59 Chester St West
4 council reports since April 2025, 4 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 (28m)
- Former Market Place Bridge/Hamish Hay Bridge and Setting (69m)
- The Christchurch Town Hall and Setting (87m)
- Captain James Cook Statue and Setting, 89 Armagh Street (106m)
- Horse Watering Ramp and Setting (120m)
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, 77 m to the edge · Botanic · 2 ha
- Canterbury Provincial Council Reserve, 160 m to the edge · Botanic
- Victoria Triangles, 233 m to the edge
- Cranmer Square, 282 m to the edge · Botanic · 2 ha
- Edmonds Band Rotunda, 287 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, 129 m away · Car park
- Armagh Street, 184 m away · Car park
- Turanga Library, 370 m away · Library
Libraries, halls and the rest within half a kilometre, the council’s open data.
On the doorstep
- Christchurch Town Hall, 77 m away · Venues & events
- Mobile Osaka-ya, 85 m away · Fast food
- The Dukes of Sandwich Food Truck, 90 m away · Fast food
- Cafe Miha Food Caravan, 92 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, 94 m away · route 1, route 29, route 95
- Kilmore St near Manchester St, 294 m away · route 1, route 27, 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, 119 m to the line · walk · bike
- Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City, 154 m to the line · walk · bike
- Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City, 158 m to the line · walk · bike
- Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City, 296 m to the line · walk · bike
- Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City, 333 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, 25 m away ·
IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE CHRISTCHURCH BEAUTIFYING ASSOCIATION INC. THIS FLORAL CLOCK WAS PR
· 2009 - This Floral Clock Was Presented to the Citizens, 25 m away ·
THIS FLORAL CLOCK WAS PRESENTED TO THE CITIZENS OF CHRISTCHURCH BY CALDER MACKAY CO. LTD 1
· 2009 - The Hamish Hay Bridge, 77 m away ·
THE HAMISH HAY BRIDGE / This historic bridge was renamed by the Christchurch City Council
· 2018
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
- Graffiti on a fence, building or structure, 2
- Hazard, vehicle, 1
- Facility - General Request, 1
Photographed here 4 on record
What’s on record
Hazard, vehicle, 11 Aug 2026 There are a number of cars (7) illegally parked in front of car parks prohibiting anyone parked in designated parks exiting the car park.
Facility - General Request, 6 Jul 2025 The clock is wrong again. It is about 20 minutes fast. Love the smiley face however.
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure, 31 May 2025 They have done it again!
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure, 24 Apr 2025 On back of town hall,victoria st side
Elsewhere on Chester St West
- 55 Chester St West, 8 reports
- 66 Chester St West, 6 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
- 51 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
4 council reports on record since April 2025, most often graffiti on a fence, building or structure (2), hazard, vehicle (1), facility - general request (1).
Christchurch Central City, Christchurch, on Chester St West.
The heritage register names 5 places at or beside it, Floral Clock and Setting, Former Market Place Bridge/Hamish Hay Bridge and Setting.
Victoria Square, 77 m to its edge, 2 ha.