50 Cathedral Sq
8 council reports since July 2025, 8 carrying a photograph. The most-reported address on Cathedral Sq.
On the register here
- ChristChurch Cathedral and Setting, 100 Cathedral Square (62m)
- Commercial Building Façade and Setting, Former A W Smith and Son's Central Garage/Mayfair-Cinerama Theatre, 115A Worcester Street (64m)
- Former Government Buildings and Setting, 26/28 Cathedral Square (65m)
- Cathedral Square and Setting (101m)
- Commercial Building and Setting, Former State Insurance, 58/28 Cathedral Square (119m)
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
- Cathedral Square, 18 m to the edge · Botanic
- Godley Statue Reserve, 138 m to the edge · Botanic
- City Mall, 168 m to the edge
- The Stewart Plaza, 183 m to the edge
- High Street Triangles, 228 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
- Turanga Library, 88 m away · Library
- Triangle, 232 m away · Car park
- Re:start - Lichfield Street, 475 m away · Car park
- Armagh Street, 477 m away · Car park
- Aldersgate, 483 m away · Car park
Libraries, halls and the rest within half a kilometre, the council’s open data.
On the doorstep
- Christchurch Tramway, 26 m away · Attractions
- Tūranga Central Library, 29 m away · Cafés
- O.G.B Bar & Cafe, 45 m away · Bars & pubs
- OGB Bar & Cafe, 45 m away · Bars & pubs
Businesses within four hundred metres, measured at the pin, OpenStreetMap and the council directories.
The bus nearby
The closest Metro stops, within four hundred and fifty metres.
The tracks through here
- Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City, 144 m to the line · walk · bike
- Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City, 146 m to the line · walk · bike
- Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City, 213 m to the line · walk · bike
- Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City, 222 m to the line · walk · bike
- Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City, 291 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
- Godley Statue Reserve plaque, 86 m away · 1899
- Godley Statue Reserve plaque, 87 m away · 1899
- Godley Statue Reserve plaque, 88 m away · 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 8 on record
What’s on record
Tramway General, 28 Jul 2026 Missing drain cover on the tram tracks
Graffiti on a road, footpath or bridge, 22 Jun 2026 Tagging on rubbish bin by Novatel Hotel in square
Hazard, vehicle, 15 Mar 2026 People parking in the square not I’m car parks A repeat offender too
Rubbish and Bins - General, 22 Feb 2026 Tag on rubbish bi in square
Park - General Request, 8 Feb 2026 Rundown and dirty
Tramway General, 2 Feb 2026 Trees touching live overhead lines and the trams as they pass by.
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure, 10 Oct 2025 Tagging on wooden planter bordering car park
Rubbish and Bins - General, 29 Jul 2025 Overflowing Rubbish Bin
Elsewhere on Cathedral Sq
- 41 Cathedral Sq, 8 reports
- 47 Cathedral Sq, 5 reports
- 105 Cathedral Sq, 5 reports
- 100 Cathedral Sq, 5 reports
- 99 Cathedral Sq, 4 reports
- 66 Cathedral Sq, 2 reports
- 2 Cathedral Sq, 2 reports
- 13–63 Cathedral Sq, 2 reports
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.
Cathedral Sq, 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
8 council reports on record since July 2025, most often tramway general (2), rubbish and bins - general (2), park - general request (1).
Christchurch Central City, Christchurch, on Cathedral Sq.
The heritage register names 5 places at or beside it, ChristChurch Cathedral and Setting, Commercial Building Façade and Setting, Former A W Smith and Son's Central Garage/Mayfair-Cinerama Theatre.
Cathedral Square, 18 m to its edge.