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Lionel Street

46 reports at 20 addresses in Avonside, the first in 2015, the latest 2026. 44 separate days somebody filed something about it.

46 reports20 addresses44 days reported onfrom the air, then7 documents carry the namethe 1414th street on the roll, by days it took to know

Where it runs

13 Lionel Street, 8 reports13A Lionel Street, 7 reports7 Lionel Street, 6 reports33 Lionel Street, 4 reports35 Lionel Street, 3 reports4 Lionel Street, 2 reports37 Lionel Street, 2 reports15 Lionel Street, 2 reports59 Lionel Street, 1 report55 Lionel Street, 1 report53A Lionel Street, 1 report53 Lionel Street, 1 report51 Lionel Street, 1 report45 Lionel Street, 1 report40 Lionel Street, 1 report38 Lionel Street, 1 report32–54 Lionel Street, 1 report18 Lionel Street, 1 report17 Lionel Street, 1 report10 Lionel Street, 1 report

Each report dot is the average of the spots reports were filed from, where reporters stood on Lionel Street, not the street’s surveyed line. The strong outline is Avonside.

From the air, then

Lionel Street from the air, 1940-1944
1940-1944 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
Lionel Street from the air, 1970-1974
1970-1974 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
Lionel Street from the air, 1975-1979
1975-1979 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ

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 addresses on it

What got reported

Year by year

In the written record

Archive documents carrying the street’s name: leads and citations, not verified history.

The rest are a search away, the whole shelf, for the name →

The named ground

Named water within 150 m of a reported pin, measured to the line or the edge; the council’s own structure register, bridges, boardwalks and steps standing nearby, the open map’s record.

Avon River / Ōtākaro river · 81 m away Woodham Park shelter · 87 m away Woodham Park ramp · 88 m away Avon Riverbank True Right boat ramp · 140 m away unnamed jetty · 142 m away Avon Riverbank True Right set of steps · 143 m away

The crash record on it

NZTA’s record names Lionel Street in 4 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 2 seriously hurt, nobody killed.

The crashes it names, each one →

Its file in the papers

Papers Past records that surfaced when the archive searched for the street’s name, they answered the search; whether they are about this street is a reader’s call, at the link.

As it was reported

Street Gutters / Storm Water, a report photoTrees - General, a report photoHazard, vehicle, a report photoRubbish and Bins - General, a report photoOvergrown Vegetation, a report photoStreet Gutters / Storm Water, a report photoWater Leak, a report photoPark - General Request, a report photoRubbish and Bins - General, a report photoDumped Rubbish, a report photoGraffiti on a playground or in a park, a report photoGraffiti on a playground or in a park, a report photo more photographs
on the Avonside wall →

The latest on it

Questions, answered briefly

Where is Lionel Street?

In Avonside, Christchurch, New Zealand.

What gets reported on Lionel Street?

46 reports at 20 addresses, most often graffiti & vandalism (15), water & drains (10), trees & parks (10).

When was Lionel Street first reported on?

2015, the record covers 44 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026.

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