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St Davids Street

14 reports at 10 addresses in Lyttelton, the first in 2017, the latest 2026. 11 separate days somebody filed something about it.

14 reports10 addresses11 days reported on8 on the registerfrom the air, then14 documents carry the namethe 3125th street on the roll, by days it took to know

Where it runs

30 St Davids Street, 3 reports56 St Davids Street, 2 reports38 St Davids Street, 2 reports8 St Davids Street, 1 report6 St Davids Street, 1 report52 St Davids Street, 1 report42 St Davids Street, 1 report34-36 St Davids Street, 1 report34 St Davids Street, 1 report16 St Davids Street, 1 reportDwelling and Setting: registerDwelling and Setting: registerDwelling and Setting: registerDwelling and Setting: registerDwelling and Setting: registerDwelling and Setting: registerFormer Court Queen of the Isles Foresters' Lodge Hall and Setting: registerFormer Masonic Lodge Hall, Lodge of Unanimity, and Setting: register

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

St Davids Street from the air, 1925-1929
1925-1929 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · RNZAF
St Davids Street 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

What got reported

Year by year

On the register

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

In the written record

Archive documents carrying the street’s name: leads and citations, not verified history. 14 on the shelf; the 12 earliest:

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

The named ground

the council’s own structure register, bridges, boardwalks and steps standing nearby, the open map’s record.

Oxford Street Reserve set of steps · 13 m away Oxford Street Reserve set of steps · 15 m away Oxford Street Reserve set of steps · 19 m away Norman Kirk Memorial Pool set of steps · 31 m away Norman Kirk Memorial Pool set of steps · 33 m away

The crash record on it

NZTA’s record names St Davids Street in 2 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 0 seriously hurt, nobody killed.

The crashes it names, each one →

As it was reported

Pothole, a report photoGraffiti on a sign, mural or public art, a report photoWater Leak, a report photoDamaged Asset – CCC contractor, a report photoWater Leak, a report photoWater Leak, a report photoRoading/Streets, a report photoRoading/Streets, a report photoRoading/Streets, a report photoRoading/Streets, a report photoRoading/Streets, a report photoGraffiti, a report photo more photographs
on the Lyttelton wall →

The latest on it

Questions, answered briefly

Where is St Davids Street?

In Lyttelton, Christchurch, New Zealand.

What gets reported on St Davids Street?

14 reports at 10 addresses, most often roads & footpaths (6), graffiti & vandalism (4), water & drains (3).

When was St Davids Street first reported on?

2017, the record covers 11 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026.

What heritage places are on St Davids Street?

Dwelling and Setting, Dwelling and Setting, Dwelling and Setting, 5 more on the register.

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