Cranmer Square, 207 m to the edge · Botanic · 2 ha
- Victoria Triangles, 272 m to the edge
- Scott Statue Reserve, 320 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
- Aldersgate, 40 m away · Car park
- Armagh Street, 74 m away · Car park
- Turanga Library, 360 m away · Library
- Civic Offices, 433 m away · Council office
Libraries, halls and the rest within half a kilometre, the council’s open data.
On the doorstep
- Bean Adjourned Espresso, 19 m away · Fast food
- Quake City, 52 m away · Museums
- Prison Escape, 60 m away · Attractions
- Millie's House, 67 m away · Childcare
Businesses within four hundred metres, measured at the pin, OpenStreetMap and the council directories.
The bus nearby
- Kilmore Street Town Hall, 205 m away · route 1, route 29, route 95
- Victoria St near Peterborough St, 372 m away · route 1, route 29, route 95
The closest Metro stops, within four hundred and fifty metres.
The tracks through here
- Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City, 69 m to the line · walk · bike
- Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City, 130 m to the line · walk · bike
- Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City, 174 m to the line · walk · bike
- Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City, 214 m to the line · walk · bike
- Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City, 284 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
- In Conjunction With the Christchurch Beautifying, 102 m away ·
IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE CHRISTCHURCH BEAUTIFYING ASSOCIATION INC. THIS FLORAL CLOCK WAS PR
· 2009 - This Floral Clock Was Presented to the Citizens, 102 m away ·
THIS FLORAL CLOCK WAS PRESENTED TO THE CITIZENS OF CHRISTCHURCH BY CALDER MACKAY CO. LTD 1
· 2009 - The Weeping Willows of Christchurch to Commemorate, 119 m away ·
THE WEEPING WILLOWS OF CHRISTCHURCH TO COMMEMORATE / FRANCOIS LE LIEVRE / WHO FIRST CAME T
· 2026
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
Photographed here 5 on record
What’s on record
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure, 17 Nov 2025 Graffiti Across Planterboxes
Graffiti somewhere else, 13 Dec 2024
Poles and Signage - General, 12 Mar 2024 Missing the screw to fix the pole to the ground. People keep lifting the pole and living it on armagh street
Graffiti, 16 Jan 2024 white graffiti on powerpole
Litter, 10 Jan 2024 Scape is a great initiative. Their red tape on footpaths however is all over the city and is peeling off, blowing plastic around roads and i
- Pit and Equipment - General, 29 May 2023
- Graffiti, 4 May 2023
Elsewhere on Durham Street North
- 329 Durham Street North, 55 reports
- 287 Durham Street North, 47 reports
- 398 Durham Street North, 36 reports
- 380 Durham Street North, 34 reports
- 423 Durham Street North, 28 reports
- 280 Durham Street North, 28 reports
- 414 Durham Street North, 25 reports
- 378 Durham Street North, 23 reports
The street’s crash record
NZTA’s record names Durham Street North in 24 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 4 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.
Durham Street North, 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
7 council reports on record since May 2023, most often graffiti (2), poles and signage - general (1), pit and equipment - general (1).
Christchurch Central City, Christchurch, on Durham Street North.
The heritage register names 5 places at or beside it, Former Magistrates Court and Setting, Armagh Street Kerbstones and Setting.
Canterbury Provincial Council Reserve, 79 m to its edge.




