40 Worcester Street, Christchurch Central City
40 reports on record since May 2021 · 29 with photographs. The street’s heaviest record is 142 Worcester Street — 103 reports on file. Indicative rating valuation and school zones, hazards, bin day and what stood here before.
What gets reported here
Photographed here 29 on record
Reported here
Hazard — vehicle — Parked in p5 for over 1 hour so far
Graffiti on a road, footpath or bridge — 
Litter — Rubbish spreading across the street
- Litter —
Rubbish dumped
- Rubbish and Bins - General —
- Litter —
Rubbish and Bins - General — This broken water fountain has been getting used as a rubbish bin for far too long now! The Arts Centre have put rubbish bags around it to d
Water Fountain — Water fountain is out of service and covered with a large plastic bag……..also being confused for a rubbish bin. We do need working water fou
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure — Multiple paint tags on red steel rubbish bin lid by 40 Worcester Street.
Rubbish and Bins - General — Bin overflowing
- Rubbish and Bins - General —
This is an old (maybe no longer working) drinking fountain. There are rubbish bins not far from this fountain, but people ALWAYS put their r
Roads - General — Could we have a ‘no entry - except cyclists’ sign here? A similar treatment as going east on Oxford Terrace off Montreal. Alternatively, cou
Water Fountain — How about you fix this or remove it its literally been like this for a year and people are to lazy to walk 5 meters where there is a active
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure — 
Rubbish and Bins - General — Bin over flowing
Pit and Equipment - General — Water meter lid slips and moves when stepped on exposing the hole.
Graffiti somewhere else — Graffiti on a bin I front of 35E Worcester Street beside an old building and next to a tree.
Graffiti on a cabinet, pole or railway asset — Red paint tag on anonymous padlocked asset by 40 Worcester Street corner, on Montreal Street.
Rubbish and Bins - General — Bin has overflowed and rubbish on footpath
Graffiti somewhere else — Montreal Street. On traffic signals control box outside art gallery. There's also similar one on Montreal/Hereford ? corner.
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure — 
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure — White paint tag on steel lid of rubbish bin by 40 Worcester Street.
Pit and Equipment - General — Box damaged, tripping hazard
Dumped Rubbish — 
Litter — 
Graffiti on a cabinet, pole or railway asset — Gold and black paint tags on metal plate on concrete lamp pole by the corner of Montreal and Worcester Streets.
Dumped Rubbish — Lots of rubbish on Worcester boulevard
Graffiti on a cabinet, pole or railway asset — Illegally pasted bill.
Graffiti somewhere else — White and black paint tags on red steel rubbish bin lid near 40 Worcester Street.
Graffiti somewhere else — Black paint tags on derelict water drinking fountain by 40 Worcester Street. I suggest the fountain be either replaced or repaired.
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Graffiti — HB black paint tag (plus sticky tags) on rubbish bin lid on the corner of Worcester and Montreal Streets.
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Also reported on Worcester Street
- 142 Worcester Street — 103 reports
- 3 Worcester Street — 78 reports
- 78 Worcester Street — 69 reports
- 67 Worcester Street — 60 reports
- 138 Worcester Street — 60 reports
- 151 Worcester Street — 50 reports
- 154 Worcester Street — 34 reports
- 270 Worcester Street — 33 reports
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 green nearby
- Botanic Gardens — 241 m to the edge · Botanic · 21 ha
- Cranmer Square — 259 m to the edge · Botanic · 2 ha
- Scott Statue Reserve — 260 m to the edge · Botanic
- Armagh Reserve — 311 m to the edge
- Canterbury Provincial Council Reserve — 313 m to the edge · Botanic
Parks within half a kilometre, measured to the boundary — the council’s open data.
The civic shelf nearby
- Civic Offices — 144 m away · Council office
- Rolleston Avenue — 192 m away · Car park
- Scales — 274 m away · Car park
- Armagh St — 352 m away · Car park
- Aldersgate — 412 m away · Car park
Libraries, halls and the rest within half a kilometre — the council’s open data.
On the doorstep
- Brannigans — 10 m away · Business
- The Lucky Cup — 17 m away · Cafés
- Curator’s Deli — 18 m away · Cafés
- Bleu Des Crepes — 20 m away · Fast food
Businesses within four hundred metres, measured at the pin — OpenStreetMap and the council directories.
The bus nearby
- Hereford St near Montreal St — 123 m away · route 8
- Hereford St near Montreal St — 135 m away · route 8
The closest Metro stops, within four hundred and fifty metres.
The tracks through here
- Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City — 14 m to the line · walk · bike
- Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City — 63 m to the line · walk · bike
- Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City — 233 m to the line · walk · bike
- Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City — 246 m to the line · walk · bike
- Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City — 248 m to the line · walk · bike
Tracks whose line passes within half a kilometre, measured to the line itself — 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
- Avon Riverbank Central City plaque — 221 m away ·
(illegible – inscription panel at memorial)
- Avon Riverbank Central City plaque — 230 m away ·
(no text found)
· 2000 - International Federation of University Women 22nd Triennial — 234 m away ·
INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF UNIVERSITY WOMEN 22ND TRIENNIAL CONFERENCE CHRISTCHURCH 1986 /
· 2000
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 was here — Registry and Setting
14 m away · 40 Worcester Street · located to ±13 m · the place’s own record →
On the register. Nothing researched here yet.
What was here — Dwelling and Setting
56 m away · 311 Montreal Street · located to ±12 m · the place’s own record →
On the register. Nothing researched here yet.
What was here — Christchurch Boys' High School and Setting
73 m away · located to ±25 m · the place’s own record →
On the register. Nothing researched here yet.
What was here — Christchurch Boys' High School Gymnasium and Setting
83 m away · 2B Worcester Street · located to ±15 m · the place’s own record →
On the register. Nothing researched here yet.
What was here — Students' Union and Setting
85 m away · 39 Hereford Street · located to ±30 m · the place’s own record →
On the register. Nothing researched here yet.
The civic layer
This ground votes in Central ward — the Papanui-Innes-Central community board. Ward lines don’t always follow suburb lines; this one is measured at the pin, not the suburb’s centre.
What stood on this ground → · On the map → · From the air — the Crown’s aerials back to 1936; search the address on RetroLens →
Questions, answered briefly
40 council reports on record since May 2021 — most often graffiti (10), rubbish and bins - general (6), litter (4).
Christchurch Central City, Christchurch — on Worcester Street.
The heritage register names 5 places at or beside it — Registry and Setting, Dwelling and Setting.
Botanic Gardens — 241 m to its edge, 21 ha.