# Sumner: heritage places

5 places on Christchurch’s heritage register.

The same ground today: [Sumner's suburb page](https://www.chch.live/sumner): reports, schools, parks and buses.

On foot: [The sea front](https://www.chch.live/walks/sumner-front) passes through here.

## The most documented here

- [Sumner Clock Tower and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/439), 41 unread leads
- [Dwelling and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/163), 20 unread leads
- [The Esplanade War Memorials, Sea Walls and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/420), 15 unread leads
- [Dwelling and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/462), 14 unread leads

- [Dwelling and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/163), 62 Nayland Street
- [Dwelling and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/462), 58 Colenso Street
- [Sumner Clock Tower and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/439), 147R Esplanade
- [The Esplanade War Memorials, Sea Walls and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/420)
- [Tuawera/Cave Rock and Pilot/Signal Station, and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/229)

[The whole register](https://www.chch.live/history)

## Questions, answered briefly

**How many heritage places are in Sumner?**

5 on Christchurch’s heritage register, 1 of them also on Heritage New Zealand’s list. Each links its own record.

**What heritage walks pass through Sumner?**

The sea front, suggested itineraries whose stops are the listed places here, not official routes.

**What is the most documented place in Sumner?**

Sumner Clock Tower and Setting, 41 unread leads. Most documented, not most important, just the record somebody has got to.

**Where does the Sumner heritage list come from?**

The district plan’s heritage schedule and Heritage New Zealand’s entries, the locality names are the register’s own, and every place here opens the document it is known from.