42 Checketts Avenue
2 council reports since July 2021, 2 carrying a photograph. The street’s heaviest record is 26 Checketts Avenue, 13 reports on file.
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
- Scott Park Wigram, 24 m to the edge · 1 ha · playground, 61 pieces
- Balcairn Reserve, 169 m to the edge · playground, 30 pieces
- Fern Reserve, 265 m to the edge · playground, 35 pieces
- Wales Reserve, 421 m to the edge · playground, 1 pieces
- Westlake Reserve, 431 m to the edge · Sports ground · 11 ha · playground, 48 pieces
Parks within half a kilometre, measured to the boundary, the council’s open data. The whole roll is at /parks.
On the doorstep
- Nottingham Ave Fish and Chip Shop, 241 m away · Fast food
- Nottingham Fish Supply, 241 m away · Fast food
- Nottingham Convenience Store, 242 m away · Dairies & convenience
- Halswell Toy Library, 261 m away · Op shops
Businesses within four hundred metres, measured at the pin, OpenStreetMap and the council directories.
The bus nearby
- Lancewood Dr near Westlake Dr, 437 m away · route 125
The closest Metro stops, within four hundred and fifty metres.
The tracks through here
- Walk and bike track through Halswell, 436 m to the line · walk · bike
- Walk and bike track through Halswell, 470 m to the line · walk · bike
Tracks whose line passes within half a kilometre, the council’s open data.
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 2 on record
What’s on record
Street Gutters / Storm Water, 1 Apr 2025 There is no concrete driveway gutter ramps for this property its shared with nextdoor neighbour is a safety issue
Graffiti, 23 Jul 2021 Scott Park, Checketts Ave entrance, Graffiti on sign at Park entrance
Elsewhere on Checketts Avenue
- 26 Checketts Avenue, 13 reports
- 37A Checketts Avenue, 11 reports
- 35B Checketts Avenue, 10 reports
- 44 Checketts Avenue, 7 reports
- 39–43 Checketts Avenue, 5 reports
- 48 Checketts Avenue, 4 reports
- 27 Checketts Avenue, 4 reports
- 74 Checketts Avenue, 3 reports
The street’s crash record
NZTA’s record names Checketts Avenue in 5 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 2 seriously hurt, nobody killed.
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.
Checketts Avenue, 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
2 council reports on record since July 2021, most often street gutters / storm water (1), graffiti (1).
Halswell, Christchurch, on Checketts Avenue.
Nothing on the heritage register at this exact spot, the record around this ground →
Scott Park Wigram, 24 m to its edge, 1 ha.

