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Racecourse Road

24 reports at 18 addresses in Broomfield, the first in 2016, the latest 2026. 23 separate days somebody filed something about it.

24 reports18 addresses23 days reported onfrom the air, then51 documents carry the name3 businessesthe 2147th street on the roll, by days it took to know

Where it runs

206B Racecourse Road, 3 reports198 Racecourse Road, 3 reports136 Racecourse Road, 2 reports113 Racecourse Road, 2 reports212A Racecourse Road, 1 report210 Racecourse Road, 1 report208 Racecourse Road, 1 report206 Racecourse Road, 1 report204–206 Racecourse Road, 1 report165J Racecourse Road, 1 report165B Racecourse Road, 1 report152 Racecourse Road, 1 report146A Racecourse Road, 1 report138B Racecourse Road, 1 report134E Racecourse Road, 1 report131 Racecourse Road, 1 report118 Racecourse Road, 1 report111–113 Racecourse Road, 1 report

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

From the air, then

Racecourse Road from the air, 1940-1944
1940-1944 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
Racecourse Road from the air, 1970-1974
1970-1974 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
Racecourse Road 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. 51 on the shelf; the 7 earliest:

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

The businesses on it, 3

Premises whose address in the directory is Racecourse Road, the commercial record alongside the civic one.

The named ground

the council’s own structure register, bridges, boardwalks and steps standing nearby, the open map’s record.

Paparua Stream Reserve footbridge · 102 m away

As it was reported

Graffiti on a fence, building or structure, a report photoDumped Rubbish, a report photoDumped Rubbish, a report photoPavement - General, a report photoGraffiti on a sign, mural or public art, a report photoDumped Rubbish, a report photoDumped Rubbish, a report photoPothole, a report photoFlooding, a report photoWater General, a report photoGraffiti on a fence, building or structure, a report photoDumped Rubbish, a report photo more photographs
on the Broomfield wall →

The latest on it

Questions, answered briefly

Where is Racecourse Road?

In Broomfield, Christchurch, New Zealand.

What gets reported on Racecourse Road?

24 reports at 18 addresses, most often graffiti & vandalism (9), rubbish & dumping (7), water & drains (3).

When was Racecourse Road first reported on?

2016, the record covers 23 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026.

What is the busiest corner on Racecourse Road?

Racecourse Road and State Highway 73, 31 police-reported crashes at the pairing.

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