# Taylor's Drain, a waterway of Christchurch

A stream, 1.5 km as OpenStreetMap draws it, crossing 3 suburbs.

## The suburbs on its banks

- [Bryndwr](https://www.chch.live/bryndwr)
- [Merivale](https://www.chch.live/merivale)
- [Strowan](https://www.chch.live/strowan)

## On the register along it

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

- [Elmwood Park](https://www.chch.live/place/98)


## The reports along it
1,046 reports pinned within 150 m of the line, a pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place.
- [Pothole](https://www.chch.live/report/9083451), [104 Idris Road, Bryndwr, Christchurch 8052, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/bryndwr/104-idris-road)
- [General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/9078681), [90 Wairarapa Tce, Canterbury, Christchurch 8014, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/merivale/90-wairarapa-terrace)
- [Traffic Signals](https://www.chch.live/report/9066831), [8 Strowan Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8052, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/strowan/8-strowan-road)
- [Pavement - General](https://www.chch.live/report/9055635), [510 Ilam Road, Bryndwr, Christchurch 8052, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/bryndwr/510-ilam-road)
- [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/report/9012312), [97 St Andrews Sq, Canterbury, Christchurch 8052, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/strowan/97-st-andrews-sq)
- [Flooding](https://www.chch.live/report/9000109), Canterbury, Christchurch 8052, New Zealand
- [Abandoned Vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/8992429), [11 Chislehurst Pl, Canterbury, Christchurch 8052, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/bryndwr/11-chislehurst-place)
- [Accessibility](https://www.chch.live/report/8967793), [97 St Andrews Sq, Canterbury, Christchurch 8052, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/strowan/97-st-andrews-sq)
- [Road Signage](https://www.chch.live/report/8963627), [21B Wairakei Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8052, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/strowan/21b-wairakei-road)
- [Sediment - Construction](https://www.chch.live/report/8958320), [12 Normans Road, Strowan, Christchurch 8052, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/strowan/12-normans-road)
- [Graffiti on a bus stop or public toilet](https://www.chch.live/report/8955063), [52 Strowan Road, Strowan, Christchurch 8052, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/strowan/52-strowan-road)
- [Roads - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8954360), [9 Wairakei Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8052, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/strowan/9-wairakei-road)
## Walks that cross it

- [The houses the avenues kept](https://www.chch.live/walks/merivale-houses)


## Questions, answered briefly

**How long is Taylor's Drain?**

1.5 km as mapped, 14 ways in the open map, crossing 3 suburbs.

**Which suburbs does Taylor's Drain pass through?**

Bryndwr, Merivale, Strowan.

**What’s on the record along Taylor's Drain?**

1 register place sits 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/taylors-drain
Every waterway as data: https://www.chch.live/waterways.geojson
The whole roll: https://www.chch.live/river