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Manchester Street

2,616 reports at 291 addresses in Christchurch Central City, the first in 2015, the latest 2026. 1,147 separate days somebody filed something about it.

2,616 reports291 addresses1,147 days reported on3 on the registerfrom the air, then3,968 documents carry the name31 businessesthe 6th street on the roll, by days it took to know

Where it runs

297-299 Manchester Street, 103 reports293 Manchester Street, 72 reports214 Manchester Street, 72 reports153 Manchester Street, 52 reports218 Manchester Street, 48 reports76 Manchester Street, 45 reports204 Manchester Street, 45 reports192 Manchester Street, 40 reports39 Manchester Street, 39 reports36 Manchester Street, 39 reports81 Manchester Street, 38 reports25 Manchester Street, 38 reports226 Manchester Street, 38 reports73 Manchester Street, 34 reports58 Manchester Street, 33 reports184 Manchester Street, 33 reports105 Manchester Street, 32 reports287 Manchester Street, 30 reports265 Manchester Street, 30 reports310 Manchester Street, 28 reports37 Manchester Street, 26 reports159 Manchester Street, 26 reports232 Manchester Street, 25 reports203 Manchester Street, 25 reports54 Manchester Street, 24 reports246 Manchester Street, 24 reports425 Manchester Street, 23 reports333 Manchester Street, 23 reports281 Manchester Street, 23 reports163 Manchester Street, 23 reports162 Manchester Street, 23 reports107 Manchester Street, 23 reports47 Manchester Street, 21 reports277 Manchester Street, 21 reports217 Manchester Street, 21 reports194 Manchester Street, 21 reports255 Manchester Street, 20 reports165 Manchester Street, 20 reports103 Manchester Street, 20 reports87 Manchester Street, 18 reports78/106 Manchester Street, 18 reports245 Manchester Street, 18 reports221 Manchester Street, 18 reports193 Manchester Street, 18 reports132 Manchester Street, 18 reports108 Manchester Street, 18 reports180 Manchester Street, 17 reports149 Manchester Street, 17 reports109 Manchester Street, 17 reports64 Manchester Street, 16 reports335 Manchester Street, 16 reports207 Manchester Street, 16 reports188 Manchester Street, 16 reports128 Manchester Street, 16 reports35 Manchester Street, 15 reports50 Manchester Street, 14 reports191 Manchester Street, 14 reports175 Manchester Street, 14 reports329 Manchester Street, 13 reports320 Manchester Street, 13 reports300 Manchester Street, 13 reports291 Manchester Street, 13 reports93 Manchester Street, 12 reports49 Manchester Street, 12 reports357 Manchester Street, 12 reports323 Manchester Street, 12 reports303 Manchester Street, 12 reports275 Manchester Street, 12 reports273 Manchester Street, 12 reports65 Manchester Street, 11 reports59E Manchester Street, 11 reports42 Manchester Street, 11 reports334 Manchester Street, 11 reports322 Manchester Street, 11 reports315 Manchester Street, 11 reports27 Manchester Street, 11 reports209A Manchester Street, 11 reports78 Manchester Street, 10 reports429 Manchester Street, 10 reports351 Manchester Street, 10 reports284 Manchester Street, 10 reports26 Manchester Street, 10 reports213 Manchester Street, 10 reports207A Manchester Street, 10 reports198 Manchester Street, 10 reports127 Manchester Street, 10 reports122 Manchester Street, 10 reports90 Manchester Street, 9 reports63 Manchester Street, 9 reports61 Manchester Street, 9 reports344 Manchester Street, 9 reports307 Manchester Street, 9 reports274 Manchester Street, 9 reports248 Manchester Street, 9 reports211 Manchester Street, 9 reports185 Manchester Street, 9 reports146 Manchester Street, 9 reports100 Manchester Street, 9 reports250 Manchester Street, 8 reports230 Manchester Street, 8 reports223 Manchester Street, 8 reports215 Manchester Street, 8 reports161 Manchester Street, 8 reports30 Manchester Street, 7 reports280 Manchester Street, 7 reports235 Manchester Street, 7 reports209 Manchester Street, 7 reports20 Manchester Street, 7 reports178 Manchester Street, 7 reports177 Manchester Street, 7 reports135 Manchester Street, 7 reports399 Manchester Street, 6 reports321 Manchester Street, 6 reports229 Manchester Street, 6 reports227 Manchester Street, 6 reports201 Manchester Street, 6 reports174A Manchester Street, 6 reports173 Manchester Street, 6 reports143 Manchester Street, 6 reports127F Manchester Street, 6 reports125 Manchester Street, 6 reports120 Manchester Street, 6 reports117 Manchester Street, 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reports238 Manchester Street, 4 reports23 Manchester Street, 4 reports185A Manchester Street, 4 reports181 Manchester Street, 4 reports179 Manchester Street, 4 reports172 Manchester Street, 4 reports160 Manchester Street, 4 reports156 Manchester Street, 4 reports141A Manchester Street, 4 reports129 Manchester Street, 4 reports125F Manchester Street, 4 reports1/322 Manchester Street, 4 reports95 Manchester Street, 3 reports68 Manchester Street, 3 reports373 Manchester Street, 3 reports324 Manchester Street, 3 reports299 Manchester Street, 3 reports292 Manchester Street, 3 reports238-240 Manchester Street, 3 reports228 Manchester Street, 3 reports225 Manchester Street, 3 reports223A Manchester Street, 3 reports205 Manchester Street, 3 reports186 Manchester Street, 3 reports174 Manchester Street, 3 reports150 Manchester Street, 3 reports147A Manchester Street, 3 reports136 Manchester Street, 3 reports92 Manchester Street, 2 reports79 Manchester Street, 2 reports69 Manchester Street, 2 reports62 Manchester Street, 2 reports46 Manchester Street, 2 reports44 Manchester Street, 2 reports419 Manchester Street, 2 reports411 Manchester Street, 2 reports40 Manchester Street, 2 reports397 Manchester Street, 2 reports369 Manchester Street, 2 reports355 Manchester Street, 2 reports33 Manchester Street, 2 reports329-333 Manchester Street, 2 reports327 Manchester Street, 2 reports320-312 Manchester Street, 2 reports306 Manchester Street, 2 reports3/244 Manchester Street, 2 reports294-286 Manchester Street, 2 reports286 Manchester Street, 2 reports283-285 Manchester Street, 2 reports282 Manchester Street, 2 reports278E Manchester Street, 2 reports260 Manchester Street, 2 reports244 Manchester Street, 2 reports225A Manchester Street, 2 reports211/215 Manchester Street, 2 reports199 Manchester Street, 2 reports19 Manchester Street, 2 reports183 Manchester Street, 2 reports158 Manchester Street, 2 reports157 Manchester Street, 2 reports154 Manchester Street, 2 reports152–160 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report319 Manchester Street, 1 report311 Manchester Street, 1 report308 Manchester Street, 1 report305 Manchester Street, 1 report3 Manchester Street, 1 report297 Manchester Street, 1 report295 Manchester Street, 1 report281-285 Manchester Street, 1 report280A Manchester Street, 1 report271 Manchester Street, 1 report269 Manchester Street, 1 report266 Manchester Street, 1 report258 Manchester Street, 1 report256 Manchester Street, 1 report254 Manchester Street, 1 report253-281 Manchester Street, 1 report252 Manchester Street, 1 report246-242 Manchester Street, 1 report243 Manchester Street, 1 report242-246 Manchester Street, 1 report236 Manchester Street, 1 report233 Manchester Street, 1 report224 Manchester Street, 1 report222 Manchester Street, 1 report22 Manchester Street, 1 report216-222 Manchester Street, 1 report200 Manchester Street, 1 report189 Manchester Street, 1 report187 Manchester Street, 1 report169 Manchester Street, 1 report164 Manchester Street, 1 report159-161 Manchester Street, 1 report151 Manchester Street, 1 report147 Manchester Street, 1 report146-148 Manchester Street, 1 report143-145 Manchester Street, 1 report140-146 Manchester Street, 1 report138 Manchester Street, 1 report134–150 Manchester Street, 1 report134 Manchester Street, 1 report126 Manchester Street, 1 report118 Manchester Street, 1 report115 Manchester Street, 1 report1/246 Manchester Street, 1 reportFormer Church of St Luke the Evangelist Bell Tower and Setting: registerFormer Dwelling and Setting, Holly Lea/McLean's Mansion: registerShands Emporium: Former Commercial Building: register

