# Lyttelton Soldiers' Memorial, a war memorial of Christchurch

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

Suburb: [Lyttelton](https://www.chch.live/lyttelton)

From the air, an aerial view of Lyttelton Soldiers' Memorial: https://api.chch.live/biz-img?slug=memorial-lyttelton-soldiers-memorial (LINZ / ECan aerial survey, CC BY 4.0).

## On the register nearby

Listed places within about 300m, neighbours of the monument, not the monument itself unless the register says so.

- [Dwelling and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/363), 34 St Davids Street
- [Dwelling and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/411), 32 St Davids Street
- [Dwelling and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/362), 30 St Davids Street
- [Dwelling and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/361), 28 St Davids Street
- [Former Court Queen of the Isles Foresters' Lodge Hall and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/360), 26 St Davids Street
- [Former Lyttelton Gaol Site](https://www.chch.live/place/338), 26D Oxford Street · List 7353
- [Dwelling and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/359), 22 St Davids Street
- [Cobblestone Gutters and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/402)

## The ground under it

- [Under the hill country’s watch band](https://www.chch.live/slope), the plan’s broad instability overlay
- [On scheduled Ngāi Tahu ground](https://www.chch.live/cultural), Ōhinehou
- [The plan zones this ground Specific Purpose (Cemetery)](https://www.chch.live/zones), SPC
- [The rockfall survey counts 57 boulders within 500 m](https://www.chch.live/boulders), 13 came down · 4 wobble easy
- [The nearest recorded shake: M3.2](https://www.chch.live/sequence), 29 June 2011 · ~400 m from the pin · 379 logged within 5 km
The whole stack, answered live: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.601916&lon=172.725793&radius=250

## Around it

- [Urumau Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1416-urumau-reserve), regional park · under 150 m
- [Oxford Street Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1159-oxford-street-reserve), botanic park · under 150 m
- [Walk and bike track through Lyttelton](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-168-lyttelton), track · ~950 m
- [Walk and bike track through Sumner](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-187-sumner), track · 1.5 km
- [Upham Clock](https://www.chch.live/memorial/upham-clock), monument · ~150 m
- [Pilgrims Rock](https://www.chch.live/memorial/pilgrims-rock), monument · ~400 m
- [Sled Dog](https://www.chch.live/memorial/sled-dog), monument · ~400 m
- [Skippy The Dog](https://www.chch.live/memorial/skippy-the-dog), monument · ~500 m


## The reports nearby
855 reports pinned within 250 m of the point, a pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place.
- [Playground Equipment](https://www.chch.live/report/9075414), [54 Oxford St, Canterbury, Lyttelton 8082, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/lyttelton/54-oxford-street)
- [Playground Equipment](https://www.chch.live/report/9063671), [54 Oxford St, Canterbury, Lyttelton 8082, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/lyttelton/54-oxford-street)
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/9052353), [26E Oxford St, Canterbury, Lyttelton 8082, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/lyttelton/26e-oxford-street)
- [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/9032668), [26E Oxford St, Canterbury, Lyttelton 8082, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/lyttelton/26e-oxford-street)
- [Graffiti on a sign, mural or public art](https://www.chch.live/report/8950170), [34 St Davids St, Canterbury, Lyttelton 8082, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/lyttelton/34-st-davids-street)
- [Graffiti on a playground or in a park](https://www.chch.live/report/8918219), [54 Oxford St, Canterbury, Lyttelton 8082, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/lyttelton/54-oxford-street)
- [Graffiti on a playground or in a park](https://www.chch.live/report/8918200), [54 Oxford St, Canterbury, Lyttelton 8082, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/lyttelton/54-oxford-street)
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/8859230), [65 Reserve Terrace, Lyttelton 8082, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/lyttelton/65-reserve-terrace)
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8820148), [77 Reserve Terrace, Lyttelton 8082, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/lyttelton/77-reserve-terrace)
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/8813137), [26 Oxford St, Canterbury, Lyttelton 8082, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/lyttelton/26-oxford-street)
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/8802390), [40 Reserve Tce, Canterbury, Lyttelton 8082, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/lyttelton/40-reserve-terrace)
- [Graffiti on a playground or in a park](https://www.chch.live/report/8800311), [54 Oxford St, Canterbury, Lyttelton 8082, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/lyttelton/54-oxford-street)

## Questions, answered briefly

**What is Lyttelton Soldiers' Memorial?**

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

**Where does Lyttelton Soldiers' Memorial stand?**

In Lyttelton, the pin is the map’s own position. The register keeps 8 places 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/lyttelton-soldiers-memorial
Every monument as data: https://www.chch.live/memorials.geojson
The quiet ground: https://www.chch.live/cemetery
