42 Manchester Street
11 council reports since December 2017, 11 carrying a photograph. The street’s heaviest record is 297-299 Manchester Street, 103 reports on file.
On the register here
- Former R. Buchanan & Sons' City Foundry and Setting, 2/210 St Asaph Street (199m)
- Former P & D Duncan Ltd Building and Setting, 7/204 St Asaph Street (210m)
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
- Wilson Park, 283 m to the edge
- Gasson Reserve, 309 m to the edge
- Science Alive Reserve, 323 m to the edge
- Excelsior Hotel Reserve, 383 m to the edge · Botanic
- Carlyle Reserve, 396 m to the edge
Parks within half a kilometre, measured to the boundary, the council’s open data. The whole roll is at /parks.
The civic shelf nearby
- St Asaph, 384 m away · Car park
- Re:start - Lichfield Street, 461 m away · Car park
Libraries, halls and the rest within half a kilometre, the council’s open data.
On the doorstep
- NZ Museum of Toys & Collectibles, 29 m away · Attractions
- BBQ & More, 30 m away · Bbq
- Vinnies, 30 m away · Op shops
- LDV, 54 m away · Car dealers
Businesses within four hundred metres, measured at the pin, OpenStreetMap and the council directories.
The bus nearby
- Manchester St near Allen St, 8 m away · route 27, route 84, route 85, route 95
- Manchester St near Welles St, 63 m away · route 27
The closest Metro stops, within four hundred and fifty metres.
The tracks through here
- Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City, 8 m to the line · walk · bike
- Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City, 206 m to the line · walk · bike
- Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City, 206 m to the line · walk · bike
- Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City, 302 m to the line · walk · bike
- Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City, 305 m to the line · walk · bike
Tracks whose line passes within half a kilometre, the council’s open data.
The named ground
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.
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
- Graffiti, 4
- Graffiti on a fence, building or structure, 3
- General Request, 2
- Roads - General, 1
- Graffiti on a bus stop or public toilet, 1
Photographed here 11 on record
What’s on record
Roads - General, 15 Aug 2026 Re: Temporary Traffic Management Scaffolding work on Manchester St has blocked the southbound cycle lane. No advance warning of blockage, a
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure, 6 Jan 2026 Graffiti on building
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure, 6 Jan 2026 Graffiti on a wall
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure, 17 Nov 2025 Graffiti on building
General Request, 6 Oct 2025
Graffiti on a bus stop or public toilet, 12 Jul 2025 White paint tag on bus stop 53687 at 42 Manchester Street.
General Request, 23 Jun 2025Graffiti, 29 Feb 2020
Tags on bus stop seat and utility cabinet
Graffiti, 20 Aug 2019
Graffiti, 6 Apr 2018
Graffiti, 10 Dec 2017
Elsewhere on Manchester Street
- 297-299 Manchester Street, 103 reports
- 293 Manchester Street, 72 reports
- 214 Manchester Street, 72 reports
- 153 Manchester Street, 52 reports
- 218 Manchester Street, 48 reports
- 76 Manchester Street, 45 reports
- 204 Manchester Street, 45 reports
- 192 Manchester Street, 40 reports
The street’s crash record
NZTA’s record names Manchester Street in 235 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 1 person killed, 38 seriously hurt.
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.
Manchester Street, 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 December 2017, most often graffiti (4), graffiti on a fence, building or structure (3), general request (2).
Christchurch Central City, Christchurch, on Manchester Street.
The heritage register names 2 places at or beside it, Former R. Buchanan & Sons' City Foundry and Setting, Former P & D Duncan Ltd Building and Setting.
Wilson Park, 283 m to its edge.