21 Smartlea Street
8 council reports since August 2022, 5 carrying a photograph. The most-reported address on Smartlea Street.
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
- Glynne Reserve, 146 m to the edge · playground, 3 pieces
- Spreydon Domain, 268 m to the edge · Sports ground · 7 ha · playground, 63 pieces
Parks within half a kilometre, measured to the boundary, the council’s open data. The whole roll is at /parks.
On the doorstep
- Christchurch Irish Society, 254 m away · Clubs
- Sharkey's Bar & Cafe, 302 m away · Bars & pubs
- Lewis Street Food Bar, 308 m away · Fast food
- Sharkeys Bar & Cafe - Off, 308 m away · Bars & pubs
Businesses within four hundred metres, measured at the pin, OpenStreetMap and the council directories.
The bus nearby
- Lyttelton St near Glynne Cres, 251 m away · route 120
- Lyttelton St near Glynne Cres, 279 m away · route 120
The closest Metro stops, within four hundred and fifty metres.
The tracks through here
- Walk and bike track through Spreydon, 8 m to the line · walk · bike
- Walk and bike track through Spreydon, 55 m to the line · walk · bike
- Walk and bike track through Spreydon, 100 m to the line · walk · bike
- Walk and bike track through Spreydon, 243 m to the line · walk · bike
- Walk and bike track through Spreydon, 323 m to the line · walk · bike
Tracks whose line passes within half a kilometre, the council’s open data.
The named ground
Named water within 500 m of this address, measured to the line or the edge, the open map’s record.
Renting nearby
new bonds in Spreydon ran about $555 a week, about the city median, the suburb page keeps the rent record →.
What gets reported here
- Overgrown Vegetation, 2
- General Request, 2
- Fallen Tree, 2
- Vandalism - General, 1
- Hazard, vehicle, 1
Photographed here 5 on record
What’s on record
General Request, 24 Feb 2026 bicycle and scooter in heathcote river
General Request, 7 Jan 2026 fallen tree blocking Heathcote River. 4 days ago. This will cause flooding and other issues next storm.
Fallen Tree, 7 Jan 2026 Large fallen tree limb in river. Been thier since Sunday 4th Jan.
Fallen Tree, 4 Jan 2026 Large tree limb down across bridge between Smartlea St and Glynne Terrace
- Overgrown Vegetation, 9 Nov 2023
- Overgrown Vegetation, 4 Apr 2023
- Vandalism - General, 17 Dec 2022
Hazard, vehicle, 16 Aug 2022 Vehicle has been parked illegally for more than a week, here in the reserve every morning and evening
Elsewhere on Smartlea Street
- 24 Smartlea Street, 3 reports
The civic layer
This ground votes in Spreydon 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.
Smartlea Street, the whole record → · Everything about Spreydon → · 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
8 council reports on record since August 2022, most often overgrown vegetation (2), general request (2), fallen tree (2).
Spreydon, Christchurch, on Smartlea Street.
Nothing on the heritage register at this exact spot, the record around this ground →
Glynne Reserve, 146 m to its edge.




