Norwich Quay

233 reports at 42 addresses in Lyttelton, the first in 2015, the latest 2026. 170 separate days somebody filed something about it.

233 reports 42 addresses170 days reported on4 on the register from the air, then 1,190 documents carry the name 12 businessesthe 371st street on the roll, by days it took to know

Where it runs

Each report dot is the average of the spots reports were filed from, where reporters stood on Norwich Quay, not the street’s surveyed line. Register places with a known pin sit on it too. The strong outline is Lyttelton.

From the air, then

Norwich Quay from the air, 1925-1929 — **1925-1929** · CC BY 3.0 NZ · RNZAF

Norwich Quay from the air, 1970-1974 — **1970-1974** · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ

Sourced from Canterbury Maps and partners. RNZAF, 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

58 Norwich Quay, 25 reports
20 Norwich Quay, 18 reports
5 Norwich Quay, 16 reports
11 Norwich Quay, 13 reports
25 Norwich Quay, 11 reports
40 Norwich Quay, 10 reports
7 Norwich Quay, 9 reports
6 Norwich Quay, 9 reports
5C Norwich Quay, 8 reports
54 Norwich Quay, 8 reports
34 Norwich Quay, 8 reports
44 Norwich Quay, 7 reports
26 Norwich Quay, 7 reports
62 Norwich Quay, 6 reports
56 Norwich Quay, 6 reports
50 Norwich Quay, 6 reports
28 Norwich Quay, 6 reports
39 Norwich Quay, 5 reports
17 Norwich Quay, 5 reports
15 Norwich Quay, 5 reports
1 Norwich Quay, 5 reports
30 Norwich Quay, 4 reports
3 Norwich Quay, 4 reports
9 Norwich Quay, 3 reports
8 Norwich Quay, 3 reports
14 Norwich Quay, 3 reports
46-48 Norwich Quay, 2 reports
46 Norwich Quay, 2 reports
42 Norwich Quay, 2 reports
3A Norwich Quay, 2 reports
32 Norwich Quay, 2 reports
18 Norwich Quay, 2 reports
10 Norwich Quay, 2 reports
8A Norwich Quay, 1 report
60 Norwich Quay, 1 report
58-60 Norwich Quay, 1 report
48 Norwich Quay, 1 report
4 Norwich Quay, 1 report
3B Norwich Quay, 1 report
24 Norwich Quay, 1 report
23 Norwich Quay, 1 report
100–104 Norwich Quay, 1 report

What got reported

Graffiti & vandalism, 158 reports
Roads & footpaths, 38 reports
Rubbish & dumping, 13 reports
Water & drains, 12 reports
Trees & parks, 8 reports
Vehicles & parking, 3 reports
Everything else, 1 report

Year by year

2015, 3 reports
2016, 2 reports
2017, 3 reports
2018, 6 reports
2019, 10 reports
2020, 5 reports
2021, 19 reports
2022, 28 reports
2023, 27 reports
2024, 34 reports
2025, 51 reports

On the register

2 Norwich Quay, 2 Norwich Quay
Former Harbour Board Office and Setting, 5 Norwich Quay
Pilgrims Landing Site and Setting, 7 Norwich Quay
Signal Box and Setting, 1 Norwich Quay

On foot, The port’s own town · The port’s first streets walk this street.

In the written record

Archive documents carrying the street’s name: leads and citations, not verified history. 1,190 on the shelf; the 12 earliest:

No. I.—THE BRIDLE-PATH TO THE PERRY (Lyttelton Times, 18 January 1851) · Papers Past, 18 Jan 1851
…the plain issues from the town of lyttelton just to the west of the custom-house reserve norwich quay having been made per fectly passable for carts or drays up to its com mencemeut the road winds ro…
Page 1 Advertisements Column 3 (Lyttelton Times, 25 January 1851) · Papers Past, 25 Jan 1851
…land to let at christchurc rpwo of the best town sections apply to longden and le cbek 3 norwich quay jan 221851 y houses for sale ewe clanning houses each 21 feet by 14 containing three rooms price…
Page 1 Advertisements Column 3 (Lyttelton Times, 01 February 1851) · Papers Past, 1 Feb 1851
…icks at christchurch at the rate of 30s per ton agents in lyttelton longden and le cren 3 norwich quay sale by auction messrs longden and le cren will sell by auction at their store on wed nesday next…
WALKS ON THE ROADS. (Wellington Independent, 19 February 1851) · Papers Past, 19 Feb 1851
…the plain issues from the town of lyttelton just to the west of the custom-house reserve norwich quay having been made perfectly passable for carts or drays up to its commencement the road winds roun…
Page 1 Advertisements Column 3 (Lyttelton Times, 01 March 1851) · Papers Past, 1 Mar 1851
…inue arrangements for the conveyance of goods from lyttelton to sumner in decked crafts 2 norwich quay lyttelton 28th feb 1851 r c bealby li as at his store a good assortment of general and furnishing…
RURAL SECTIONS CHOSEN. (Lyttelton Times, 15 March 1851) · Papers Past, 15 Mar 1851
…acres in the lyttelton district commencing at the junction of the sumner bridle-path with norwich quay ia the town of lyttelton following the line of the town sections to near the north-west corner of…
Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Lyttelton Times, 15 March 1851) · Papers Past, 15 Mar 1851
…o the editor are requested to be addressed to the office of the lyttelton times section 2 norwich quay lyttelton where the papeirnaybc obtained must be left at this office before thursday evening for…
Page 8 Advertisements Column 2 (Lyttelton Times, 22 March 1851) · Papers Past, 22 Mar 1851
…le in any quantity kauri pine timber palings and shingles apply to longden a-nd le ceen 3 norwich quay feb 20 1851 on sale at ghristohurgh several wooden houses apply to g allen market-place chris tch…
Page 1 Advertisements Column 3 (Lyttelton Times, 05 April 1851) · Papers Past, 5 Apr 1851
…the office of this paper for sale a neat small weather-boarded house apply to 11 jones 4 norwich quay lyttelton whale-boat for sale a superior 5-oar whale-boat copper-fastened with sails and oars com…
Page 8 Advertisements Column 2 (Lyttelton Times, 12 April 1851) · Papers Past, 12 Apr 1851
…kded house 30 by 24 with doors windows and partitions for four ooms complete a j alpobt 2 norwich quay lyttelton march 20 1851 stock for sale per australia i qaa ewes from 2 to 3 yrs old ujj 750 w eth…
Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Lyttelton Times, 19 April 1851) · Papers Past, 19 Apr 1851
…o the editor are requested to be addressed to the office of the lyttblton times section 2 norwich quay lyttelton where the paper may be obtained advertisements must be left at this office before thurs…
Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Lyttelton Times, 26 April 1851) · Papers Past, 26 Apr 1851
…o the editor are requested to be addressed to the office of the lyttelton times section 2 norwich quay lyttelton where the paper may be obtained advertisements must be left at this office before thurs…

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

The businesses on it, 12

Premises whose address in the directory is Norwich Quay, the commercial record alongside the civic one.

The named ground

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.

Timeball-Keepers Foundations ruin · 332 m away Site of the Signalman's Hut ruin · 337 m away Sutton Reserve set of steps · 16 m away Sutton Reserve set of steps · 17 m away Lyttelton Library ramp · 81 m away Baden Norris Reserve set of steps · 81 m away Lyttelton War Memorial set of steps · 82 m away

The crash record on it

NZTA’s record names Norwich Quay in 4 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 6 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.