# 252 Avonside Drive, Richmond

1 report on record since February 2026 · 1 with photographs.

https://www.chch.live/richmond/252-avonside-drive

## What gets reported here
- [Fallen Tree](https://www.chch.live/problems/trees), 1

## Reported here
- [Fallen Tree](https://www.chch.live/report/7733880), 13 Feb 2026

## Photographed here (1 on record)
- [Fallen Tree](https://www.chch.live/report/7733880), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07733880/public/1_46vtc7e7ypts.jpg

[More photographs on the Richmond wall](https://www.chch.live/wall?suburb=richmond)

## Also reported on Avonside Drive
- [216 Avonside Drive](https://www.chch.live/richmond/216-avonside-drive), 14 reports
- [244/240 Avonside Drive](https://www.chch.live/richmond/244-240-avonside-drive), 9 reports
- [104 Avonside Drive](https://www.chch.live/richmond/104-avonside-drive), 9 reports
- [280 Avonside Drive](https://www.chch.live/richmond/280-avonside-drive), 7 reports
- [212 Avonside Drive](https://www.chch.live/richmond/212-avonside-drive), 6 reports
- [224 Avonside Drive](https://www.chch.live/richmond/224-avonside-drive), 5 reports
- [214 Avonside Drive](https://www.chch.live/richmond/214-avonside-drive), 5 reports
- [240 Avonside Drive](https://www.chch.live/richmond/240-avonside-drive), 4 reports
- [Avonside Drive, the whole record](https://www.chch.live/street/richmond/avonside-drive)

## From the air, then
- [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5201&lon=172.663&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5201&lon=172.663&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5201&lon=172.663&decade=1975_1979), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ

*Sourced from Canterbury Maps and partners. LINZ, CC BY 3.0 NZ. Clean CC BY decades only; NZAM-covered spots stay out. [RetroLens](https://retrolens.co.nz/) holds more Crown aerials.*

## On the doorstep
- [The Green Lab - Riverlution](https://www.chch.live/business/the-green-lab-riverlution-richmond), 245 m away · Cafés
- [Riverlution Cafe](https://www.chch.live/business/riverlution-cafe-richmond), 281 m away · Cafés

*Businesses within four hundred metres, measured at the pin, OpenStreetMap and the council directories.*

## The remembered names nearby
- [1932 – 1992 This Tåtara Was Planted to Commemorate](https://www.chch.live/plaque/59089-avebury-park), 203 m away, “1932 – 1992 This tÅtara was planted to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Founding o…” · 2009
- [Donated by N.Z. Founders Society Inc. Canterbury Branch](https://www.chch.live/plaque/59101-avebury-park), 232 m away, “Donated by N.Z. Founders Society Inc. Canterbury Branch September 2007” · 2009
- [Rene Griffith Died 6th July 2005 Aged 96 in Surrey, England](https://www.chch.live/plaque/59094-avebury-park), 233 m away, “RENE GRIFFITH Died 6th July 2005 aged 96 in Surrey, England This place was a favourite in…” · 2009

*The plaque pins come from the register, a recorded spot, not a surveyed one. The whole roll: [plaques](https://www.chch.live/plaques).*

## Enrolment zones this address sits inside

*Zones nest, a point is inside a primary, an intermediate and a secondary zone at once. The written scheme, not the polygon, decides.*
- [St Francis of Assisi Catholic School](https://www.chch.live/school/738-st-francis-of-assisi-catholic-school), Primary, years 1–8, in force from Jan 2027
- [Hillview Christian School](https://www.chch.live/school/341-hillview-christian-school), Composite, years 1–13, in force from Jan 2026

## Bin day (Wednesdays)

Bins go out Wednesday, by 6am.
- Green bin, Weekly
- Yellow bin, Fortnightly · Week One
- Red bin, Fortnightly · Week One

This address is on the council’s Week One calendar, which of the red and yellow bins goes out alternates, and that alternation is not published as data, so the council’s collection calendar is the check.

## What the land record says

### [What the ground is](https://www.chch.live/ground)
- **Up to 100% chance of moderate-to-severe land damage**, [Liquefaction](https://www.chch.live/liquefaction) · Across 30 modelled earthquake scenarios: 46% average likelihood of moderate-to-severe land damage, 100% in the worst modelled scenario.
- **Liquefaction was mapped here after the September 2010 earthquake**, [Liquefied in September 2010](https://www.chch.live/liquefaction) · The survey recorded this as certain. Mapped from aerial imagery and site visits after the event, this is a record of what happened, not a model of what might.