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

Manchester Street from the air, 1940-1944
1940-1944 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
Manchester Street from the air, 1970-1974
1970-1974 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
Manchester 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 231 the record names

What got reported

Year by year

On the register

On foot, Belfries and chapels walks this street.

In the written record

Archive documents carrying the street’s name: leads and citations, not verified history. 3,968 on the shelf; the 12 earliest:

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

The businesses on it, 31

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

…and 19 more whose address names it.

The named ground

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

Avon River / Ōtākaro river · 1 m away unnamed footbridge · 13 m away Edmonds Band Rotunda set of steps · 17 m away Rauora Park boardwalk · 33 m away Edmonds Band Rotunda set of steps · 34 m away Edmonds Band Rotunda set of steps · 49 m away

The crash record on it

NZTA’s record names Manchester Street in 236 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 1 person killed, 38 seriously hurt.

The corner the record returns to: Bealey Avenue & Manchester Street, 31 crashes pinned to the pairing.

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

Facility - General Request, a report photoPavement - Damaged, 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 photoStreet Gutters / Storm Water, a report photoPark - General Request, a report photoGraffiti on a fence, building or structure, a report photoDumped Rubbish, a report photoHazard, vehicle, a report photoFallen Tree, a report photo more photographs
on the Christchurch Central City wall →

The latest on it

Questions, answered briefly

Where is Manchester Street?

In Christchurch Central City, Christchurch, New Zealand.

What gets reported on Manchester Street?

2,616 reports at 291 addresses, most often graffiti & vandalism (1,956), roads & footpaths (293), rubbish & dumping (102).

When was Manchester Street first reported on?

2015, the record covers 1,147 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026.

What is the busiest corner on Manchester Street?

Bealey Avenue and Manchester Street, 31 police-reported crashes at the pairing.

What heritage places are on Manchester Street?

Former Church of St Luke the Evangelist Bell Tower and Setting, Former Dwelling and Setting, Holly Lea/McLean's Mansion, Shands Emporium: Former Commercial Building.

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