6 The Spur
5 council reports since April 2019, 4 carrying a photograph. The most-reported address on The Spur.
On the register here
- Dwelling and Setting, 1 The Spur (56m)
- The Esplanade War Memorials, Sea Walls and Setting (142m)
From the air, then
Sourced from Canterbury Maps and partners. RNZAF, 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
- Sumner Beach, 18 m to the edge · Regional · 8 ha
- Sumner Coronation Garden, 74 m to the edge
- Cave Rock Reserve, 249 m to the edge · Regional
- Shag Rock Reserve, 281 m to the edge
- Brownlee Reserve, 383 m to the edge · 3 ha · playground, 24 pieces
Parks within half a kilometre, measured to the boundary, the council’s open data. The whole roll is at /parks.
The civic shelf nearby
- Matuku Takotako / Sumner Library, 346 m away · Library
Libraries, halls and the rest within half a kilometre, the council’s open data.
On the doorstep
- Big Bear Breakfast Burritos, 83 m away · Fast food
- Sumner Market, 83 m away · Markets
- Le Petit Hotel, 119 m away · B&Bs
- Sumner Coronation Garden, 125 m away · Attractions
Businesses within four hundred metres, measured at the pin, OpenStreetMap and the council directories.
The bus nearby
The closest Metro stops, within four hundred and fifty metres.
The tracks through here
- Walk and bike track through Clifton, 12 m to the line · walk · bike
- Walk and bike track through Clifton, 279 m to the line · walk · bike
Tracks whose line passes within half a kilometre, the council’s open data.
The named ground
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 Loving Memory / David John Edgecombe / [], 88 m away ·
In Loving Memory / DAVID JOHN EDGECOMBE / [illegible] / In Loving Memory / Norm and Audrey
- In Loving Memory / David John Edgecombe / [], 89 m away ·
In Loving Memory / DAVID JOHN EDGECOMBE / [illegible] / In Loving Memory / Norm and Audrey
- Stan Rule / Q.S.M. / 1924 – 19 / Son of Sumner, 250 m away ·
STAN RULE / Q.S.M. / 1924 – 19 (illegible) / SON OF SUMNER
· 2013
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 Clifton ran about $820 a week, $270 above the city median of $550, the suburb page keeps the rent record →.
What gets reported here
Photographed here 4 on record
What’s on record
Trees - General, 19 Feb 2026 tree branches need lifting for sightline issues
Pavement - General, 1 Mar 2024 This agents sign is on council land. He does not have a listing there and the sign is not on private property. It’s a distraction when drivi
Graffiti, 2 Aug 2021 Graffiti on structure
- Graffiti, 2 May 2019
Green graffiti/tagging on the rocks inside the small cave beside the footpath.
Graffiti, 23 Apr 2019
Graffiti on inside door of men's toilet at the public toilets at the surf club, Sumner
Elsewhere on The Spur
- 10 The Spur, 4 reports
- 8 The Spur, 3 reports
- 5 The Spur, 3 reports
- 5A The Spur, 2 reports
- 4 The Spur, 1 report
The civic layer
This ground votes in Heathcote ward, the Spreydon-Cashmere-Heathcote 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.
The Spur, the whole record → · Everything about Clifton → · 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
5 council reports on record since April 2019, most often graffiti (3), trees - general (1), pavement - general (1).
Clifton, Christchurch, on The Spur.
The heritage register names 2 places at or beside it, Dwelling and Setting, The Esplanade War Memorials, Sea Walls and Setting.
Sumner Beach, 18 m to its edge, 8 ha.