51 Chester St West
1 council report since October 2025, 1 carrying a photograph. The street’s heaviest record is 55 Chester St West, 8 reports on file.
On the register here
- Floral Clock and Setting, 66 Chester Street West (102m)
- Former Magistrates Court and Setting, 85 Armagh Street (146m)
- Former Market Place Bridge/Hamish Hay Bridge and Setting (154m)
- Armagh Street Kerbstones and Setting, 280A Durham Street North (174m)
- Dwelling and Setting, 38 Cranmer Square (175m)
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
- Victoria Square, 155 m to the edge · Botanic · 2 ha
- Canterbury Provincial Council Reserve, 171 m to the edge · Botanic
- Victoria Triangles, 180 m to the edge
- Cranmer Square, 190 m to the edge · Botanic · 2 ha
- Edmonds Band Rotunda, 378 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
- Aldersgate, 76 m away · Car park
- Armagh Street, 135 m away · Car park
- Turanga Library, 433 m away · Library
Libraries, halls and the rest within half a kilometre, the council’s open data.
On the doorstep
- Bakertilly - Staples Rodway, 1 m away · Business
- Laneway Espresso, 14 m away · Cafés
- Urban Skin & Body, 14 m away · Business
- Mobile Osaka-ya, 53 m away · Fast food
Businesses within four hundred metres, measured at the pin, OpenStreetMap and the council directories.
The bus nearby
- Kilmore Street Town Hall, 155 m away · route 1, route 29, route 95
- Victoria St near Peterborough St, 284 m away · route 1, route 29, route 95
The closest Metro stops, within four hundred and fifty metres.
The tracks through here
- Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City, 83 m to the line · walk · bike
- Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City, 160 m to the line · walk · bike
- Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City, 205 m to the line · walk · bike
- Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City, 305 m to the line · walk · bike
- Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City, 307 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
- In Conjunction With the Christchurch Beautifying, 104 m away ·
IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE CHRISTCHURCH BEAUTIFYING ASSOCIATION INC. THIS FLORAL CLOCK WAS PR
· 2009 - This Floral Clock Was Presented to the Citizens, 104 m away ·
THIS FLORAL CLOCK WAS PRESENTED TO THE CITIZENS OF CHRISTCHURCH BY CALDER MACKAY CO. LTD 1
· 2009 - Victoria Bridge — Historical Description 1851–1989, 158 m away ·
VICTORIA BRIDGE — HISTORICAL DESCRIPTION 1851–1989
· 2009
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 1 on record
What’s on record
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure, 18 Oct 2025 On Durham Street North by 51 Chester Street West: 1/ Black paint tag on building facing the footpath. 2/ white paint tag plus a sticker on b
Elsewhere on Chester St West
- 55 Chester St West, 8 reports
- 66 Chester St West, 6 reports
- 59 Chester St West, 4 reports
- 2–28 Chester St West, 3 reports
- 28 Chester St West, 3 reports
- 48 Chester St West, 2 reports
- 2 Chester St West, 2 reports
- 54 Chester St West, 1 report
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.
Chester St West, 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
1 council report on record since October 2025, most often graffiti on a fence, building or structure (1).
Christchurch Central City, Christchurch, on Chester St West.
The heritage register names 5 places at or beside it, Floral Clock and Setting, Former Magistrates Court and Setting.
Victoria Square, 155 m to its edge, 2 ha.