Solway Avenue
66 reports at 29 addresses in Ilam, the first in 2018, the latest 2026. 59 separate days somebody filed something about it.
Where it runs
Each report dot is the average of the spots reports were filed from, where reporters stood on Solway Avenue, not the street’s surveyed line. The strong outline is Ilam.
From the air, then
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
- 24A Solway Avenue, 7 reports
- 68 Solway Avenue, 5 reports
- 26 Solway Avenue, 5 reports
- 28 Solway Avenue, 4 reports
- 7 Solway Avenue, 3 reports
- 6 Solway Avenue, 3 reports
- 39 Solway Avenue, 3 reports
- 24 Solway Avenue, 3 reports
- 21 Solway Avenue, 3 reports
- 16 Solway Avenue, 3 reports
- 64 Solway Avenue, 2 reports
- 54 Solway Avenue, 2 reports
- 42E Solway Avenue, 2 reports
- 29A Solway Avenue, 2 reports
- 29 Solway Avenue, 2 reports
- 1A Solway Avenue, 2 reports
- 12 Solway Avenue, 2 reports
- 11 Solway Avenue, 2 reports
- 7A Solway Avenue, 1 report
- 66 Solway Avenue, 1 report
- 60 Solway Avenue, 1 report
- 56 Solway Avenue, 1 report
- 46 Solway Avenue, 1 report
- 34A Solway Avenue, 1 report
- 34 Solway Avenue, 1 report
- 32 Solway Avenue, 1 report
- 23 Solway Avenue, 1 report
- 17 Solway Avenue, 1 report
- 15 Solway Avenue, 1 report
What got reported
- Rubbish & dumping, 24 reports
- Water & drains, 23 reports
- Roads & footpaths, 9 reports
- Trees & parks, 6 reports
- Graffiti & vandalism, 2 reports
- Vehicles & parking, 1 report
- Everything else, 1 report
Year by year
- 2018, 2 reports
- 2020, 9 reports
- 2021, 1 report
- 2022, 9 reports
- 2023, 16 reports
- 2024, 8 reports
- 2025, 12 reports
In the written record
Archive documents carrying the street’s name: leads and citations, not verified history.
- Aerial view of Christchurch Teachers' College
· Canterbury Stories,
Aerial view of Christchurch Teachers' College from Solway Avenue on the corner with Dovedale Street looking towards Ilam Fields and Waimairi Road. Aerial views…
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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.
The crash record on it
NZTA’s record names Solway Avenue in 12 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 3 seriously hurt, nobody killed.
As it was reported
The latest on it
- Overgrown Vegetation, 29 Solway Ave,
- Dumped Rubbish, 64 Solway Ave,
- Pavement - Damaged, 21 Solway Ave,
- Dumped Rubbish, 64 Solway Ave,
- Hazard, vehicle, 42E Solway Avenue,
- Rubbish and Bins - General, 29 Solway Ave,
- Flooding, 68 Solway Avenue,
- Dumped Rubbish, 21 Solway Avenue,
- Water Leak, 28 Solway Avenue,
- Water Pollution - Sediment, 60 Solway Ave,
- Dumped Rubbish, 29A Solway Avenue,
- Dumped Rubbish, 7 Solway Avenue,
- Dumped Rubbish, 1A Solway Avenue,
- Dumped Rubbish, 29A Solway Avenue,
- Dumped Rubbish, 24 Solway Avenue,
Questions, answered briefly
In Ilam, Christchurch, New Zealand.
66 reports at 29 addresses, most often rubbish & dumping (24), water & drains (23), roads & footpaths (9).
2018, the record covers 59 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026.
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