# Ballantyne's fire memorial, a memorial of Christchurch

A memorial on the city’s public ground, standing in Bromley.

Suburb: [Bromley](https://www.chch.live/bromley)

From the air, an aerial view of Ballantyne's fire memorial: https://api.chch.live/biz-img?slug=memorial-ballantynes-fire-memorial (LINZ / ECan aerial survey, CC BY 4.0).

## The ground under it

- [The February 2011 survey drew liquefaction over this point](https://www.chch.live/liquefaction), mapped ground failure, a footprint, not a finding
- [The liquefaction model grades it “Liquefaction Damage is Possible”](https://www.chch.live/vulnerability), the 2019 screening study
- [The plan zones this ground Specific Purpose (Cemetery)](https://www.chch.live/zones), SPC
- [The nearest recorded shake: M3.1](https://www.chch.live/sequence), 26 February 2011 · ~400 m from the pin · 336 logged within 5 km
The whole stack, answered live: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.534444&lon=172.689096&radius=250

## Around it

- [Cypress Garden Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/953-cypress-garden-reserve), sports ground park · ~250 m
- [Bromley Old School Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1142-bromley-old-school-reserve), community park · ~350 m
- [Walk and bike track through Bromley](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-101-bromley), track · ~750 m
- [Walk and bike track through Woolston](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-111-woolston), track · ~850 m
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-99-christchurch), track · 1.0 km
- [Flying into the Eye of the Storm](https://www.chch.live/memorial/flying-into-the-eye-of-the-storm), monument · ~350 m
- [Huia](https://www.chch.live/memorial/huia), monument · 1.7 km
- [The Joy of Eternal Spring](https://www.chch.live/memorial/joy-of-eternal-spring), monument · 2.3 km
- [Medway Footbridge Earthquake Memorial](https://www.chch.live/memorial/medway-footbridge-earthquake-memorial), monument · 2.8 km


## The reports nearby
165 reports pinned within 250 m of the point, a pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place.
- [Poles and Signage - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8929257), Canterbury, Christchurch 8062, New Zealand
- [Litter](https://www.chch.live/report/8927331), Canterbury, Christchurch 8062, New Zealand
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8809000), [40 Kawau Crescent, Bromley, Christchurch 8062, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/bromley/40-kawau-crescent)
- [Water General](https://www.chch.live/report/8759234), [14 Kawau Cres, Canterbury, Christchurch 8062, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/bromley/14-kawau-crescent)
- [Facility - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/8731862), [70 Ruru Road, Bromley, Christchurch 8062, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/bromley/70-ruru-road)
- [Roads - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8680799), [33 Keighleys Road, Bromley, Christchurch 8062, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/bromley/33-keighleys-road)
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/8674761), [40 Kawau Crescent, Bromley, Christchurch 8062, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/bromley/40-kawau-crescent)
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8441507), [34 Kawau Crescent, Bromley, Christchurch 8062, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/bromley/34-kawau-crescent)
- [Facility - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/8392847), Canterbury, Christchurch 8062, New Zealand
- [Street Cleaning](https://www.chch.live/report/8316135), [4 Takapu Pl, Canterbury, Christchurch 8062, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/bromley/4-takapu-place)
- [General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/8253315), [33 Keighleys Road, Bromley, Christchurch 8062, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/bromley/33-keighleys-road)
- [Trees - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8243275), Raymond Road, Bromley, Christchurch 8062, New Zealand

## Questions, answered briefly

**What is Ballantyne's fire memorial?**

A memorial in the open map’s record of Christchurch, standing in [Bromley](https://www.chch.live/bromley).

**Where does Ballantyne's fire memorial stand?**

In Bromley, the pin is the map’s own position. The register keeps no listed place within 300m of it.

**Is the pin on the map exact?**

It’s OpenStreetMap’s position, a surveyed-looking point, but a volunteer map’s one. Nearby ground and register places are neighbours, not the same record.


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The position and the tags are OpenStreetMap’s, a named node or way tagged memorial or artwork inside the city boundary (ODbL). Maker, material and date fields are the mapper’s own, kept verbatim; a listing is a lead, not a catalogue record.
The page: https://www.chch.live/memorial/ballantynes-fire-memorial
Every monument as data: https://www.chch.live/memorials.geojson
The quiet ground: https://www.chch.live/cemetery
