1 Smugglers Cove
3 council reports since September 2021, 3 carrying a photograph. The street’s heaviest record is 26 Smugglers Cove, 6 reports on file.
From the air, then
Sourced from Canterbury Maps and partners. RNZAF, 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
- Whitewash Reserve, 210 m to the edge · Regional · 9 ha
- Nicholson Park, 268 m to the edge · 4 ha · playground, 4 pieces
- Scarborough Park, 357 m to the edge · Botanic · playground, 48 pieces
- Scarborough Beach, 375 m to the edge · Regional · 5 ha
- Sea Spray Reserve, 416 m to the edge
Parks within half a kilometre, measured to the boundary, the council’s open data. The whole roll is at /parks.
The tracks through here
- Walk and bike track through Scarborough, 444 m to the line · walk · bike
Tracks whose line passes within half a kilometre, the council’s open data.
The named ground
Named places within 1.5 km of this address; the council’s own structure register, bridges, boardwalks and steps standing nearby, the open map’s record.
Renting nearby
new bonds in Scarborough ran about $620 a week, $70 above the city median of $550, the suburb page keeps the rent record →.
What gets reported here
- Water Leak, 1
- Roading/Streets, 1
- General Request, 1
Photographed here 3 on record
What’s on record
Water Leak, 18 Apr 2026 Water leak - from the source for water to 77 Taylor's Mistake and 1 and 1A Smugglers Cove.
General Request, 27 Feb 2026 1A Smugglers Cove, Scarborough, Christchurch- please can I get a replacement green bin lid ( regular small size) see photo for bin number.
Roading/Streets, 16 Sept 2021 Needs cutting back. Have to duck when walking past. 77 Taylor's Mistake Rd
Elsewhere on Smugglers Cove
- 26 Smugglers Cove, 6 reports
- 24 Smugglers Cove, 4 reports
- 5 Smugglers Cove, 2 reports
- 20 Smugglers Cove, 2 reports
- 16 Smugglers Cove, 2 reports
- 9 Smugglers Cove, 1 report
- 1A Smugglers Cove, 1 report
The civic layer
This ground votes in Heathcote ward, the Spreydon-Cashmere-Heathcote 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.
Smugglers Cove, the whole record → · Everything about Scarborough → · 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
3 council reports on record since September 2021, most often water leak (1), roading/streets (1), general request (1).
Scarborough, Christchurch, on Smugglers Cove.
Nothing on the heritage register at this exact spot, the record around this ground →
Whitewash Reserve, 210 m to its edge, 9 ha.


