Belfast Road
161 reports at 51 addresses in Belfast, the first in 2017, the latest 2026. 142 separate days somebody filed something about it.
Where it runs
Each report dot is the average of the spots reports were filed from, where reporters stood on Belfast Road, not the street’s surveyed line. The strong outline is Belfast.
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 addresses on it
- 140 Belfast Road, 17 reports
- 110 Belfast Road, 13 reports
- 120 Belfast Road, 10 reports
- 15 Belfast Road, 7 reports
- 67 Belfast Road, 6 reports
- 50 Belfast Road, 6 reports
- 46 Belfast Road, 6 reports
- 18A Belfast Road, 6 reports
- 69 Belfast Road, 5 reports
- 187A Belfast Road, 5 reports
- 13 Belfast Road, 5 reports
- 80 Belfast Road, 4 reports
- 30 Belfast Road, 4 reports
- 199 Belfast Road, 4 reports
- 141 Belfast Road, 4 reports
- 61 Belfast Road, 3 reports
- 59 Belfast Road, 3 reports
- 51 Belfast Road, 3 reports
- 28A Belfast Road, 3 reports
- 24 Belfast Road, 3 reports
- 189 Belfast Road, 3 reports
- 185 Belfast Road, 3 reports
- 70 Belfast Road, 2 reports
- 53 Belfast Road, 2 reports
- 48 Belfast Road, 2 reports
- 35 Belfast Road, 2 reports
- 25 Belfast Road, 2 reports
- 211 Belfast Road, 2 reports
- 196 Belfast Road, 2 reports
- 18 Belfast Road, 2 reports
- 16 Belfast Road, 2 reports
- 9 Belfast Road, 1 report
- 75 Belfast Road, 1 report
- 73 Belfast Road, 1 report
- 65A Belfast Road, 1 report
- 63 Belfast Road, 1 report
- 61A Belfast Road, 1 report
- 57 Belfast Road, 1 report
- 55 Belfast Road, 1 report
- 33 Belfast Road, 1 report
- 28 Belfast Road, 1 report
- 26 Belfast Road, 1 report
- 22A Belfast Road, 1 report
- 20 Belfast Road, 1 report
- 199–205 Belfast Road, 1 report
- 195 Belfast Road, 1 report
- 187C Belfast Road, 1 report
- 182–184 Belfast Road, 1 report
- 162 Belfast Road, 1 report
- 10 Belfast Road, 1 report
- 1 Belfast Road, 1 report
What got reported
- Roads & footpaths, 40 reports
- Trees & parks, 31 reports
- Graffiti & vandalism, 28 reports
- Rubbish & dumping, 24 reports
- Water & drains, 19 reports
- Everything else, 10 reports
- Vehicles & parking, 5 reports
- Animals & pests, 3 reports
Year by year
- 2017, 1 report
- 2019, 3 reports
- 2020, 12 reports
- 2021, 17 reports
- 2022, 26 reports
- 2023, 20 reports
- 2024, 30 reports
- 2025, 30 reports
In the written record
Archive documents carrying the street’s name: leads and citations, not verified history. 16 on the shelf; the 5 earliest:
- Page 2 Advertisements Column 8 (Star, 12 April 1882)
· Papers Past,
t anted 20 men for digging potatoes none but competent men need apnlv p ti��ch junr stjx belfast road 4328 anted to let two rooms comfort ably furnished with uso of kitchen euitable for a married cou…
- Page 2 Advertisements Column 5 (Star, 20 January 1885)
· Papers Past,
…acres of oats at heslington near belfast tenders received until 23rd january p tisch jun belfast road 192 w anted by a young widow two young lady boarders engaged during day terms very moderate five…
- Page 2 Advertisements Column 6 (Star, 21 January 1885)
· Papers Past,
…5 acres of oats at heslington near belfast tenders received nntu 23rd january p tisch jnn belfast road 192 wanted engagements for ploughmen station hands au kinds youths ftc town or country female dom…
- The Belfast Chemical Manure Works. (Star, 09 September 1886)
· Papers Past,
…in a paddock near the works and left uncovered 6 that the ditch on the north side of the belfast road contains liquid filth which we were informed drained from the field lying south-east of the works…
- Local & General. (Star, 17 July 1893)
· Papers Past,
…ffice richmond j of the riccarton roll to po��t offices at prebbleton upper riccarton and belfast road board offices at fendalton halswell and templeton registrar of electors for ellesmere at akaroa r…
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The named ground
Named water within 150 m of a reported pin, measured to the line or the edge, the open map’s record.
