786–790 Colombo Street
2 council reports since May 2025, 2 carrying a photograph. The street’s heaviest record is 794 Colombo Street, 160 reports on file.
On the register here
- Bowker Fountain and Setting (32m)
- Captain James Cook Statue and Setting, 89 Armagh Street (55m)
- K2 Telephone Box and Setting (63m)
- Former Market Place Bridge/Hamish Hay Bridge and Setting (71m)
- Colombo Street Bridge and Setting (75m)
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, you are in it · Botanic · 2 ha
- Edmonds Band Rotunda, 160 m to the edge · Botanic
- Canterbury Provincial Council Reserve, 171 m to the edge · Botanic
- Cathedral Square, 310 m to the edge · Botanic
- Godley Statue Reserve, 338 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, 236 m away · Car park
- Armagh Street, 276 m away · Car park
- Turanga Library, 281 m away · Library
Libraries, halls and the rest within half a kilometre, the council’s open data.
On the doorstep
- Christchurch Town Hall, 67 m away · Venues & events
- Waka on Avon, 72 m away · Attractions
- Ko Tāne, 73 m away · Attractions
- Ice Cream Charlie, 125 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, 146 m away · route 1, route 29, route 95
- Kilmore St near Manchester St, 199 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, 116 m to the line · walk · bike
- Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City, 146 m to the line · walk · bike
- Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City, 239 m to the line · walk · bike
- Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City, 283 m to the line · walk · bike
- Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City, 299 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
- He Poupou Tohu Ahi-Kä o Ngäi Tahu, 13 m away ·
He poupou tohu ahi-kÄ o NgÄi Tahu / A mark of the long burning fires of NgÄi Tahu
· 2018 - This Fountain Was Donated to the City by Henry Layton, 34 m away ·
THIS FOUNTAIN WAS DONATED TO THE CITY BY HENRY LAYTON BOWKER AN EARLY SETTLER / 1840 - 192
· 2018 - Bowker Fountain / Unveiled 26 February 1931, 36 m away ·
BOWKER FOUNTAIN / UNVEILED 26 FEBRUARY 1931 / REPAIRED AND RECONSTRUCTED / AFTER THE 2011
· 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
Photographed here 2 on record
What’s on record
Graffiti on a road, footpath or bridge, 17 May 2025
Graffiti on a road, footpath or bridge, 17 May 2025
Elsewhere on Colombo Street
- 794 Colombo Street, 160 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 → · Street View → · From the air, RetroLens holds the Crown’s aerials back to 1936; search the address there →
Questions, answered briefly
2 council reports on record since May 2025, most often graffiti on a road, footpath or bridge (2).
Christchurch Central City, Christchurch, on Colombo Street.
The heritage register names 5 places at or beside it, Bowker Fountain and Setting, Captain James Cook Statue and Setting.
Victoria Square, the address is inside it, 2 ha.