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Lichfield Street

1,036 reports at 163 addresses in Christchurch Central City, the first in 2015, the latest 2026. 642 separate days somebody filed something about it.

1,036 reports163 addresses642 days reported on2 on the registerfrom the air, thenthen / now1,588 documents carry the name27 businessesthe 27th street on the roll, by days it took to know

Where it runs

160 Lichfield Street, 37 reports84 Lichfield Street, 27 reports90 Lichfield Street, 25 reports71 Lichfield Street, 25 reports116 Lichfield Street, 22 reports60 Lichfield Street, 19 reports140 Lichfield Street, 19 reports81 Lichfield Street, 18 reports75 Lichfield Street, 18 reports25-27 Lichfield Street, 18 reports122 Lichfield Street, 18 reports33 Lichfield Street, 17 reports150 Lichfield Street, 17 reports92 Lichfield Street, 16 reports229 Lichfield Street, 16 reports154 Lichfield Street, 16 reports32 Lichfield Street, 15 reports142 Lichfield Street, 15 reports119 Lichfield Street, 15 reports80 Lichfield Street, 14 reports40 Lichfield Street, 14 reports239 Lichfield Street, 13 reports83 Lichfield Street, 12 reports79 Lichfield Street, 12 reports23 Lichfield Street, 12 reports145 Lichfield Street, 12 reports52 Lichfield Street, 11 reports249 Lichfield Street, 11 reports217 Lichfield Street, 11 reports133 Lichfield Street, 11 reports112 Lichfield Street, 11 reports76 Lichfield Street, 10 reports54 Lichfield Street, 10 reports208 Lichfield Street, 10 reports20 Lichfield Street, 10 reports162 Lichfield Street, 10 reports137 Lichfield Street, 10 reports125 Lichfield Street, 10 reports113 Lichfield Street, 10 reports96 Lichfield Street, 9 reports43 Lichfield Street, 9 reports266 Lichfield Street, 9 reports132 Lichfield Street, 9 reports115 Lichfield Street, 9 reports110 Lichfield Street, 9 reports88 Lichfield Street, 8 reports68 Lichfield Street, 8 reports66 Lichfield Street, 8 reports50 Lichfield Street, 8 reports39 Lichfield Street, 8 reports258 Lichfield Street, 8 reports253 Lichfield Street, 8 reports221 Lichfield Street, 8 reports210 Lichfield Street, 8 reports205 Lichfield Street, 8 reports108 Lichfield Street, 8 reports107 Lichfield Street, 8 reports82 Lichfield Street, 7 reports240 Lichfield Street, 7 reports78 Lichfield Street, 6 reports58 Lichfield Street, 6 reports27 Lichfield Street, 6 reports26 Lichfield Street, 6 reports250 Lichfield Street, 6 reports190 Lichfield Street, 6 reports168R Lichfield Street, 6 reports135 Lichfield Street, 6 reports130 Lichfield Street, 6 reports128 Lichfield Street, 6 reports111 Lichfield Street, 6 reports47 Lichfield Street, 5 reports46 Lichfield Street, 5 reports272 Lichfield Street, 5 reports270 Lichfield Street, 5 reports25 Lichfield Street, 5 reports245 Lichfield Street, 5 reports237 Lichfield Street, 5 reports225 Lichfield Street, 5 reports219 Lichfield Street, 5 reports209 Lichfield Street, 5 reports144 Lichfield Street, 5 reports138 Lichfield Street, 5 reports41 Lichfield Street, 4 reports29-33 Lichfield Street, 4 reports248 Lichfield Street, 4 reports231 Lichfield Street, 4 reports204 Lichfield Street, 4 reports15 Lichfield Street, 4 reports142A Lichfield Street, 4 reports139 Lichfield Street, 4 reports72 Lichfield Street, 3 reports70 Lichfield Street, 3 reports56 Lichfield Street, 3 reports51 Lichfield Street, 3 reports49 Lichfield Street, 3 reports252 Lichfield Street, 3 reports234 Lichfield Street, 3 reports224 Lichfield Street, 3 reports121 Lichfield Street, 3 reports89 Lichfield Street, 2 reports74 Lichfield Street, 2 reports73 Lichfield Street, 2 reports243 Lichfield Street, 2 reports236 Lichfield Street, 2 reports220/224 Lichfield Street, 2 reports216 Lichfield Street, 2 reports213 Lichfield Street, 2 reports197 Lichfield Street, 2 reports195 Lichfield Street, 2 reports181 Lichfield Street, 2 reports164 Lichfield Street, 2 reports153 Lichfield Street, 2 reports152 Lichfield Street, 2 reports148 Lichfield Street, 2 reports147 Lichfield Street, 2 reports146a Lichfield Street, 2 reports146 Lichfield Street, 2 reports130A Lichfield Street, 2 reports127 Lichfield Street, 2 reports122–134 Lichfield Street, 2 reports118–130 Lichfield Street, 2 reports116-108 Lichfield Street, 2 reports114 Lichfield Street, 2 reports107-111 Lichfield Street, 2 reports1/128 Lichfield Street, 2 reports96-106 Lichfield Street, 1 report91 Lichfield Street, 1 report9 Lichfield Street, 1 report67 Lichfield Street, 1 report6/150 Lichfield Street, 1 report54-56 Lichfield Street, 1 report53–59 Lichfield Street, 1 report48 Lichfield Street, 1 report45 Lichfield Street, 1 report42–58 Lichfield Street, 1 report4/133 Lichfield Street, 1 report31 Lichfield Street, 1 report29 Lichfield Street, 1 report26-32 Lichfield Street, 1 report251 Lichfield Street, 1 report24 Lichfield Street, 1 report234/236 Lichfield Street, 1 report230 Lichfield Street, 1 report23-27 Lichfield Street, 1 report23-25 Lichfield Street, 1 report22 Lichfield Street, 1 report219 LICHFIELD STREET, 1 report216-220 Lichfield Street, 1 report202 Lichfield Street, 1 report201 Lichfield Street, 1 report2/133 Lichfield Street, 1 report19 Lichfield Street, 1 report176 Lichfield Street, 1 report173 Lichfield Street, 1 report170 Lichfield Street, 1 report158 Lichfield Street, 1 report156 Lichfield Street, 1 report141 Lichfield Street, 1 report125-133 Lichfield Street, 1 report124H Lichfield Street, 1 report124 Lichfield Street, 1 report119-121 Lichfield Street, 1 report107-113 Lichfield Street, 1 reportCommercial Building and Setting, Former Sargood Son and Ewen: registerCommercial Building and Setting, Former Wellington Woollen Mills Manufacturing Company: register

