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Hereford Street

2,549 reports at 278 addresses in Christchurch Central City, the first in 2015, the latest 2026. 1,241 separate days somebody filed something about it.

2,549 reports278 addresses1,241 days reported on12 on the registerfrom the air, then4,137 documents carry the name37 businessesthe 5th street on the roll, by days it took to know

Where it runs

53 Hereford Street, 126 reports71 Hereford Street, 92 reports48 Hereford Street, 76 reports141 Hereford Street, 64 reports197 Hereford Street, 63 reports262 Hereford Street, 59 reports214 Hereford Street, 54 reports147 Hereford Street, 48 reports12 Hereford Street, 44 reports195 Hereford Street, 41 reports77 Hereford Street, 39 reports272 Hereford Street, 37 reports120 Hereford Street, 37 reports203 Hereford Street, 36 reports59 Hereford Street, 35 reports332 Hereford Street, 35 reports220 Hereford Street, 34 reports196 Hereford Street, 32 reports236 Hereford Street, 31 reports76 Hereford Street, 30 reports164 Hereford Street, 30 reports242 Hereford Street, 29 reports24 Hereford Street, 27 reports121 Hereford Street, 26 reports332E Hereford Street, 23 reports194 Hereford Street, 23 reports151 Hereford Street, 23 reports178 Hereford Street, 22 reports165 Hereford Street, 22 reports92 Hereford Street, 21 reports47 Hereford Street, 21 reports241 Hereford Street, 21 reports111 Hereford Street, 21 reports38 Hereford Street, 20 reports26 Hereford Street, 20 reports294 Hereford Street, 19 reports260 Hereford Street, 19 reports130 Hereford Street, 19 reports44B Hereford Street, 18 reports206 Hereford Street, 18 reports190 Hereford Street, 18 reports1 Hereford Street, 18 reports90 Hereford Street, 17 reports42-48 Hereford Street, 17 reports41 Hereford Street, 17 reports239 Hereford Street, 16 reports146/152 Hereford Street, 16 reports32 Hereford Street, 15 reports254 Hereford Street, 15 reports91 Hereford Street, 14 reports234 Hereford Street, 14 reports189 Hereford Street, 14 reports170 Hereford Street, 14 reports298 Hereford Street, 13 reports253 Hereford Street, 13 reports182 Hereford Street, 13 reports134 Hereford Street, 13 reports320 Hereford Street, 12 reports195R Hereford Street, 12 reports183 Hereford Street, 12 reports18 Hereford Street, 12 reports169 Hereford Street, 12 reports126 Hereford Street, 12 reports82 Hereford Street, 11 reports7 Hereford Street, 11 reports301 Hereford Street, 11 reports248 Hereford Street, 11 reports300 Hereford Street, 10 reports243 Hereford Street, 10 reports240 Hereford Street, 10 reports235A Hereford Street, 10 reports193 Hereford Street, 10 reports172 Hereford Street, 10 reports167 Hereford Street, 10 reports135 Hereford Street, 10 reports129 Hereford Street, 10 reports107 Hereford Street, 10 reports36 Hereford Street, 9 reports307 Hereford Street, 9 reports258 Hereford Street, 9 reports25 Hereford Street, 9 reports198 Hereford Street, 9 reports176 Hereford Street, 9 reports161 Hereford Street, 9 reports150 Hereford Street, 9 reports148 Hereford Street, 9 reports44 Hereford Street, 8 reports39 Hereford Street, 8 reports306 Hereford Street, 8 reports265 Hereford Street, 8 reports208 Hereford Street, 8 reports153 Hereford Street, 8 reports127 Hereford Street, 8 reports318 Hereford Street, 7 reports310 Hereford Street, 7 reports293 Hereford Street, 7 reports159 Hereford Street, 7 reports158 Hereford Street, 7 reports113 Hereford Street, 7 reports79 Hereford Street, 6 reports58 Hereford Street, 6 reports40-42 Hereford Street, 6 reports251 Hereford Street, 6 reports246 Hereford Street, 6 reports234B Hereford Street, 6 reports233 Hereford Street, 6 reports181 Hereford Street, 6 reports175 Hereford Street, 6 reports109 Hereford Street, 6 reports95 Hereford Street, 5 reports80 Hereford Street, 5 reports75 Hereford Street, 5 reports74 Hereford Street, 5 reports71-75 Hereford Street, 5 reports4/197 Hereford Street, 5 reports316 Hereford Street, 5 reports3 Hereford Street, 5 reports298-300 Hereford Street, 5 reports275 Hereford Street, 5 reports252 Hereford Street, 5 reports245 Hereford Street, 5 reports237 Hereford Street, 5 reports2/197 Hereford Street, 5 reports2 Hereford Street, 5 reports192–194 Hereford Street, 5 reports191 Hereford Street, 5 reports188 Hereford Street, 5 reports157 Hereford Street, 5 reports146 Hereford Street, 5 reports116 Hereford Street, 5 reports85 Hereford Street, 4 reports46 Hereford Street, 4 reports42 Hereford Street, 4 reports402/159 Hereford Street, 4 reports319 Hereford Street, 4 reports296 Hereford Street, 4 reports289 Hereford Street, 4 reports288 Hereford Street, 4 reports285 Hereford Street, 4 reports251A Hereford Street, 4 reports244 Hereford