The crash record on it
NZTA’s record names Belfast Road in 18 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 6 seriously hurt, nobody killed.
The corner the record returns to: Belfast Road & Marshland Road, 32 crashes pinned to the pairing.
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.
- MAGISTERIAL. (Star, 10 December 1890) · Star,
- MARRIAGES. (Star, 17 December 1898) · Star,
- THE ALLEGED HORSE FIEND. (Star, 16 September 1902) · Star,
- BELFAST HORSE-WOUNDING CABB. (Star, 12 November 1902) · Star,
- THE LATE MR AINGER. (Star, 08 March 1905) · Star,
- DEATH. (Hawera & Normanby Star, 28 November 1905) · Hawera & Normanby Star,
- DEATHS. (Hawera & Normanby Star, 29 November 1905) · Hawera & Normanby Star,
- DEATHS. (Star, 31 March 1908) · Star,
- FLOODS SN THE SOUTH. (Hawera & Normanby Star, 26 October 1911) · Hawera & Normanby Star,
- HEAVY FLOOD IN THE WAI MAKARIRI. (Wanganui Chronicle, 26 October 1911) · Wanganui Chronicle,
- FLOOD IN CANTERBURY. (Mataura Ensign 26-10-1911) · Mataura Ensign,
- FIRES. (Ashburton Guardian, 05 August 1913) · Ashburton Guardian,
- FIRE AT BELFAST. (Wanganui Chronicle, 03 October 1913) · Wanganui Chronicle,
- BICYCLE ROAD RACE. (Poverty Bay Herald, 27 October 1913) · Poverty Bay Herald,
- ROAD RACE RECORD (Evening Post, 27 October 1913) · Evening Post,
- MOTOR FATALITY. (Grey River Argus, 08 July 1919) · Grey River Argus,
- MOTOR-CAR FATALITY. (Wairarapa Daily Times, 08 July 1919) · Wairarapa Daily Times,
- SMASH NEAR CHRISTCHURCH (Evening Post, 11 March 1931) · Evening Post,
- MOTOR SMASH (Evening Post, 14 December 1936) · Evening Post,
- SERIOUS INJURIES (Evening Post, 03 January 1938) · Evening Post,
As it was reported
The latest on it
- Pothole, 67 Belfast Rd,
- Pothole, 30 Belfast Rd,
- Roads - General, 140 Belfast Road,
- Public Toilet, 110 Belfast Road,
- Facility - General Request, 110 Belfast Rd,
- Abandoned Vehicle, 57 Belfast Road,
- Hazard, vehicle, 9 Belfast Road,
- Dumped Rubbish, 15 Belfast Road,
- Dumped Rubbish, 196 Belfast Rd,
- Public Toilet, 110 Belfast Road,
- Roads - General, 55 Belfast Road,
- Dumped Rubbish, 196 Belfast Rd,
- Trees - General, 185 Belfast Road,
- Sewer - Leak / Blockage, 110 Belfast Road,
- Noise - General, 28 Belfast Rd,
Questions, answered briefly
In Belfast, Christchurch, New Zealand.
161 reports at 51 addresses, most often roads & footpaths (40), trees & parks (31), graffiti & vandalism (28).
2017, the record covers 142 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026.
Belfast Road and Marshland Road, 32 police-reported crashes at the pairing.
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