# Old Godley head lighthouse structure?, an old site of Christchurch

A named ruin in the open map’s record, lying in Sumner.

Suburb: [Sumner](https://www.chch.live/sumner)

From the air, an aerial view of Old Godley head lighthouse structure?: https://api.chch.live/biz-img?slug=site-old-godley-head-lighthouse-structure (LINZ / ECan aerial survey, CC BY 4.0).

## The ground under it

- [Under the hill country’s watch band](https://www.chch.live/slope), the plan’s broad instability overlay
- [Inside a listed place’s setting](https://www.chch.live/heritage), Godley Head
- [On scheduled Ngāi Tahu ground](https://www.chch.live/cultural), Whakaraupō
- [Inside a kept landscape, NCCE1.0 - Natural Character in the Coastal Environment](https://www.chch.live/landscape), the landscape schedule
- [The plan zones this ground Open Space Natural](https://www.chch.live/zones), ON
- [The nearest recorded shake: M3.1](https://www.chch.live/sequence), 6 July 2011 · ~250 m from the pin · 259 logged within 5 km
The whole stack, answered live: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.588269&lon=172.803507&radius=250

## Around it

- [Walk and bike track through Sumner](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-190-sumner), track · ~150 m
- [jetty](https://www.chch.live/site/jetty), site · ~500 m
- [Battery Observation Post III](https://www.chch.live/site/battery-observation-post-iii), site · 1.0 km
- [Kaitara](https://www.chch.live/site/kaitara), site · 4.2 km
- [Anti Aircraft Battery (Historic)](https://www.chch.live/site/anti-aircraft-battery-historic), site · 5.3 km


## The reports nearby
5 reports pinned within 250 m of the point, a pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place.
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/8733255), [2 Godley Head Road, Sumner, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/sumner/2-godley-head-road)
- [Animal - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8207170), Canterbury, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/3830733), [2 Summit Road, Sumner, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/sumner/2-summit-road)
- [Animal - General](https://www.chch.live/report/3657658), CR72+9Q Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand
- [Parks](https://www.chch.live/report/2262708), Godley Head Road, Canterbury 8081, New Zealand

## Questions, answered briefly

**What is Old Godley head lighthouse structure??**

A named ruin in the open map’s record of Christchurch, lying in [Sumner](https://www.chch.live/sumner).

**What stood here?**

The map’s own tags are all this page claims, a named place where something stood or lies buried. The heritage register nearby (linked where the record keeps one) and the library’s photograph collections carry the fuller story.

**Is the site open to visit?**

The map doesn’t say, an archaeological site may be private land, delicate ground or both. Treat the pin as where the record puts it, not an invitation.


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The position and the tags are OpenStreetMap’s, a named node or way tagged historic=ruins or historic=archaeological_site inside the city boundary (ODbL). A name is the mapper’s, a lead, not a register listing. An old site may be private land or delicate ground; the pin is not an invitation.
The page: https://www.chch.live/site/old-godley-head-lighthouse-structure
The register proper: https://www.chch.live/history
The high places above them: https://www.chch.live/summit
