13 Townshend Crescent
4 council reports since March 2025, 4 carrying a photograph. The street’s heaviest record is 4 Townshend Crescent, 8 reports on file.
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
- Muir Park, 178 m to the edge · 1 ha · playground, 33 pieces
- Talbot Reserve, 187 m to the edge · 1 ha · playground, 18 pieces
- Sovereign Gardens Reserve, 349 m to the edge
- Nottingham Stream Reserve, 420 m to the edge
- Birchdale Reserve, 462 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 bus nearby
- Halswell Rd near O'halloran Dr, 267 m away · route 100
- Halswell Rd near O'halloran Dr, 272 m away · route 100
The closest Metro stops, within four hundred and fifty metres.
The tracks through here
- Walk and bike track through Halswell, 212 m to the line · walk · bike
- Walk and bike track through Halswell, 261 m to the line · walk · bike
- Walk and bike track through Halswell, 429 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; the council’s own structure register, bridges, boardwalks and steps standing nearby, the open map’s record.
Renting nearby
new bonds in Halswell ran about $697 a week, $147 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
Pavement - Damaged, 18 Dec 2025 The foot path has deteriorated and is a trip hazard. It’s gotten worse.
Water Leak, 22 Oct 2025 Water coming from under road surface, on edge of previous repair.
Water Leak, 1 Apr 2025 Water coming out of road surface opposite side of the road to the repair that was done last week. Water is coming out at least 4 different
Water Leak, 11 Mar 2025 Water leaking on road and pooling in gutter
Elsewhere on Townshend Crescent
- 4 Townshend Crescent, 8 reports
- 21 Townshend Crescent, 7 reports
- 9 Townshend Crescent, 3 reports
- 15 Townshend Crescent, 2 reports
- 57 Townshend Crescent, 1 report
- 47 Townshend Crescent, 1 report
- 45 Townshend Crescent, 1 report
- 25 Townshend Crescent, 1 report
The civic layer
This ground votes in Halswell ward, the Halswell-Hornby-Riccarton 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.
Townshend Crescent, the whole record → · Everything about Halswell → · 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
4 council reports on record since March 2025, most often water leak (3), pavement - damaged (1).
Halswell, Christchurch, on Townshend Crescent.
Nothing on the heritage register at this exact spot, the record around this ground →
Muir Park, 178 m to its edge, 1 ha.



