6 Sumner Road
10 council reports since July 2022, 10 carrying a photograph. The most-reported address on Sumner Road.
On the register here
- Commercial Building and Setting, 20 Oxford Street (46m)
- Former Lyttelton Borough Council Stables and Setting, 4 Donald Street (47m)
- Former Lyttelton Police Station Cells and Setting, 5 Sumner Road (61m)
- 2 Norwich Quay, 2 Norwich Quay (77m)
- Former Masonic Lodge Hall, Lodge of Unanimity, and Setting, 6 St Davids Street (79m)
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, you are in it
- Baden Norris Reserve, 11 m to the edge
- Oxford Street Reserve, 133 m to the edge · Botanic · playground, 4 pieces
- Urumau Reserve, 220 m to the edge · Regional · 26 ha
- Albion Square, 258 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 Cemetery, 186 m away · Cemetery
- Lyttelton Service Centre, 198 m away · Service centre
- Lyttelton Library, 223 m away · Library
Libraries, halls and the rest within half a kilometre, the council’s open data.
On the doorstep
- Lyttelton Physiotherapy, 34 m away · Physio
- Lyttelton Health Centre, 44 m away · Doctor
- Lyttelton Arts Factory (Laf), 72 m away · Cinemas & theatres
- Arbour Pizza, 78 m away · Fast food
Businesses within four hundred metres, measured at the pin, OpenStreetMap and the council directories.
The bus nearby
- Oxford Street near Winchester Street, 119 m away · route 8, route 155
- Norwich Quay near Canterbury St, 188 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
- Presented to the People of Lyttelton and the Canterbury, 5 m away ·
Presented to the people of Lyttelton and the Canterbury Province by the Canterbury Pilgrim
· 2008 - Kate Sheppard Camellia Commemorating 100 Years of Womens, 7 m away ·
KATE SHEPPARD CAMELLIA Commemorating 100 years of Womens Suffrage Planted by Noeline Allan
· 2008 - These Gates Were Erected in Memory of Dr. E. H. Gilmour, 35 m away ·
THESE GATES WERE ERECTED IN MEMORY OF DR. E. H. GILMOUR M.B. CH.B 1920 - 1945
· 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
- Water Leak, 2
- Graffiti somewhere else, 2
- General Request, 2
- Park - General Request, 1
- Litter, 1
- Graffiti on a road, footpath or bridge, 1
Photographed here 10 on record
What’s on record
General Request, 24 Jul 2026 Someone camping rough in a tent
Park - General Request, 24 Jul 2026 this Kate Sheppherd "Camellia" bush (see plaque in photo) planned in 1993, is just surviving (see photo) but almost choked by surrounding sc
Graffiti on a road, footpath or bridge, 7 Mar 2026 Graffiti on public stairways
General Request, 18 Feb 2026 Fence ripped off hinges
Facility - General Request, 10 Sept 2025 A public space that has fallen into disrepair. It needs maintenance and tlc.
Graffiti somewhere else, 27 Sept 2024 Tagging on a council sign. The rotters!
Graffiti somewhere else, 27 Sept 2024 "An otherwise nice view" 12 was used in olden times for qualities of goods, because it's easily divisible by 6,4,3 & 2.
Water Leak, 10 Sept 2024 L2 GV here is possibly passing and there is a leak on the old pipeline. Or there is a potential leak around the GV needs repairing. New GV n
Water Leak, 20 Feb 2024 Water leak by picnic seat
Litter, 24 Jul 2022
Elsewhere on Sumner Road
- 4 Sumner Road, 9 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
10 council reports on record since July 2022, most often water leak (2), graffiti somewhere else (2), general request (2).
Lyttelton, Christchurch, on Sumner Road.
The heritage register names 5 places at or beside it, Commercial Building and Setting, Former Lyttelton Borough Council Stables and Setting.
Sumner Road Gardens, the address is inside it.