10 Desmond Street
4 council reports since May 2021, 4 carrying a photograph. The street’s heaviest record is 15 Desmond Street, 10 reports on file.
On the register here
- Bridge and Setting (103m)
- Dwelling and Setting, 2 Helmores Lane (125m)
- Dwelling and Setting, 16 Helmores Lane (141m)
From the air, then
Sourced from Canterbury Maps and partners. LINZ, 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
- Little Hagley Park, 51 m to the edge · Botanic · 7 ha
- Millbrook Reserve, 97 m to the edge · Botanic
- Hagley Park North, 114 m to the edge · Sports ground · 91 ha
- Mona Vale, 352 m to the edge · Botanic · 5 ha
- Carlton Mill Riverbank, 377 m to the edge
Parks within half a kilometre, measured to the boundary, the council’s open data. The whole roll is at /parks.
On the doorstep
- The Preservatory, 367 m away · Cafés
- Holmwood Dairy, 369 m away · Supermarkets
- Le Panier, 371 m away · Bakeries
- Hagley Golf Club, 393 m away · Golf courses
Businesses within four hundred metres, measured at the pin, OpenStreetMap and the council directories.
The bus nearby
- Harper Ave near Deans Ave, 144 m away · route 29
- Rossall St near Rhodes St, 229 m away · route 8
The closest Metro stops, within four hundred and fifty metres.
The tracks through here
- Walk and bike track through Merivale, 62 m to the line · walk · bike
- Walk and bike track through Merivale, 135 m to the line · walk · bike
- Walk and bike track through Merivale, 146 m to the line · walk · bike
- Walk and bike track through Merivale, 181 m to the line · walk · bike
- Walk and bike track through Merivale, 182 m to the line · walk · bike
Tracks whose line passes within half a kilometre, the council’s open data.
The named ground
Named water within 500 m of this address, measured to the line or the edge; 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
- Little Hagley Park plaque, 84 m away · 2017
- In Loving Memory of / James Ryder Burford / 1944 - 2017, 167 m away ·
In loving memory of/ James Ryder Burford/ 1944 - 2017/ cherished father, brother,/ partner
· 2009 - Little Hagley Park plaque, 178 m away · 2010
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 Merivale ran about $604 a week, $54 above the city median of $550, the suburb page keeps the rent record →.
What gets reported here
- Trees - General, 2
- Water Leak, 1
- Graffiti, 1
Photographed here 4 on record
What’s on record
Trees - General, 22 Jan 2026 Low hanging branches obstructing pedestrian.
Trees - General, 22 Dec 2025 This tree has died sometime ago and is a serious hazard. Please remove this tree. Many people walk past it down the track
Water Leak, 26 Jul 2025 There is currently water bubbling up from the footpath at the entrance of 10 Desmond Street. Visible Bubbles and a burst of water coming u
Graffiti, 11 May 2021 on tree beside path helmores lane to fendalton rd
Elsewhere on Desmond Street
- 15 Desmond Street, 10 reports
- 20 Desmond Street, 7 reports
- 4 Desmond Street, 4 reports
- 29 Desmond Street, 4 reports
- 27 Desmond Street, 4 reports
- 24 Desmond Street, 2 reports
- 19 Desmond Street, 2 reports
- 14 Desmond Street, 2 reports
The civic layer
This ground votes in Fendalton ward, the Fendalton-Waimairi-Harewood 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.
Desmond Street, the whole record → · Everything about Merivale → · 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
4 council reports on record since May 2021, most often trees - general (2), water leak (1), graffiti (1).
Merivale, Christchurch, on Desmond Street.
The heritage register names 3 places at or beside it, Bridge and Setting, Dwelling and Setting.
Little Hagley Park, 51 m to its edge, 7 ha.