Street, 4 reports210 Hereford Street, 4 reports177 Hereford Street, 4 reports108 Hereford Street, 4 reports1/297 Hereford Street, 4 reports97 Hereford Street, 3 reports96 Hereford Street, 3 reports9 Hereford Street, 3 reports88 Hereford Street, 3 reports84 Hereford Street, 3 reports67-69 Hereford Street, 3 reports66 Hereford Street, 3 reports52-58 Hereford Street, 3 reports44-48 Hereford Street, 3 reports38A Hereford Street, 3 reports334 Hereford Street, 3 reports313 Hereford Street, 3 reports297 Hereford Street, 3 reports291 Hereford Street, 3 reports28 Hereford Street, 3 reports276 Hereford Street, 3 reports271 Hereford Street, 3 reports255-261 Hereford Street, 3 reports21 Hereford Street, 3 reports181A Hereford Street, 3 reports180 Hereford Street, 3 reports146-152 Hereford Street, 3 reports142 Hereford Street, 3 reports137 Hereford Street, 3 reports111A Hereford Street, 3 reports106 Hereford Street, 3 reports1/332 Hereford Street, 3 reports99 Hereford Street, 2 reports98 Hereford Street, 2 reports87 Hereford Street, 2 reports78 Hereford Street, 2 reports73 Hereford Street, 2 reports72 Hereford Street, 2 reports70 Hereford Street, 2 reports62 Hereford Street, 2 reports55 Hereford Street, 2 reports54 Hereford Street, 2 reports4 Hereford Street, 2 reports308 Hereford Street, 2 reports303 Hereford Street, 2 reports300F Hereford Street, 2 reports290 Hereford Street, 2 reports284 Hereford Street, 2 reports269 Hereford Street, 2 reports267 Hereford Street, 2 reports234A Hereford Street, 2 reports215 Hereford Street, 2 reports205-219 Hereford Street, 2 reports204 Hereford Street, 2 reports200 Hereford Street, 2 reports20 Hereford Street, 2 reports16 Hereford Street, 2 reports144 Hereford Street, 2 reports139 Hereford Street, 2 reports127-135 Hereford Street, 2 reports117 Hereford Street, 2 reports1/197 Hereford Street, 2 reports94 Hereford Street, 1 report86-76 Hereford Street, 1 report86 Hereford Street, 1 report7/265 Hereford Street, 1 report68 Hereford Street, 1 report64 Hereford Street, 1 report60 Hereford Street, 1 report6/197 Hereford Street, 1 report57 Hereford Street, 1 report55-69 Hereford Street, 1 report51 Hereford Street, 1 report50 Hereford Street, 1 report5/206 Hereford Street, 1 report5 Hereford Street, 1 report40–42 Hereford Street, 1 report4/294 Hereford Street, 1 report4/265 Hereford Street, 1 report336 Hereford Street, 1 report335 Hereford Street, 1 report333 Hereford Street, 1 report330 Hereford Street, 1 report326 Hereford Street, 1 report325 Hereford Street, 1 report323 Hereford Street, 1 report322 Hereford Street, 1 report315 Hereford Street, 1 report314 Hereford Street, 1 report312 Hereford Street, 1 report311 Hereford Street, 1 report309 Hereford Street, 1 report307-319 Hereford Street, 1 report3/265 Hereford Street, 1 report3/214 Hereford Street, 1 report3-23 Hereford Street, 1 report295 Hereford Street, 1 report268 Hereford Street, 1 report259 Hereford Street, 1 report235B Hereford Street, 1 report235-237 Hereford Street, 1 report221-223 Hereford Street, 1 report218-216 Hereford Street, 1 report212–214 Hereford Street, 1 report212 Hereford Street, 1 report202-204 Hereford Street, 1 report202 Hereford Street, 1 report20/197 Hereford Street, 1 report2/2 Hereford Street, 1 report199–203 Hereford Street, 1 report192 Hereford Street, 1 report186 Hereford Street, 1 report185 Hereford Street, 1 report184 Hereford Street, 1 report179 Hereford Street, 1 report178-172 Hereford Street, 1 report17 Hereford Street, 1 report168 Hereford Street, 1 report166 Hereford Street, 1 report154 Hereford Street, 1 report152-156 Hereford Street, 1 report15 Hereford Street, 1 report149-151 Hereford Street, 1 report138 Hereford Street, 1 report136 Hereford Street, 1 report131 Hereford Street, 1 report12A Hereford Street, 1 report123 Hereford Street, 1 report115-125 Hereford Street, 1 report114 Hereford Street, 1 report112–132 Hereford Street, 1 report107A Hereford Street, 1 report103-113 Hereford Street, 1 report102 Hereford Street, 1 report10/214 Hereford Street, 1 report1/614 Hereford Street, 1 report1/208 Hereford Street, 1 report1/120 Hereford Street, 1 reportBiology and Observatory Block and Setting: registerChemistry Building and Setting: registerElectrical Engineering Extension, School of Engineering, and Setting: registerElectrical Engineering Laboratory, School of Engineering, and Setting: registerGirls' High School/School of Art Block and Setting: registerLibrary and Setting: registerMen's Common Room and Setting: registerMill Island and Setting: registerNorth and South Quadrangles and Setting: registerPhysics Building and Setting: registerSt Luke's Chapel and Setting: registerStudents' Union and Setting: register

