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Durham Street

3 reports at 3 addresses in Christchurch Central City, the first in 2022, the latest 2025. 3 separate days somebody filed something about it.

3 reports3 addresses3 days reported on4 on the registerfrom the air, then1,948 documents carry the name5 businesses

Where it runs

400 Durham Street, 1 report293 Durham Street, 1 report188 Durham Street, 1 reportArmagh Street Kerbstones and Setting: registerCanterbury Provincial Council Buildings: registerCanterbury Provincial Council Buildings Courtyard/Grounds: registerSt Michael's School Hall and Setting: register

Each report dot is the average of the spots reports were filed from, where reporters stood on Durham Street, not the street’s surveyed line. Register places with a known pin sit on it too. The strong outline is Christchurch Central City.

From the air, then

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

On the register

On foot, The city’s stones · Belfries and chapels walk this street.

In the written record

Archive documents carrying the street’s name: leads and citations, not verified history. 1,948 on the shelf; the 12 earliest:

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

Schools on it

The Ministry’s directory gives the street as a school’s address, the rating describes the community each draws from, not how well it teaches.

The businesses on it, 5

Premises whose address in the directory is Durham Street, the commercial record alongside the civic one.

The named ground

Named water within 150 m of a reported pin, measured to the line or the edge; Named places within 350 m of a reported pin; the council’s own structure register, bridges, boardwalks and steps standing nearby, the open map’s record.

Avon River / Ōtākaro river · 116 m away Mill Island island · 305 m away Rhododendron Island island · 321 m away Canterbury Provincial Council set of steps · 79 m away Canterbury Provincial Council set of steps · 112 m away Canterbury Provincial Council jetty · 113 m away

The crash record on it

NZTA’s record names Durham Street in 129 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 2 people killed, 18 seriously hurt.

The crashes it names, each one →

As it was reported

Graffiti on a sign, mural or public art, a report photo more photographs
on the Christchurch Central City wall →

The latest on it

Questions, answered briefly

Where is Durham Street?

In Christchurch Central City, Christchurch, New Zealand.

What gets reported on Durham Street?

3 reports at 3 addresses, most often graffiti & vandalism (2), vehicles & parking (1).

When was Durham Street first reported on?

2022, the record covers 3 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2025.

What heritage places are on Durham Street?

Armagh Street Kerbstones and Setting, Canterbury Provincial Council Buildings, Canterbury Provincial Council Buildings Courtyard/Grounds, 1 more on the register.

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