728 Colombo Street
7 council reports since November 2019, 6 carrying a photograph. The street’s heaviest record is 794 Colombo Street, 159 reports on file.
On the register here
- Citizens' War Memorial and Setting, 99 Cathedral Square (88m)
- ChristChurch Cathedral and Setting, 100 Cathedral Square (99m)
- Cathedral Square and Setting (108m)
- Theatre Royal Façade, Dome, Staircase and Setting, 145 Gloucester Street (110m)
- Godley Statue, Godley Plot and Setting, 105 Cathedral Square (127m)
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
- Cathedral Square, 56 m to the edge · Botanic
- Godley Statue Reserve, 111 m to the edge · Botanic
- Victoria Square, 150 m to the edge · Botanic · 2 ha
- Canterbury Provincial Council Reserve, 202 m to the edge · Botanic
- City Mall, 239 m to the edge
Parks within half a kilometre, measured to the boundary, the council’s open data. The whole roll is at /parks.
The civic shelf nearby
- Turanga Library, 30 m away · Library
- Triangle, 312 m away · Car park
- Armagh Street, 366 m away · Car park
- Aldersgate, 368 m away · Car park
- Civic Offices, 462 m away · Council office
Libraries, halls and the rest within half a kilometre, the council’s open data.
On the doorstep
- Foundation Cafe, 6 m away · Cafés
- Imagination Station, 19 m away · Business
- Foundation Cafe & Bar, 48 m away · Cafés
- Lucky Ninja Food truck, 55 m away · Fast food
Businesses within four hundred metres, measured at the pin, OpenStreetMap and the council directories.
The bus nearby
- Hereford St near Colombo St, 233 m away · route 8
- Hereford St near Colombo St, 240 m away · route 8
The closest Metro stops, within four hundred and fifty metres.
The tracks through here
- Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City, 136 m to the line · walk · bike
- Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City, 171 m to the line · walk · bike
- Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City, 181 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, 224 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
- Godley Statue Reserve plaque, 28 m away · 1899
- Godley Statue Reserve plaque, 29 m away · 1899
- Godley Statue Reserve plaque, 30 m away · 1899
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
Damaged Street Sign, 24 May 2026 Street sign on footpath
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure, 22 Nov 2025
Street Gutters / Storm Water, 28 Sept 2025 Gutter appears blocked at the corner of Colombo Street across the road from Turanga, by The Court Theatre.
Roads - General, 25 Mar 2025 Kerb top marker to be replaced
- Hazard, vehicle, 22 Feb 2025
Hi there. Could you please tell me where I can park a car close to Turanga where I’m not paying an exorbitant amount for parking e.g. $6 an
Graffiti, 12 Jan 2021Parks, 6 Nov 2019
trip hazards and exclusion zones forcing public onto uncontrolled road namely prams
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
7 council reports on record since November 2019, most often street gutters / storm water (1), roads - general (1), parks (1).
Christchurch Central City, Christchurch, on Colombo Street.
The heritage register names 5 places at or beside it, Citizens' War Memorial and Setting, ChristChurch Cathedral and Setting.
Cathedral Square, 56 m to its edge.