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4 council reports since December 2018, 4 carrying a photograph.
On the register here
- Dwelling and Setting, Huntley, 67 Yaldhurst Road (127m)
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
- Glebe Reserve, 18 m to the edge · Botanic
- Holmes Park, 101 m to the edge · 1 ha · playground, 29 pieces
- Upper Riccarton Domain, 268 m to the edge · Sports ground · 4 ha · playground, 19 pieces
- Colman Reserve, 363 m to the edge · playground, 3 pieces
- Vicki Reserve, 430 m to the edge · playground, 4 pieces
Parks within half a kilometre, measured to the boundary, the council’s open data. The whole roll is at /parks.
The civic shelf nearby
- Upper Riccarton Library, 375 m away · Library
Libraries, halls and the rest within half a kilometre, the council’s open data.
On the doorstep
- Asure Bush Inn Court Motel, 131 m away · Motels
- Amiable Legal, 157 m away · Lawyers
- Academy Funerals, 185 m away · Funeral directors
- Church Corner Nest, 228 m away · Childcare
Businesses within four hundred metres, measured at the pin, OpenStreetMap and the council directories.
The bus nearby
- Main South Rd near Curletts Rd, 95 m away · route 5, route 100, route 130
- Main South Rd near English St, 117 m away · route 5, route 100, route 130
The closest Metro stops, within four hundred and fifty metres.
The tracks through here
- Walk and bike track through Sockburn, 103 m to the line · walk · bike
- Walk and bike track through Sockburn, 161 m to the line · walk · bike
- Walk and bike track through Sockburn, 161 m to the line · walk · bike
- Walk and bike track through Sockburn, 302 m to the line · walk · bike
- Walk and bike track through Sockburn, 395 m to the line · walk · bike
Tracks whose line passes within half a kilometre, the council’s open data.
Renting nearby
new bonds in Sockburn ran about $566 a week, $16 above the city median of $550, the suburb page keeps the rent record →.
What gets reported here
- Roading/Streets, 2
- Parks, 2
Photographed here 4 on record
What’s on record
Roading/Streets, 29 Jan 2022 Cars parked in Glebe reserve
Roading/Streets, 15 Aug 2021 This vehicle and frequently others are parking in the reserve.
Parks, 14 Apr 2020 Very tall Eucalyptus tree in Glebe Reserve looking quite precarious in the wind. Poses risk to homes and St Alissas Rest Home if it falls.
Parks, 15 Dec 2018
Trees over hanging row. Weeds overgrown in Glebe reserve. Gum tree constantly loosing leaves over row - needs to be cut back.
The civic layer
This ground votes in Riccarton ward, the Halswell-Hornby-Riccarton 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.
Everything about Sockburn → · 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
4 council reports on record since December 2018, most often roading/streets (2), parks (2).
Sockburn, Christchurch, on A.
The heritage register names a place at or beside it, Dwelling and Setting, Huntley.
Glebe Reserve, 18 m to its edge.


