279 River Road
2 council reports since April 2020, 2 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 (207m)
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
- Avon Riverbank True Right, 87 m to the edge · 11 ha
- Avebury Park, 163 m to the edge · Botanic · playground, 8 pieces
- Retreat Reserve, 428 m to the edge
- Richmond Park, 491 m to the edge · Sports ground · 4 ha · playground, 38 pieces
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, 209 m away · Cafés
- Riverlution Cafe, 311 m away · Cafés
- Woodford Glen Shop, 341 m away · Business
- Alpha Auto & Tyres, 350 m away · Car repair
Businesses within four hundred metres, measured at the pin, OpenStreetMap and the council directories.
The bus nearby
- N Avon Rd near Chrystal St, 397 m away · route 60, the Orbiter (anticlockwise)
- N Avon Rd near Tweed St, 415 m away · route 60, the Orbiter (clockwise)
The closest Metro stops, within four hundred and fifty metres.
The tracks through here
- Walk and bike track through Richmond, 49 m to the line · walk · bike
- Walk and bike track through Richmond, 98 m to the line · walk · bike
- Walk and bike track through Richmond, 160 m to the line · walk · bike
- Walk and bike track through Richmond, 369 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, 181 m away ·
1932 – 1992 This tÅtara was planted to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Founding o
· 2009 - Rene Griffith Died 6th July 2005 Aged 96 in Surrey, England, 200 m away ·
RENE GRIFFITH Died 6th July 2005 aged 96 in Surrey, England This place was a favourite in
· 2009 - Donated by N.Z. Founders Society Inc. Canterbury Branch, 210 m away ·
Donated by N.Z. Founders Society Inc. Canterbury Branch September 2007
· 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 2 on record
What’s on record
Dumped Rubbish, 10 Mar 2025 People had been camping under trees in red zone off Flesher Ave. Opposite and just along from 15 Flesher Ave. Between Evelyn Couzins and Nor
Rubbish/Recycling, 20 Apr 2020
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
2 council reports on record since April 2020, most often rubbish/recycling (1), dumped rubbish (1).
Richmond, Christchurch, on River Road.
The heritage register names a place at or beside it, Dwelling and Setting, Avebury.
Avon Riverbank True Right, 87 m to its edge, 11 ha.