# Addington Brook, a waterway of Christchurch

A stream, 1.4 km as OpenStreetMap draws it, crossing 1 suburb.

## The suburbs on its banks

- [Christchurch Central](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city)

## On the register along it

Listed places within about 200m of the line, near the water, not necessarily of it.

- [Bandsmen's Memorial Rotunda and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/192) · List 3093
- [Cricket Pavilion and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/193) · List 3656
- [Nurses' Memorial Chapel and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/194), 2J Riccarton Avenue · List 1851

## Walks that cross it

- [The school’s own register](https://www.chch.live/walks/christs-college)


## Questions, answered briefly

**How long is Addington Brook?**

1.4 km as mapped, 3 ways in the open map, crossing 1 suburb.

**Which suburbs does Addington Brook pass through?**

Christchurch Central.

**What’s on the record along Addington Brook?**

3 register places sit within 200m of its line, each opens its own record from this page.

**Is the line on the map the whole waterway?**

It’s the centreline, the middle of the water as mapped on OpenStreetMap, not its banks. A line says where it runs, not how wide it is or whether it carries water today.


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The line is OpenStreetMap’s, named ways tagged river, stream, drain or canal inside the city boundary, merged by name (ODbL). Centrelines, not banks; the live gauges are instruments, kept at https://www.chch.live/rivers.
The page: https://www.chch.live/river/addington-brook
Every waterway as data: https://www.chch.live/waterways.geojson
The whole roll: https://www.chch.live/river