2H Riccarton Avenue
11 council reports since May 2024, 10 carrying a photograph. The street’s heaviest record is 14 Riccarton Avenue, 140 reports on file.
On the register here
- Antigua Boatsheds and Setting, 2 Cambridge Terrace (91m)
- Former Dwelling and Setting, 14 Oxford Terrace (127m)
- Fitzgerald Statue and Setting (136m)
- Curator's House and Setting, 5 Rolleston Avenue (175m)
- Nurses' Memorial Chapel and Setting, 2J Riccarton Avenue (222m)
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
- Botanic Gardens, 117 m to the edge · Botanic · 21 ha · playground, 53 pieces
- Nurses Memorial Chapel, 204 m to the edge · Botanic
- Hagley Park North, 208 m to the edge · Sports ground · 91 ha
- Tiffany Reserve, 429 m to the edge
- Friendship Corner, 494 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, 236 m away · Car park
- Scales, 331 m away · Car park
- Rolleston Avenue, 426 m away · Car park
- Civic Offices, 472 m away · Council office
Libraries, halls and the rest within half a kilometre, the council’s open data.
On the doorstep
- Kanuka, 35 m away · Cafés
- Christchurch Outpatients, 64 m away · Hospital
- University of Otago, Department of Paediatrics, 78 m away · University
- University of Otago, Department of Psychological Medicine, 84 m away · University
Businesses within four hundred metres, measured at the pin, OpenStreetMap and the council directories.
The bus nearby
- Christchurch Hospital Main Stop WB, 101 m away · route 3, route 5, route 7, route 60, route 80, route 81, route 84, route 85, route 86, route 91, route 92
- Christchurch Hospital Main Stop EB, 109 m away · route 3, route 5, route 7, route 60, route 80, route 81, route 84, route 85, route 86, 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, 22 m to the line · walk · bike
- Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City, 49 m to the line · walk · bike
- Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City, 51 m to the line · walk · bike
- Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City, 67 m to the line · walk · bike
- Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City, 93 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, 127 m away · 2009
- Botanic Gardens plaque, 183 m away · 2004
- In Memory of / Basil Naughton and / Margaret Naughton, 208 m away ·
In memory of / Basil Naughton and / Margaret Naughton / [illegible line] / Christchurch Ho
· 1899
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 10 on record
What’s on record
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure, 22 Aug 2026
Graffiti on a sign, mural or public art, 2 Mar 2025 On no smoking sign outside CH hospital near shuttle bus stop by ramp
Graffiti somewhere else, 2 Feb 2025 On rubbish bin by seats near hospital shuttle pickup point
Graffiti somewhere else, 2 Feb 2025 On water fountain by seats near hospital shuttle pick up. By old ED entry
Graffiti somewhere else, 19 Jan 2025 Near entrance out of hospital heading towards outpatient building
Graffiti somewhere else, 19 Jan 2025
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure, 26 Nov 2024 174 oxford
Graffiti somewhere else, 30 Oct 2024- Water Fountain, 7 Sept 2024
Water fountain water tastes really bad. It has a Sulphur smell and tastes like eggs/sulphur. Three of us tasted it and all thought the same
Pavement - Damaged, 25 Jul 2024 Metal bumbs lifted off. Some fully removed
Graffiti somewhere else, 29 May 2024 On recycling bin outside CH hospital by shuttle bus stop opp CH health Campus
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
11 council reports on record since May 2024, most often graffiti somewhere else (6), graffiti on a fence, building or structure (2), water fountain (1).
Christchurch Central City, Christchurch, on Riccarton Avenue.
The heritage register names 5 places at or beside it, Antigua Boatsheds and Setting, Former Dwelling and Setting.
Botanic Gardens, 117 m to its edge, 21 ha.