### [Rules on this land](https://www.chch.live/rules)
- **Christchurch / Ōtautahi Clean Air Zone**, [Clean air zone](https://www.chch.live/rules) · Open fires and older woodburners are restricted here under the Canterbury Air Regional Plan. A burner installed before 2001 cannot be replaced like for like.
- **In the Christchurch Airshed**, [Gazetted airshed](https://www.chch.live/rules) · A gazetted airshed is the area the national air quality standard is measured over, the 24-hour PM10 average that this one is allowed to breach once a year. _Zone A_
- **Inside a bottle-store buffer around Areas of high deprivation**, [Bottle-store buffer](https://www.chch.live/rules) · Freeze on the issue of new off-licences, the Local Alcohol Policy restricts new off-licences a set distance of this site.

These are modelled boundaries, not findings on this house, for anything with money attached, the council’s LIM is the certified property file. [Request a LIM](https://ccc.govt.nz/consents-and-licences/property-information-and-lims/land-information-memorandum-lim) · [Natural Hazards Portal](https://www.naturalhazardsportal.govt.nz).

## The street’s crash record

NZTA’s record names Avonside Drive in 1 crash that hurt somebody since 2006, 0 seriously hurt, nobody killed.

[The crashes it names, each one →](https://www.chch.live/crashes?road=avonside-drive&suburb=richmond)

## Renting nearby

New bonds in Richmond ran about **$499 a week**, $51 below the city median of $550, [the suburb page keeps the rent record →](https://www.chch.live/richmond#s-living).

## The civic layer

This ground votes in [Burwood ward](https://www.chch.live/wards/burwood), the [Coastal-Burwood-Linwood community board](https://www.chch.live/boards/coastal-burwood-linwood) 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](https://www.chch.live/wards).

## What was here, MED Substation and Setting
*210 m away · 11 Retreat Road · located to ±5 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/290)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.

## What was here, Dwelling and Setting, Avebury
*218 m away · 9 Eveleyn Couzins Avenue · located to ±14 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/440)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.

## The green nearby
- [Avon Riverbank True Right](https://www.chch.live/park/1890-avon-riverbank-true-right), 2 m to the edge · 11 ha
- [Avebury Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1019-avebury-park), 186 m to the edge · Botanic · playground, 8 pieces
- [Retreat Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/957-retreat-reserve), 359 m to the edge

*Within half a kilometre, measured to the boundary, the council’s open data.*

## The tracks through here
- [Walk and bike track through Richmond](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-54-avonside), 13 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Richmond](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-50-dallington), 37 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Richmond](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-52-richmond), 183 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Richmond](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-37-richmond), 316 m to the line · walk · bike

*Lines passing within half a kilometre, the council’s open data.*

## Questions, answered briefly

**What has been reported at 252 Avonside Drive?**

1 council report on record since February 2026, most often fallen tree (1).

**What school is 252 Avonside Drive zoned for?**

[St Francis of Assisi Catholic School](https://www.chch.live/school/738-st-francis-of-assisi-catholic-school) and [Hillview Christian School](https://www.chch.live/school/341-hillview-christian-school), and inside the region-wide zone of Hagley Community College, Marian College, Middleton Grange School (Year 11-13), Christchurch Adventist School. Indicative only, the school’s written enrolment scheme is the legal boundary, and it is redrawn, sometimes at short notice. [These zones on the map →](https://www.chch.live/schools?at=-43.52006386204005,172.6629889015269)

**Which suburb is 252 Avonside Drive in?**

Richmond, Christchurch, on [Avonside Drive](https://www.chch.live/street/richmond/avonside-drive).

**What stood at 252 Avonside Drive before?**

The heritage register names 2 places at or beside it, [MED Substation and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/290), [Dwelling and Setting, Avebury](https://www.chch.live/place/440).

**What is the nearest park to 252 Avonside Drive?**

[Avon Riverbank True Right](https://www.chch.live/park/1890-avon-riverbank-true-right), 2 m to its edge, 11 ha.

Data: https://api.chch.live/address?suburb=richmond&address=252-avonside-drive · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Richmond&street=avonside-drive
