699 Colombo Street
10 council reports since June 2022, 6 carrying a photograph. The street’s heaviest record is 794 Colombo Street, 159 reports on file.
On the register here
- Former Beaths Department Store (components), 201/690 Colombo Street (42m)
- Triangle Reserve and Setting, 291F High Street (82m)
- Triangle Reserve and Setting, 261F High Street (94m)
- Triangle Reserve and Setting, 220F High Street (169m)
- Commercial Building and Setting, Former Chief Post Office, 1 Cathedral Square (193m)
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
- City Mall, 17 m to the edge
- The Stewart Plaza, 66 m to the edge
- High Street Triangles, 80 m to the edge
- Cathedral Square, 187 m to the edge · Botanic
- Godley Statue Reserve, 220 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
- Triangle, 55 m away · Car park
- Re:start - Lichfield Street, 205 m away · Car park
- Turanga Library, 328 m away · Library
- Civic Offices, 415 m away · Council office
- Scales, 455 m away · Car park
Libraries, halls and the rest within half a kilometre, the council’s open data.
On the doorstep
- Kathmandu, 8 m away · Outdoor gear
- ANZ Bank, 21 m away · Business
- The Barkery, 27 m away · Cafés
- Global Culture, 29 m away · Clothing
Businesses within four hundred metres, measured at the pin, OpenStreetMap and the council directories.
The bus nearby
- Hereford St near Colombo St, 142 m away · route 8
- Bus Interchange (Intercity stop), 142 m away · route 3, route 8, route 80
The closest Metro stops, within four hundred and fifty metres.
The tracks through here
- Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City, 214 m to the line · walk · bike
- Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City, 227 m to the line · walk · bike
- Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City, 251 m to the line · walk · bike
- Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City, 253 m to the line · walk · bike
- Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City, 256 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
- Te Kiheru Wai o Tahu / the Canoe Bailer of Tahu / 2015, 159 m away ·
Te Kiheru Wai o Tahu / The Canoe Bailer of Tahu / 2015 / (MÄori text and English translat
· 2015 - The Battle for Crete / May 1941, 249 m away ·
THE BATTLE FOR CRETE / MAY 1941 / IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES / AND THOSE WHO
· 2017 - On This Site on the 16th Dec, 250 m away ·
ON THIS SITE ON THE 16TH DEC. 1867 THE FIRST PARADE OF E. BATTERY CHRISTCHURCH ARTILLERY V
· 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 6 on record
What’s on record
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure, 25 Sept 2026 graffiti on black tin wall near kfc
Litter, 19 Jan 2026 Disgusting mess from the homeless, has been like this for ages.
Water Leak, 10 Feb 2025
Graffiti on a cabinet, pole or railway asset, 30 Oct 2024 Silver and gray paint tags on 2 Contact gas assets near 699 Colombo Street.
Road Signage, 4 Jul 2024 Needs a no right turn sign put up. The arrow on the lane indicates left turn and straight ahead only. People now try and turn right on to He
- Litter, 26 Jan 2023
- Graffiti, 30 Dec 2022
- Pavement - General, 12 Dec 2022
- Graffiti, 4 Dec 2022
Graffiti, 20 Jun 2022 2 black paint tags on reverse side of parking sign on Colombo Street a bit south of Hereford Street.
Elsewhere on Colombo Street
- 794 Colombo Street, 159 reports
- 673 Colombo Street, 102 reports
- 781 Colombo Street, 55 reports
- 521 Colombo Street, 46 reports
- 722 Colombo Street, 45 reports
- 569 Colombo Street, 45 reports
- 527 Colombo Street, 41 reports
- 711 Colombo Street, 38 reports
The street’s crash record
NZTA’s record names Colombo Street in 177 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 1 person killed, 32 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.
Colombo 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
10 council reports on record since June 2022, most often graffiti (3), litter (2), water leak (1).
Christchurch Central City, Christchurch, on Colombo Street.
The heritage register names 5 places at or beside it, Former Beaths Department Store (components), Triangle Reserve and Setting.
City Mall, 17 m to its edge.