# 2 Sparks Road, Somerfield 22 reports on record since January 2019 · 15 with photographs. https://www.chch.live/somerfield/2-sparks-road ## What gets reported here - [Rubbish/Recycling](https://www.chch.live/problems/bins-recycling) — 7 - [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti) — 3 - [Roads - General](https://www.chch.live/problems/road-damage) — 2 - [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/problems/road-damage) — 2 - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/problems/dumped-rubbish) — 2 - [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/problems/water-leaks) — 1 ## Reported here - [Street Gutters / Storm Water](https://www.chch.live/report/7226915) — 17 Nov 2025 - [Roads - General](https://www.chch.live/report/5299457) — 21 Oct 2024 - [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/3702696) — 16 Sept 2023 - [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/3647917) — 29 Aug 2023 - [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/3355533) — 21 May 2023 - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/3296127) — 30 Apr 2023 - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/3289838) — 27 Apr 2023 - [Roads - General](https://www.chch.live/report/3003938) — 23 Jan 2023 - [Vandalism - General](https://www.chch.live/report/3001938) — 23 Jan 2023 - [Hazard — vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/2624508) — 14 Sept 2022 ## Photographed here (15 on record) - [Street Gutters / Storm Water](https://www.chch.live/report/7226915) — https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07226915/public/1_6godt2r69ybj.jpg - [Roads - General](https://www.chch.live/report/5299457) — https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05299457/public/1_lwjh7s7s9chi.jpg - [Hazard — vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/2624508) — https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/02624508/public/1_h1si5vx5x5np.jpg - [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/2545760) — https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/02545760/public/1_725kozv8afo4.jpg - [Street Light Outage](https://www.chch.live/report/2434827) — https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/02434827/public/1_OOKabzn.jpg - [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/report/2152713) — https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/02152713/1_9kJyw0.jpg - [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/report/1990839) — https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/01990839/1_dy8Jl1.jpg - [Rubbish/Recycling](https://www.chch.live/report/1896575) — https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/01896575/1_ddm3ks.jpg - [Rubbish/Recycling](https://www.chch.live/report/1841393) — https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/01841393/1_ldpRG6.jpg - [Rubbish/Recycling](https://www.chch.live/report/1828774) — https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/01828774/1_f5Ue9l.jpg - [Rubbish/Recycling](https://www.chch.live/report/1745533) — https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/01745533/1_1eftB6.jpg - [Rubbish/Recycling](https://www.chch.live/report/1503182) — https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/01503182/1_avdQLn.jpg [More photographs on the Somerfield wall](https://www.chch.live/wall?suburb=somerfield) ## Also reported on Sparks Road - [1 Sparks Road](https://www.chch.live/somerfield/1-sparks-road) — 12 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 - [Plunge Cafe](https://www.chch.live/business/plunge-cafe-somerfield) — 299 m away · Cafés - [Pioneer Recreation and Sport Centre](https://www.chch.live/business/pioneer-recreation-and-sport-centre-somerfield) — 311 m away · Sports centres - [Lyttelton Street Dairy](https://www.chch.live/business/lyttelton-street-dairy-spreydon) — 343 m away · Dairies & convenience - [Stourbridge Fish & Chips](https://www.chch.live/business/stourbridge-fish-chips-spreydon) — 345 m away · Fast food *Businesses within four hundred metres, measured at the pin — OpenStreetMap and the council directories.* ## The bus nearby - Lyttelton St near Glue Pl — 28 m away · [the Orbiter (clockwise)](https://www.chch.live/buses/oc) - Lyttelton St — 43 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 [Cashmere ward](https://www.chch.live/wards/cashmere) — 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) — 156 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) — 344 m to the edge - [Rydal Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1708-rydal-reserve) — 499 m to the edge · playground — 3 pieces *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) — 292 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) — 41 m to the line · walk · bike - [Walk and bike track through Somerfield](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-414-somerfield) — 191 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 2 Sparks Road?** 22 council reports on record since January 2019 — most often rubbish/recycling (7), graffiti (3), roads - general (2). **Which suburb is 2 Sparks Road in?** Somerfield, Christchurch — on [Sparks Road](https://www.chch.live/street/somerfield/sparks-road). **What stood at 2 Sparks Road before?** Nothing on the heritage register at this exact spot — [the record around this ground →](https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.56325054278154&lon=172.6141259177837) **What is the nearest park to 2 Sparks Road?** [Centennial Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1746-centennial-park) — 156 m to its edge, 10 ha. Data: https://api.chch.live/address?suburb=somerfield&address=2-sparks-road · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Somerfield&street=sparks-road