Each report dot is the average of the spots reports were filed from, where reporters stood on Hereford 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

Hereford Street from the air, 1940-1944
1940-1944 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
Hereford Street from the air, 1960-1964
1960-1964 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
Hereford Street from the air, 1970-1974
1970-1974 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
Hereford 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

and the other 218 the record names

What got reported

Year by year

On the register

On foot, The old university · Belfries and chapels walk this street.

In the written record

Archive documents carrying the street’s name: leads and citations, not verified history. 4,137 on the shelf; the 12 earliest:

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

The businesses on it, 37

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

…and 25 more whose address names it.

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 · 1 m away Mill Island island · 11 m away Rhododendron Island island · 175 m away Rauora Park boardwalk · 6 m away Avon Riverbank Central City set of steps · 11 m away Rauora Park boardwalk · 12 m away Rauora Park boardwalk · 13 m away Rauora Park boardwalk · 24 m away

The crash record on it

NZTA’s record names Hereford Street in 154 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 1 person killed, 25 seriously hurt.

The corner the record returns to: Fitzgerald Avenue & Hereford Street, 37 crashes pinned to the pairing, 1 killed.

The crashes it names, each one →

The stops on it, 3

3 Metro stops on Hereford Street in Christchurch Central City, in ECan’s stop record: served by route 8, route 60.

Every route in the record →

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.

Heard on the wire

Public posts that name the street: relayed, not verified.

As it was reported

Damaged Street Sign, a report photoGraffiti on a fence, building or structure, a report photoLitter, a report photoGraffiti on a bus stop or public toilet, a report photoGraffiti on a fence, building or structure, a report photoGraffiti on a fence, building or structure, a report photoGraffiti on a fence, building or structure, a report photoGraffiti on a fence, building or structure, a report photoGraffiti on a fence, building or structure, a report photoGraffiti on a fence, building or structure, a report photoLitter, a report photoLitter, a report photo more photographs
on the Christchurch Central City wall →

The latest on it

Questions, answered briefly

Where is Hereford Street?

In Christchurch Central City, Christchurch, New Zealand.

What gets reported on Hereford Street?

2,549 reports at 278 addresses, most often graffiti & vandalism (1,427), roads & footpaths (428), rubbish & dumping (263).

When was Hereford Street first reported on?

2015, the record covers 1,241 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026.

What is the busiest corner on Hereford Street?

Fitzgerald Avenue and Hereford Street, 37 police-reported crashes at the pairing, 1 of them fatal.

What heritage places are on Hereford Street?

Biology and Observatory Block and Setting, Chemistry Building and Setting, Electrical Engineering Extension, School of Engineering, and Setting, 9 more on the register.

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