2 Sumner Road
6 council reports since April 2018, 5 carrying a photograph. The street’s heaviest record is 6 Sumner Road, 10 reports on file.
On the register here
- Commercial Building and Setting, 20 Oxford Street (18m)
- Former Lyttelton Police Station Cells and Setting, 5 Sumner Road (50m)
- Commercial Building and Setting, 13 Oxford Street (75m)
- Commercial Building and Setting, 14 London Street (77m)
- Commercial Building and Setting, 15 London Street (81m)
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 Road Gardens, 9 m to the edge
- Baden Norris Reserve, 22 m to the edge
- Oxford Street Reserve, 110 m to the edge · Botanic · playground, 4 pieces
- Albion Square, 208 m to the edge · Botanic · playground, 2 pieces
- Urumau Reserve, 252 m to the edge · Regional · 26 ha
Parks within half a kilometre, measured to the boundary, the council’s open data. The whole roll is at /parks.
The civic shelf nearby
- Lyttelton Service Centre, 150 m away · Service centre
- Lyttelton Library, 175 m away · Library
- Lyttelton Cemetery, 203 m away · Cemetery
- Lyttelton Anglican Cemetery, 435 m away · Cemetery
Libraries, halls and the rest within half a kilometre, the council’s open data.
On the doorstep
- Lyttelton Arts Factory (Laf), 21 m away · Cinemas & theatres
- Lyttelton Crafts & Treasures Market, 29 m away · Markets
- Everest, 39 m away · Restaurants
- Lyttelton Health Centre, 43 m away · Doctor
Businesses within four hundred metres, measured at the pin, OpenStreetMap and the council directories.
The bus nearby
- Oxford Street near Winchester Street, 84 m away · route 8, route 155
- Norwich Quay near Canterbury St, 163 m away · route 8, route 155
The closest Metro stops, within four hundred and fifty metres.
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
- J. C. Grubb Mayor S. R. Webb Ex-Mayor Chairman Fire, 10 m away ·
J. C. GRUBB MAYOR S. R. WEBB EX-MAYOR CHAIRMAN FIRE PREVENTION COMMITTEE 1902
· 2008 - Erected to Commemorate Coronation of King Edward VII August, 13 m away ·
ERECTED TO COMMEMORATE CORONATION OF KING EDWARD VII AUGUST 9 1902
· 2008 - Canterbury Centenary 1850 1950 on This Site Stood the House, 19 m away ·
CANTERBURY CENTENARY 1850 1950 ON THIS SITE STOOD THE HOUSE ERECTED BY THE CANTERBURY ASSO
· 2008
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 Lyttelton ran about $600 a week, $50 above the city median of $550, the suburb page keeps the rent record →.
What gets reported here
Photographed here 5 on record
What’s on record
Pavement - General, 29 Mar 2025 Stormwater grate dislodged after rain event couple of weeks ago and has shingle in it now. Needs clearing out and grate re setting into pla
- Public Toilet, 18 Oct 2022
Roading/Streets, 16 Jun 2022 Barrier fence has been down and across footpath for over a week now. Be good to have it fixed and secured before Saturday morning market
Graffiti, 30 Mar 2022 Tagging in the disabled toilet at Lyttelton information center
Graffiti, 25 Mar 2020Graffiti, 23 Apr 2018
Elsewhere on Sumner Road
- 6 Sumner Road, 10 reports
- 4 Sumner Road, 9 reports
- 61 Sumner Road, 8 reports
- 59 Sumner Road, 7 reports
- 1 Sumner Road, 7 reports
- 29 Sumner Road, 4 reports
- 10 Sumner Road, 4 reports
- 83–171 Sumner Road, 3 reports
The street’s crash record
NZTA’s record names Sumner Road in 34 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 1 person killed, 10 seriously hurt.
The civic layer
This ground votes in Banks Peninsula ward, the Banks Peninsula 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.
Sumner Road, the whole record → · Everything about Lyttelton → · 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 April 2018, most often graffiti (3), roading/streets (1), public toilet (1).
Lyttelton, Christchurch, on Sumner Road.
The heritage register names 5 places at or beside it, Commercial Building and Setting, Former Lyttelton Police Station Cells and Setting.
Sumner Road Gardens, 9 m to its edge.



