54 Chester Street West, Christchurch Central City
24 reports on record since June 2023 · 20 with photographs. The street’s heaviest record is 55 Chester Street West, 148 reports on file. Indicative rating valuation and school zones, hazards, bin day and what stood here before.
What gets reported here
Photographed here 20 on record
Reported here
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure, Graffiti on bench.
Street Gutters / Storm Water, This drain has been blocked and flooding like this for at least a week. I think someone tried to fix it already but it has come back
Flooding, Hi guys, this leak has been happening for months. A lot of water wasted. I have reported it a few times, no action at all, please save the w
Water General, Looks like stormwater is blocked but also constant flow into stormwater presumably by a leak. Leak and blocked.
Water Leak, 
Water Leak, Lots of fresh water running off a water meter. Immediate sump seems to be blocked and water running long kerb to next sump neat Durham North
Street Gutters / Storm Water, Water is coming up and out of this drain.
Water Leak, Massive leak, ben going on for a long time.
Water Leak, There is a water blockage which seems to be flowing from the drain in the 2nd picture and filling the gutter. Not sure where the source is.
Street Gutters / Storm Water, Gutter grille is blocked up at 54 Chester Street West.
Water Leak, It has been a stream for a long time, please fix it.
Street Gutters / Storm Water, Blocked storm water
Water Leak, I guess the leaking has continued at least more than half a month.
Water Leak, 54 Chester Street West water leak
Street Gutters / Storm Water, There is a leak Como g from somewhere.
Water Leak, 
Street Gutters / Storm Water, Gutter grille is blocked by 54 Chester Street West
Water Leak, Lots of water.
Water Leak, 
Street Gutters / Storm Water, Storm water drain blocked. Maybe a leak here to it been dry and lots of water
- Street Gutters / Storm Water,
- Street Gutters / Storm Water,
- Graffiti,
- Graffiti,
Also reported on Chester Street West
- 55 Chester Street West, 148 reports
- 66 Chester Street West, 57 reports
- 59 Chester Street West, 53 reports
- 24 Chester Street West, 14 reports
- 48 Chester Street West, 6 reports
- 42 Chester Street West, 6 reports
- 51 Chester Street West, 5 reports
- 2 Chester Street West, 5 reports
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 street’s crash record
NZTA’s record names Chester Street West in 3 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 0 seriously hurt, nobody killed.
The green nearby
- Cranmer Square, 138 m to the edge · Botanic · 2 ha
- Canterbury Provincial Council Reserve, 146 m to the edge · Botanic
- Victoria Square, 191 m to the edge · Botanic · 2 ha
- Victoria Triangles, 213 m to the edge
- Scott Statue Reserve, 372 m to the edge · Botanic
Parks within half a kilometre, measured to the boundary, the council’s open data.
The civic shelf nearby
- Aldersgate, 45 m away · Car park
- Armagh Street, 82 m away · Car park
- Turanga Library, 443 m away · Library · Cathedral Square, Christchurch
- Civic Offices, 460 m away · Council office
Libraries, halls and the rest within half a kilometre, the council’s open data.
On the doorstep
- Bakertilly - Staples Rodway, 66 m away · Business
- Bean Adjourned Espresso, 73 m away · Fast food
- Laneway Espresso, 76 m away · Cafés
- Urban Skin & Body, 76 m away · Business
Businesses within four hundred metres, measured at the pin: OpenStreetMap and the council directories.
The bus nearby
- Kilmore Street Town Hall, 221 m away · route 1, route 29, route 95
- Victoria St near Peterborough St, 300 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, 116 m to the line · walk · bike
- Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City, 141 m to the line · walk · bike
- Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City, 214 m to the line · walk · bike
- Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City, 238 m to the line · walk · bike
- Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City, 281 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
- In Conjunction With the Christchurch Beautifying, 151 m away ·
IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE CHRISTCHURCH BEAUTIFYING ASSOCIATION INC. THIS FLORAL CLOCK WAS PR
· 2009 - This Floral Clock Was Presented to the Citizens, 151 m away ·
THIS FLORAL CLOCK WAS PRESENTED TO THE CITIZENS OF CHRISTCHURCH BY CALDER MACKAY CO. LTD 1
· 2009 - The Weeping Willows of Christchurch to Commemorate, 196 m away ·
THE WEEPING WILLOWS OF CHRISTCHURCH TO COMMEMORATE / FRANCOIS LE LIEVRE / WHO FIRST CAME T
· 2026
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, Former Magistrates Court and Setting
143 m away · 85 Armagh Street · located to ±21 m · the place’s own record →
On the register. Nothing researched here yet.
What was here, Floral Clock and Setting
148 m away · 66 Chester Street West · located to ±5 m · the place’s own record →
On the register. Nothing researched here yet.
What was here, Dwelling and Setting
151 m away · 38 Cranmer Square · located to ±5 m · the place’s own record →
On the register. Nothing researched here yet.
What was here, Armagh Street Kerbstones and Setting
160 m away · 280A Durham Street North · located to ±26 m · the place’s own record →
On the register. Nothing researched here yet.
What was here, Former Shop/Dwelling and Setting
161 m away · 40 Cranmer Square · located to ±6 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
24 council reports on record since June 2023, most often water leak (10), street gutters / storm water (9), graffiti (2).
Christchurch Central City, Christchurch, on Chester Street West.
The heritage register names 5 places at or beside it, Former Magistrates Court and Setting, Floral Clock and Setting.
Cranmer Square, 138 m to its edge, 2 ha.