255 River Road
5 council reports since April 2024, 5 carrying a photograph. The street’s heaviest record is 213 River Road, 61 reports on file.
On the register here
- Dwelling and Setting, Avebury, 9 Eveleyn Couzins Avenue (71m)
- MED Substation and Setting, 11 Retreat Road (142m)
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
- Avebury Park, 26 m to the edge · Botanic · playground, 8 pieces
- Avon Riverbank True Right, 81 m to the edge · 11 ha
- Richmond Playground, 384 m to the edge · playground, 14 pieces
- Retreat Reserve, 491 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 Green Lab - Riverlution, 127 m away · Cafés
- Riverlution Cafe, 139 m away · Cafés
- New World, 328 m away · Supermarkets
- Woodford Glen Shop, 362 m away · Business
Businesses within four hundred metres, measured at the pin, OpenStreetMap and the council directories.
The bus nearby
- Stanmore Rd near London St, 374 m away · route 60, the Orbiter (clockwise)
- N Avon Rd near Chrystal St, 377 m away · route 60, the Orbiter (anticlockwise)
The closest Metro stops, within four hundred and fifty metres.
The tracks through here
- Walk and bike track through Richmond, 23 m to the line · walk · bike
- Walk and bike track through Richmond, 46 m to the line · walk · bike
- Walk and bike track through Richmond, 93 m to the line · walk · bike
- Walk and bike track through Richmond, 214 m to the line · walk · bike
- Walk and bike track through Richmond, 375 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; the council’s own structure register, bridges, boardwalks and steps standing nearby, the open map’s record.
The remembered names nearby
- 1932 – 1992 This Tåtara Was Planted to Commemorate, 78 m away ·
1932 – 1992 This tÅtara was planted to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Founding o
· 2009 - Donated by N.Z. Founders Society Inc. Canterbury Branch, 95 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, 115 m away ·
RENE GRIFFITH Died 6th July 2005 aged 96 in Surrey, England This place was a favourite in
· 2009
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 Richmond ran about $499 a week, $51 below the city median of $550, the suburb page keeps the rent record →.
What gets reported here
Photographed here 5 on record
What’s on record
Water Leak, 3 May 2026 leaking pipe above ground. near the mushroom area and carpark.
Water Leak, 8 Dec 2025 well head has come off and water leaking out. behind Evelyn couzins carpark
Playground Equipment, 16 Mar 2025 broken swing (rope is cut).
Dumped Rubbish, 7 Jul 2024 Someone's bathroom renovation remnants it is behind the children's log cabin. You can get in neside the mulch pile just lift the rope
Dumped Rubbish, 19 Apr 2024 End of eveleyn couzin
Elsewhere on River Road
- 213 River Road, 61 reports
- 27 River Road, 47 reports
- 321 River Road, 46 reports
- 357 River Road, 43 reports
- 251 River Road, 33 reports
- 154 River Road, 33 reports
- 367 River Road, 30 reports
- 201 River Road, 29 reports
The street’s crash record
NZTA’s record names River Road in 7 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 1 person killed, 3 seriously hurt.
The civic layer
This ground votes in Central ward, the Papanui-Innes-Central 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.
River Road, the whole record → · Everything about Richmond → · 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
5 council reports on record since April 2024, most often water leak (2), dumped rubbish (2), playground equipment (1).
Richmond, Christchurch, on River Road.
The heritage register names 2 places at or beside it, Dwelling and Setting, Avebury, MED Substation and Setting.
Avebury Park, 26 m to its edge.