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Bedford Row

106 reports at 17 addresses in Christchurch Central City, the first in 2015, the latest 2026. 84 separate days somebody filed something about it.

106 reports17 addresses84 days reported onfrom the air, then134 documents carry the namethe 831st street on the roll, by days it took to know

Where it runs

19 Bedford Row, 26 reports47 Bedford Row, 15 reports23 Bedford Row, 15 reports24 Bedford Row, 12 reports30 Bedford Row, 6 reports46 Bedford Row, 5 reports16 Bedford Row, 5 reports28 Bedford Row, 4 reports45 Bedford Row, 3 reports32 Bedford Row, 3 reports14 Bedford Row, 3 reports20 Bedford Row, 2 reports18 Bedford Row, 2 reports12 Bedford Row, 2 reports8 Bedford Row, 1 report36 Bedford Row, 1 report30–46 Bedford Row, 1 report

Each report dot is the average of the spots reports were filed from, where reporters stood on Bedford Row, not the street’s surveyed line. The strong outline is Christchurch Central City.

From the air, then

Bedford Row from the air, 1940-1944
1940-1944 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
Bedford Row from the air, 1960-1964
1960-1964 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
Bedford Row from the air, 1970-1974
1970-1974 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
Bedford Row 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. 134 on the shelf; the 12 earliest:

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

The named ground

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

Rauora Park boardwalk · 4 m away Rauora Park boardwalk · 25 m away Rauora Park boardwalk · 28 m away Rauora Park boardwalk · 39 m away Ctv Site footbridge · 68 m away

The crash record on it

NZTA’s record names Bedford Row 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

Graffiti on a fence, building or structure, a report photoGraffiti on a road, footpath or bridge, a report photoHazard, vehicle, a report photoAnimal - Domestic, a report photoGraffiti on a fence, building or structure, a report photoGraffiti on a fence, building or structure, a report photoDumped Rubbish, a report photoGraffiti on a fence, building or structure, a report photoHazard, vehicle, a report photoGraffiti on a fence, building or structure, a report photoGraffiti on a sign, mural or public art, a report photoGraffiti on a fence, building or structure, a report photo more photographs
on the Christchurch Central City wall →

The latest on it

Questions, answered briefly

Where is Bedford Row?

In Christchurch Central City, Christchurch, New Zealand.

What gets reported on Bedford Row?

106 reports at 17 addresses, most often graffiti & vandalism (67), roads & footpaths (10), trees & parks (7).

When was Bedford Row first reported on?

2015, the record covers 84 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026.

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