# 7 Southwark Street, Christchurch Central City

23 reports on record since August 2015 · 21 with photographs.

https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/7-southwark-street

## What gets reported here
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 9
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 7
- [Water Supply](https://www.chch.live/problems/water-leaks), 2
- [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/problems/road-damage), 2
- [Poles and Signage - General](https://www.chch.live/problems/road-damage), 1
- [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 1

## Reported here
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/8869382), 5 Sept 2026
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/8869353), 5 Sept 2026
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/7239514), 19 Nov 2025
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/7239505), 19 Nov 2025
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/7239506), 19 Nov 2025
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/7239497), 19 Nov 2025
- [Poles and Signage - General](https://www.chch.live/report/7186183), 10 Nov 2025
- [Accessibility](https://www.chch.live/report/5852696), 11 Feb 2025
- [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/report/4970800), 6 Aug 2024
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/4651028), 12 May 2024

## Photographed here (21 on record)
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/8869382), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08869382/public/1_0r0vit7qem8bo.jpg
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/8869353), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08869353/public/1_kioo3cyakh9.jpg
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/7239514), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07239514/public/1_c3i43l62qdba.jpg
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/7239505), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07239505/public/1_drqfijd2xaiz.jpg
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/7239506), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07239506/public/1_fmthewdobgd.jpg
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/7239497), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07239497/public/1_42t9kjlrdscm.jpg
- [Poles and Signage - General](https://www.chch.live/report/7186183), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07186183/public/1_j88sqtzf17gr.jpg
- [Accessibility](https://www.chch.live/report/5852696), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05852696/public/1_ixtfoyku3mia.jpg
- [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/report/4970800), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/04970800/public/1_dbv0xgvrzigw.jpg
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/4651028), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/04651028/public/1_cu2utdj53ku.jpg
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/4474284), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/04474284/public/1_z4ggr1eg63p.jpg
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/4474258), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/04474258/public/1_zmlo9ffpiwx.jpg

[More photographs on the Christchurch Central City wall](https://www.chch.live/wall?suburb=christchurch-central-city)

## Also reported on Southwark Street
- [42 Southwark Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/42-southwark-street), 25 reports
- [19 Southwark Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/19-southwark-street), 19 reports
- [29 Southwark Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/29-southwark-street), 18 reports
- [15 Southwark Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/15-southwark-street), 18 reports
- [16 Southwark Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/16-southwark-street), 13 reports
- [38 Southwark Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/38-southwark-street), 12 reports
- [20 Southwark Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/20-southwark-street), 12 reports
- [17 Southwark Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/17-southwark-street), 11 reports
- [Southwark Street, the whole record](https://www.chch.live/street/christchurch-central-city/southwark-street)

## From the air, then
- [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5372&lon=172.6403&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1960-1964](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5372&lon=172.6403&decade=1960_1964), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5372&lon=172.6403&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5372&lon=172.6403&decade=1975_1979), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ

*Sourced from Canterbury Maps and partners. LINZ, CC BY 3.0 NZ. Clean CC BY decades only; NZAM-covered spots stay out. [RetroLens](https://retrolens.co.nz/) holds more Crown aerials.*

## On the doorstep
- [Celine's](https://www.chch.live/business/celine-s-christchurch-central-city), 31 m away · Bars & pubs
- [Quest on Manchester](https://www.chch.live/business/quest-on-manchester-christchurch-central-city), 34 m away · Hotels
- [Mum's 24](https://www.chch.live/business/mum-s-24-christchurch-central-city), 36 m away · Restaurants
- [Celeine's Bar & Restaurant](https://www.chch.live/business/celeine-s-bar-restaurant-christchurch-central-city), 40 m away · Restaurants

*Businesses within four hundred metres, measured at the pin, OpenStreetMap and the council directories.*

## The bus nearby
- [Manchester St near Welles St](https://www.chch.live/buses?stop=53673), 72 m away · [route 27](https://www.chch.live/buses/27)
- [Manchester St near Allen St](https://www.chch.live/buses?stop=53687), 120 m away · [route 27](https://www.chch.live/buses/27), [route 84](https://www.chch.live/buses/84), [route 85](https://www.chch.live/buses/85), [route 95](https://www.chch.live/buses/95)

