# 1 Sparks Road, Somerfield 12 reports on record since August 2017 · 7 with photographs. https://www.chch.live/somerfield/1-sparks-road ## What gets reported here - [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti) — 4 - General Request — 2 - [Street Light Outage](https://www.chch.live/problems/street-lights) — 1 - [Sewer Odour](https://www.chch.live/problems/stormwater) — 1 - [Roads - General](https://www.chch.live/problems/road-damage) — 1 - [Poles and Signage - General](https://www.chch.live/problems/road-damage) — 1 ## Reported here - [Litter](https://www.chch.live/report/8365069) — 5 Jun 2026 - [General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/7576275) — 19 Jan 2026 - [Damaged Road](https://www.chch.live/report/6371305) — 22 May 2025 - [Roads - General](https://www.chch.live/report/5516017) — 6 Dec 2024 - [General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/4370710) — 4 Mar 2024 - [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/4368975) — 4 Mar 2024 - [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/4362378) — 2 Mar 2024 - [Street Light Outage](https://www.chch.live/report/3641321) — 27 Aug 2023 - [Poles and Signage - General](https://www.chch.live/report/3638165) — 26 Aug 2023 - [Sewer Odour](https://www.chch.live/report/2400046) — 4 Jun 2022 ## Photographed here (7 on record) - [Litter](https://www.chch.live/report/8365069) — https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08365069/public/1_rh5mnx7e8hev.jpg - [Roads - General](https://www.chch.live/report/5516017) — https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05516017/public/1_vj604w8v3sn.jpg - [General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/4370710) — https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/04369657/public/1_fqo3w06rmrso.jpg - [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/4368975) — https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/04368975/public/1_zmdhldb9nqqo.jpg - [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/4362378) — https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/04362378/public/1_u135xr5itru.jpg - [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/584488) — https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/00584488/0 - [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/294254) — https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/00294254/0 [More photographs on the Somerfield wall](https://www.chch.live/wall?suburb=somerfield) ## Also reported on Sparks Road - [2 Sparks Road](https://www.chch.live/somerfield/2-sparks-road) — 22 reports - [48 Sparks Road](https://www.chch.live/somerfield/48-sparks-road) — 9 reports - [52 Sparks Road](https://www.chch.live/somerfield/52-sparks-road) — 7 reports - [29 Sparks Road](https://www.chch.live/somerfield/29-sparks-road) — 7 reports - [27–29 Sparks Road](https://www.chch.live/somerfield/27%E2%80%9329-sparks-road) — 6 reports - [39A Sparks Road](https://www.chch.live/somerfield/39a-sparks-road) — 5 reports - [25 Sparks Road](https://www.chch.live/somerfield/25-sparks-road) — 4 reports - [50 Sparks Road](https://www.chch.live/somerfield/50-sparks-road) — 3 reports - [Sparks Road, the whole record](https://www.chch.live/street/somerfield/sparks-road) ## On the doorstep - [Lyttelton Street Dairy](https://www.chch.live/business/lyttelton-street-dairy-spreydon) — 317 m away · Dairies & convenience - [Stourbridge Fish & Chips](https://www.chch.live/business/stourbridge-fish-chips-spreydon) — 317 m away · Fast food - [Plunge Cafe](https://www.chch.live/business/plunge-cafe-somerfield) — 333 m away · Cafés - [Pioneer Recreation and Sport Centre](https://www.chch.live/business/pioneer-recreation-and-sport-centre-somerfield) — 345 m away · Sports centres *Businesses within four hundred metres, measured at the pin — OpenStreetMap and the council directories.* ## The bus nearby - Lyttelton St near Glue Pl — 52 m away · [the Orbiter (clockwise)](https://www.chch.live/buses/oc) - Lyttelton St — 59 m away · [the Orbiter (anticlockwise)](https://www.chch.live/buses/oa) *The closest Metro stops, within four hundred and fifty metres.* ## The street’s crash record NZTA’s record names Sparks Road in 18 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006 — 5 seriously hurt, nobody killed. [The crashes it names, each one →](https://www.chch.live/crashes?road=sparks-road&suburb=somerfield) ## Renting nearby New bonds in Somerfield ran about **$567 a week** — $17 above the city median of $550 — [the suburb page keeps the rent record →](https://www.chch.live/somerfield#s-living). ## The civic layer This ground votes in [Spreydon ward](https://www.chch.live/wards/spreydon) — the [Spreydon-Cashmere-Heathcote community board](https://www.chch.live/boards/spreydon-cashmere-heathcote) 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](https://www.chch.live/wards). ## The green nearby - [Centennial Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1746-centennial-park) — 183 m to the edge · Sports ground · 10 ha · playground — 37 pieces - [Hoon Hay Scouts Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1218-hoon-hay-scouts-reserve) — 380 m to the edge *Within half a kilometre, measured to the boundary — the council’s open data.* ## The civic shelf nearby - [Pioneer](https://www.chch.live/facility/recreation-centre-17) — 325 m away · Recreation centre · 61 Lyttelton Street ## The tracks through here - [Walk and bike track through Somerfield](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-409-spreydon) — 8 m to the line · walk · bike - [Walk and bike track through Somerfield](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-414-somerfield) — 221 m to the line · walk · bike *Lines passing within half a kilometre — the council’s open data.* ## Questions, answered briefly **What has been reported at 1 Sparks Road?** 12 council reports on record since August 2017 — most often graffiti (4), general request (2), street light outage (1). **Which suburb is 1 Sparks Road in?** Somerfield, Christchurch — on [Sparks Road](https://www.chch.live/street/somerfield/sparks-road). **What stood at 1 Sparks Road before?** Nothing on the heritage register at this exact spot — [the record around this ground →](https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.56294523229567&lon=172.61429220023146) **What is the nearest park to 1 Sparks Road?** [Centennial Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1746-centennial-park) — 183 m to its edge, 10 ha. Data: https://api.chch.live/address?suburb=somerfield&address=1-sparks-road · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Somerfield&street=sparks-road