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Brittan Street

79 reports at 32 addresses in Linwood, the first in 2015, the latest 2026. 72 separate days somebody filed something about it.

79 reports32 addresses72 days reported onfrom the air, then34 documents carry the namethe 949th street on the roll, by days it took to know

Where it runs

72 Brittan Street, 7 reports6 Brittan Street, 7 reports2 Brittan Street, 7 reports5 Brittan Street, 5 reports32 Brittan Street, 5 reports65 Brittan Street, 4 reports36 Brittan Street, 4 reports1A Brittan Street, 4 reports17 Brittan Street, 3 reports61 Brittan Street, 2 reports59A Brittan Street, 2 reports56 Brittan Street, 2 reports46 Brittan Street, 2 reports34 Brittan Street, 2 reports313 Brittan Street, 2 reports31 Brittan Street, 2 reports21 Brittan Street, 2 reports18 Brittan Street, 2 reports10 Brittan Street, 2 reports9 Brittan Street, 1 report72A Brittan Street, 1 report7 Brittan Street, 1 report59B Brittan Street, 1 report32B Brittan Street, 1 report29 Brittan Street, 1 report27B Brittan Street, 1 report26 Brittan Street, 1 report21A Brittan Street, 1 report18A Brittan Street, 1 report16 Brittan Street, 1 report14 Brittan Street, 1 report1 Brittan Street, 1 report

Each report dot is the average of the spots reports were filed from, where reporters stood on Brittan Street, not the street’s surveyed line. The strong outline is Linwood.

From the air, then

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

In the written record

Archive documents carrying the street’s name: leads and citations, not verified history. 34 on the shelf; the 2 earliest:

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

The crash record on it

NZTA’s record names Brittan Street in 4 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 1 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.

As it was reported

Abandoned Vehicle, a report photoRoad Signage, a report photoStreet Gutters / Storm Water, a report photoDumped Rubbish, a report photoSewer General, a report photoGraffiti on a road, footpath or bridge, a report photoStreet Gutters / Storm Water, a report photoWater Leak, a report photoDumped Rubbish, a report photoGraffiti on a sign, mural or public art, a report photoStreet Gutters / Storm Water, a report photoDumped Rubbish, a report photo more photographs
on the Linwood wall →

The latest on it

Questions, answered briefly

Where is Brittan Street?

In Linwood, Christchurch, New Zealand.

What gets reported on Brittan Street?

79 reports at 32 addresses, most often water & drains (29), rubbish & dumping (22), graffiti & vandalism (16).

When was Brittan Street first reported on?

2015, the record covers 72 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026.

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