# 303 Manchester Street, Christchurch Central City

12 reports on record since August 2017 · 8 with photographs.

https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/303-manchester-street

## What gets reported here
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 6
- [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/problems/road-damage), 2
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 2
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/problems/water-leaks), 1
- [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 1

## Reported here
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/7866868), 8 Mar 2026
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/6953014), 26 Sept 2025
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/6796363), 25 Aug 2025
- [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/report/5587922), 22 Dec 2024
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/3810607), 18 Oct 2023
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/2777612), 5 Nov 2022
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/2704903), 12 Oct 2022
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/2698485), 10 Oct 2022
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/2378263), 25 May 2022
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/2378184), 25 May 2022

## Photographed here (8 on record)
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/7866868), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07866868/public/1_sa1krl31xikc.jpg
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/6953014), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06953014/public/1_yios8xf39md.jpg
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/6796363), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06796363/public/1_7k1a9cmvscwa.jpg
- [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/report/5587922), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05587922/public/1_b2kfhzn6cyfe.jpg
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/2378263), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/02378263/public/1_T3KGZ0i.jpg
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/2378184), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/02378184/public/1_LeJps8e.jpg
- [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/report/2305905), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/02305905/public/1_7zUhkKe.jpg
- [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/report/288472), https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/00288472/0

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

## Also reported on Manchester Street
- [297-299 Manchester Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/297-299-manchester-street), 103 reports
- [293 Manchester Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/293-manchester-street), 72 reports
- [214 Manchester Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/214-manchester-street), 72 reports
- [153 Manchester Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/153-manchester-street), 52 reports
- [218 Manchester Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/218-manchester-street), 48 reports
- [76 Manchester Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/76-manchester-street), 45 reports
- [204 Manchester Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/204-manchester-street), 45 reports
- [192 Manchester Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/192-manchester-street), 40 reports
- [Manchester Street, the whole record](https://www.chch.live/street/christchurch-central-city/manchester-street)

## From the air, then
- [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5272&lon=172.6396&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5272&lon=172.6396&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5272&lon=172.6396&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
- [Forte 2](https://www.chch.live/business/forte-2-christchurch-central-city), 136 m away · Doctors & clinics
- [Saunders Robinson Brown](https://www.chch.live/business/saunders-robinson-brown-christchurch-central-city), 149 m away · Lawyers
- [Mocoffee Cube / Cart](https://www.chch.live/business/mocoffee-cube-cart-christchurch-central-city), 154 m away · Fast food
- [Southern Eye Speicalists](https://www.chch.live/business/southern-eye-speicalists-christchurch-central-city), 154 m away · Doctors & clinics

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

## The bus nearby
- [Manchester St near Kilmore St](https://www.chch.live/buses?stop=53144), 75 m away · [route 44](https://www.chch.live/buses/44), [route 91](https://www.chch.live/buses/91), [route 92](https://www.chch.live/buses/92)
- [Manchester St near Kilmore St](https://www.chch.live/buses?stop=14318), 110 m away · [route 1](https://www.chch.live/buses/1), [route 27](https://www.chch.live/buses/27), [route 29](https://www.chch.live/buses/29), [route 44](https://www.chch.live/buses/44), [route 91](https://www.chch.live/buses/91), [route 92](https://www.chch.live/buses/92), [route 95](https://www.chch.live/buses/95)

*The closest Metro stops, within four hundred and fifty metres.*

## The remembered names nearby
- [This Rotunda Shelter and Circular Seat Were Presented](https://www.chch.live/plaque/64699-edmonds-band-rotunda), 94 m away, “THIS ROTUNDA SHELTER AND CIRCULAR SEAT WERE PRESENTED BY T.J. EDMONDS TO CELEBRATE FIFTY Y…” · 2009
- [Poplar Crescent 1929](https://www.chch.live/plaque/64607-edmonds-band-rotunda), 108 m away, “POPLAR CRESCENT 1929” · 2009
- [Margaret Mahy Family Playground](https://www.chch.live/plaque/284635-margaret-mahy-family-playgroun), 150 m away, “MARGARET MAHY FAMILY PLAYGROUND / Officially opened on 22 December 2015 by / Elsie Mahy /…” · 2017

*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 Manchester Street in 236 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 1 person killed, 38 seriously hurt.

[The crashes it names, each one →](https://www.chch.live/crashes?road=manchester-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, Edmonds Band Rotunda Area including Rotunda, Shelter, Balustrades, Landing and Lamp Standards and Setting
*100 m away · 230 Cambridge Terrace · located to ±57 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/21)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.
- Heritage New Zealand list entry: https://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/1865

## What was here, Former Church of St Luke the Evangelist Bell Tower and Setting
*114 m away · 258 Manchester Street · located to ±4 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/421)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.

## What was here, Poplars, Lamp Standards and Setting
*on this spot · located to ±139 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/318)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.

## What was here, Former Vicarage of the Church of St Luke the Evangelist and Setting
*132 m away · 185 Kilmore Street · located to ±12 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/123)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.
- Heritage New Zealand list entry: https://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/3132

## What was here, Former MED Converter Station and Substation
*214 m away · 102/210 Armagh Street · located to ±30 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/506)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.

## The green nearby
- [Edmonds Band Rotunda](https://www.chch.live/park/1767-edmonds-band-rotunda), 62 m to the edge · Botanic
- [Poplars Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1124-poplars-reserve), 172 m to the edge · Botanic
- [Cambridge Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1495-cambridge-reserve), 180 m to the edge
- [Victoria Square](https://www.chch.live/park/1066-victoria-square), 252 m to the edge · Botanic · 2 ha
- [Fire Fighters Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/949-fire-fighters-reserve), 255 m to the edge

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

## The civic shelf nearby
- [Turanga Library](https://www.chch.live/facility/library-56), 380 m away · Library · Cathedral Square, Christchurch

## The tracks through here
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-522-christchurch-central-city), 1 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-524-christchurch-central-city), 110 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-491-christchurch-central-city), 174 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-533-christchurch-central-city), 244 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-532-christchurch-central-city), 253 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 303 Manchester Street?**

12 council reports on record since August 2017, most often graffiti (6), roading/streets (2), graffiti on a fence, building or structure (2).

**Which suburb is 303 Manchester Street in?**

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

**What stood at 303 Manchester Street before?**

The heritage register names 5 places at or beside it, [Edmonds Band Rotunda Area including Rotunda, Shelter, Balustrades, Landing and Lamp Standards and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/21), [Former Church of St Luke the Evangelist Bell Tower and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/421).

**What is the nearest park to 303 Manchester Street?**

[Edmonds Band Rotunda](https://www.chch.live/park/1767-edmonds-band-rotunda), 62 m to its edge.

Data: https://api.chch.live/address?suburb=christchurch-central-city&address=303-manchester-street · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Christchurch%20Central%20City&street=manchester-street