*The closest Metro stops, within four hundred and fifty metres.*

## The remembered names nearby
- [‘corgis on High’ — Christchurch City Public Artwork](https://www.chch.live/plaque/63245-corgies), 224 m away, “‘Corgis on High’ — Christchurch City public artwork, 6 December 2003” · 2009
- [The First Public Water Supply Well Was Drilled Near This](https://www.chch.live/plaque/63253-high-street-triangles), 227 m away, “THE FIRST PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY WELL was drilled near this site on 10 February 1864 by the C…” · 2009

*The plaque pins come from the register, a recorded spot, not a surveyed one. The whole roll: [plaques](https://www.chch.live/plaques).*

## The street’s crash record

NZTA’s record names Southwark Street in 4 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 0 seriously hurt, nobody killed.

[The crashes it names, each one →](https://www.chch.live/crashes?road=southwark-street&suburb=christchurch-central-city)

## 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 →](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city#s-living).

## The civic layer

This ground votes in [Central ward](https://www.chch.live/wards/central), the [Papanui-Innes-Central community board](https://www.chch.live/boards/papanui-innes-central) 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](https://www.chch.live/wards).

## What was here, Former R. Buchanan & Sons' City Foundry and Setting
*165 m away · 2/210 St Asaph Street · located to ±14 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/226)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.
- Heritage New Zealand list entry: https://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/1917

## What was here, Commercial Building and Setting. Duncan's Buildings
*174 m away · 147 High Street · located to ±45 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/549)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.
- Heritage New Zealand list entry: https://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/1864

## What was here, 129 High Street
*185 m away · 1/129 High Street · located to ±17 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/503)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.

## What was here, Former P & D Duncan Ltd Building and Setting
*186 m away · 7/204 St Asaph Street · located to ±18 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/227)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.
- Heritage New Zealand list entry: https://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/1911

## What was here, Commercial Building Façade and Setting, Former A J Whites
*201 m away · 181 High Street · located to ±20 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/431)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.
- Heritage New Zealand list entry: https://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/1909

## The green nearby
- [Wilson Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1557-wilson-park), 204 m to the edge
- [Excelsior Hotel Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1528-excelsior-hotel-reserve), 282 m to the edge · Botanic
- [Gasson Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1083-gasson-reserve), 367 m to the edge
- [Science Alive Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1753-science-alive-reserve), 400 m to the edge
- [City Mall](https://www.chch.live/park/1278-city-mall), 474 m to the edge

*Within half a kilometre, measured to the boundary, the council’s open data.*

## The civic shelf nearby
- [St Asaph](https://www.chch.live/facility/car-park-36), 294 m away · Car park
- [Re:start - Lichfield Street](https://www.chch.live/facility/car-park-31), 422 m away · Car park

## The tracks through here
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-522-christchurch-central-city), 52 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-528-christchurch-central-city), 196 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-465-christchurch-central-city), 208 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-535-woolston), 211 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-442-sydenham), 308 m to the line · walk · bike

*Lines passing within half a kilometre, the council’s open data.*

## Questions, answered briefly

**What has been reported at 7 Southwark Street?**

23 council reports on record since August 2015, most often graffiti on a fence, building or structure (9), graffiti (7), water supply (2).

**Which suburb is 7 Southwark Street in?**

Christchurch Central City, Christchurch, on [Southwark Street](https://www.chch.live/street/christchurch-central-city/southwark-street).

**What stood at 7 Southwark Street before?**

The heritage register names 5 places at or beside it, [Former R. Buchanan & Sons' City Foundry and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/226), [Commercial Building and Setting. Duncan's Buildings](https://www.chch.live/place/549).

**What is the nearest park to 7 Southwark Street?**

[Wilson Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1557-wilson-park), 204 m to its edge.

Data: https://api.chch.live/address?suburb=christchurch-central-city&address=7-southwark-street · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Christchurch%20Central%20City&street=southwark-street