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

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

Then and now

Early Colombo Street crossing Lichfield Street
Then, 1870 · Early Colombo Street crossing Lichfield Street
Now: Google Street View, 2025-03

The photograph names Lichfield Street in its title and its copy is hosted under the source record’s stated rights, it opens that record. The frame is the street as it stands, the pose the QC bank verified (outside Cactus Outdoor). The whole collection, oldest first →

The addresses on it

and the other 103 the record names

What got reported

Year by year

On the register

In the written record

Archive documents carrying the street’s name: leads and citations, not verified history. 1,588 on the shelf; the 12 earliest:

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

The businesses on it, 27

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

…and 15 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 · 106 m away Rhododendron Island island · 115 m away Mill Island island · 204 m away Rauora Park boardwalk · a reported pin on the line Te Kaharoa set of steps · 4 m away Te Kaharoa set of steps · 10 m away Rauora Park boardwalk · 14 m away Te Kaharoa set of steps · 15 m away

The crash record on it

NZTA’s record names Lichfield Street in 71 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 14 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.

Heard on the wire

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

As it was reported

Roads - General, a report photoHazard, vehicle, a report photoPoles and Signage - General, 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 photoPark - General Request, a report photoHazard, vehicle, a report photoHazard, vehicle, a report photoHazard, vehicle, 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 Lichfield Street?

In Christchurch Central City, Christchurch, New Zealand.

What gets reported on Lichfield Street?

1,036 reports at 163 addresses, most often graffiti & vandalism (553), roads & footpaths (230), vehicles & parking (91).

When was Lichfield Street first reported on?

2015, the record covers 642 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026.

What heritage places are on Lichfield Street?

Commercial Building and Setting, Former Sargood Son and Ewen, Commercial Building and Setting, Former Wellington Woollen Mills Manufacturing Company.

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