4 Sumner Road
9 council reports since October 2018, 8 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 (34m)
- Former Lyttelton Police Station Cells and Setting, 5 Sumner Road (36m)
- Former Lyttelton Borough Council Stables and Setting, 4 Donald Street (74m)
- Dwelling and Setting, 22 St Davids Street (91m)
- Commercial Building and Setting, 13 Oxford Street (92m)
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, 6 m to the edge
- Baden Norris Reserve, 24 m to the edge
- Oxford Street Reserve, 114 m to the edge · Botanic · playground, 4 pieces
- Urumau Reserve, 224 m to the edge · Regional · 26 ha
- Albion Square, 237 m to the edge · Botanic · playground, 2 pieces
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, 180 m away · Service centre
- Lyttelton Cemetery, 180 m away · Cemetery
- Lyttelton Library, 205 m away · Library
- Lyttelton Anglican Cemetery, 436 m away · Cemetery
Libraries, halls and the rest within half a kilometre, the council’s open data.
On the doorstep
- Lyttelton Arts Factory (Laf), 46 m away · Cinemas & theatres
- Lyttelton Physiotherapy, 46 m away · Physio
- Lyttelton Health Centre, 48 m away · Doctor
- Lyttelton Crafts & Treasures Market, 59 m away · Markets
Businesses within four hundred metres, measured at the pin, OpenStreetMap and the council directories.
The bus nearby
- Oxford Street near Winchester Street, 90 m away · route 8, route 155
- Norwich Quay near Canterbury St, 186 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
- These Gates Were Erected in Memory of Dr. E. H. Gilmour, 8 m away ·
THESE GATES WERE ERECTED IN MEMORY OF DR. E. H. GILMOUR M.B. CH.B 1920 - 1945
· 2008 - Canterbury Centenary 1850 1950 on This Site Stood the House, 11 m away ·
CANTERBURY CENTENARY 1850 1950 ON THIS SITE STOOD THE HOUSE ERECTED BY THE CANTERBURY ASSO
· 2008 - Erected to Commemorate Coronation of King Edward VII August, 17 m away ·
ERECTED TO COMMEMORATE CORONATION OF KING EDWARD VII AUGUST 9 1902
· 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 8 on record
What’s on record
General Request, 2 Mar 2026 Someone sleep rough/ illegally in Old Plunket Site, CCC land. Opposite school, inappropriate place.
Road Signage, 20 Feb 2026 1. Sign has slipped down pole 2.Pole been hit, needs straightening 3 and 4 Event boards need replacing and updating details sent to Andrew
Graffiti on a traffic light pole or cabinet, or wa, 7 Jan 2026 Graffiti on street light
Graffiti on a sign, mural or public art, 7 Jan 2026 Graffiti on sign board
Hazard, vehicle, 15 Mar 2025 This car parked on apex of corner of busy summer road on yellow lines. Very dangerous
Roading/Streets, 11 Jun 2022 This sign is opposite the Lyttelton police station. It is dangerously low. It would be safer if it could be moved up the post so as to be
Graffiti, 27 Mar 2022 LYT A has black paint tags by an empty grassy section.
- Water Leak, 16 Jul 2021
Water leaking pretty badly
Parks, 24 Oct 2018
Old Plunket site overgrown
Elsewhere on Sumner Road
- 6 Sumner Road, 10 reports
- 61 Sumner Road, 8 reports
- 59 Sumner Road, 7 reports
- 1 Sumner Road, 7 reports
- 2 Sumner Road, 6 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
9 council reports on record since October 2018, most often water leak (1), roading/streets (1), road signage (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, 6 m to its edge.