5 Branston Street
6 council reports since March 2023, 5 carrying a photograph. The street’s heaviest record is 59A Branston Street, 10 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
- Helmore Park, 231 m to the edge · playground, 16 pieces
- Trevor Reserve, 366 m to the edge · playground, 3 pieces
- Goulding Playground, 432 m to the edge · playground, 39 pieces
- Branston Park, 495 m to the edge · Sports ground · 3 ha · playground, 14 pieces
Parks within half a kilometre, measured to the boundary, the council’s open data. The whole roll is at /parks.
On the doorstep
- Terra Cat Component Rebuild Centre, 229 m away · Car repair
- Amyes Road Medical Centre, 295 m away · Doctors & clinics
- Henry's Beer Wine and Spirits - Hornby, 320 m away · Bottle stores
- Hell Pizza Hornby, 321 m away · Fast food
Businesses within four hundred metres, measured at the pin, OpenStreetMap and the council directories.
The bus nearby
- Amyes Rd near Branston St, 66 m away · route 125
- Amyes Rd near Branston St, 80 m away · route 125
The closest Metro stops, within four hundred and fifty metres.
The tracks through here
- Walk and bike track through Hornby, 372 m to the line · walk · bike
- Walk and bike track through Hornby, 384 m to the line · walk · bike
Tracks whose line passes within half a kilometre, the council’s open data.
Renting nearby
new bonds in Hornby ran about $550 a week, about the city median, the suburb page keeps the rent record →.
What gets reported here
Photographed here 5 on record
What’s on record
Abandoned Vehicle, 12 Jul 2026 Is this an abandoned car? Has sat here for several weeks.
Graffiti on a sign, mural or public art, 29 Sept 2025 The white scribble graffiti on this road sign on the traffic island.
Abandoned Vehicle, 1 Apr 2025 This car has been here for at least four months and now it has all windows smashed on it.
Litter, 2 Jun 2024 Litter in drains, used syringes and blocked drains due to leaves.
Abandoned Vehicle, 24 Feb 2024 Abandoned vehicle?
- Graffiti, 23 Mar 2023
Elsewhere on Branston Street
- 59A Branston Street, 10 reports
- 11 Branston Street, 10 reports
- 7 Branston Street, 8 reports
- 5A Branston Street, 6 reports
- 43 Branston Street, 4 reports
- 2 Branston Street, 4 reports
- 13 Branston Street, 4 reports
- 63 Branston Street, 3 reports
The street’s crash record
NZTA’s record names Branston Street in 10 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 0 seriously hurt, nobody killed.
The civic layer
This ground votes in Hornby 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.
Branston Street, the whole record → · Everything about Hornby → · 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
6 council reports on record since March 2023, most often abandoned vehicle (3), litter (1), graffiti on a sign, mural or public art (1).
Hornby, Christchurch, on Branston Street.
Nothing on the heritage register at this exact spot, the record around this ground →
Helmore Park, 231 m to its edge.




