# Wilsons Road, Lyttelton, Christchurch

4 reports at 2 addresses, the first in 2022, the latest 2025. 4 separate days somebody filed something about it.

https://www.chch.live/street/lyttelton/wilsons-road

## From the air, then
- [1925-1929](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.6056&lon=172.707&decade=1925_1929), CC BY 3.0 NZ · RNZAF
- [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.6056&lon=172.707&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ

*Sourced from Canterbury Maps and partners. RNZAF, CC BY 3.0 NZ. Clean CC BY decades only; NZAM-covered spots stay out. [RetroLens](https://retrolens.co.nz/) holds more Crown aerials.*

## The addresses on it
- [16 Wilsons Road](https://www.chch.live/lyttelton/16-wilsons-road), 3 reports
- [8–16 Wilsons Road](https://www.chch.live/lyttelton/8%E2%80%9316-wilsons-road), 1 report

## What got reported
- Rubbish & dumping, 2 reports
- Roads & footpaths, 2 reports

## Year by year
- 2022, 1 report
- 2023, 2 reports
- 2025, 1 report

## In the written record

*Leads and citations, not verified history, documents a search ties to the name (33 on the shelf; the 12 earliest listed).*
- [JURY LIST FOR 1860. (Lyttelton Times, 19 May 1860)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18600519.2.3), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 19 May 1860
- [Wilsons Road rural section plan](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/maps-plans/heathcote-road-board-rural-sections/ccl-cs-95653), [Canterbury Stories](https://www.chch.live/collection/canterbury-stories), 1 Jan 1877
- [Page 3 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 17 November 1903)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19031117.2.34.4), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 17 Nov 1903
- [Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 28 December 1904)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19041228.2.26.2), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 28 Dec 1904
- [Page 3 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 04 July 1905)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19050704.2.42.4), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 4 Jul 1905
- [Page 6 Advertisements Column 5 (Star, 21 October 1905)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19051021.2.66.5), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 21 Oct 1905
- [Page 5 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 20 February 1909)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19090220.2.68.4), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 20 Feb 1909
- [Page 2 Advertisements Column 4 (Ashburton Guardian, 10 September 1910)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AG19100910.2.32.4), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 10 Sept 1910
- [Mr and Mrs Lightfoot](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/community/bdmt/people/ccl-cs-79637), [Canterbury Stories](https://www.chch.live/collection/canterbury-stories), 1 Jan 1920
- [Aerial photomosaic of Huntsbury and Hillsborough](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/maps-plans/aerial-photomosaics/1926/ccl-cs-47083), [Canterbury Stories](https://www.chch.live/collection/canterbury-stories), 1 Jan 1926
- [Substation on Ferry Road near Moorhouse Avenue](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/archives/med/med-historical-photographs/ccl-cs-37087), [Canterbury Stories](https://www.chch.live/collection/canterbury-stories), 1 Jan 1930
- [Excello Service Station](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/photohunt/2013/ccl-cs-14684), [Canterbury Stories](https://www.chch.live/collection/canterbury-stories), 1 Jan 1930

## As it was reported
- [Street Cleaning](https://www.chch.live/report/6263325), 8–16 Wilsons Rd, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06263325/public/1_iz1z7lp5ggj3.jpg
- [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/report/2493421), 16 Wilsons Road, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/02493421/public/1_TAkv2Ao.jpg

[More photographs on the Lyttelton wall](https://www.chch.live/wall?suburb=lyttelton)

## Latest on record
- [Street Cleaning](https://www.chch.live/report/6263325) at [8–16 Wilsons Rd](https://www.chch.live/lyttelton/8%E2%80%9316-wilsons-road), 30 Apr 2025
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/3642820) at [16 Wilsons Road](https://www.chch.live/lyttelton/16-wilsons-road), 28 Aug 2023
- [Damaged Road](https://www.chch.live/report/3495935) at [16 Wilsons Road](https://www.chch.live/lyttelton/16-wilsons-road), 10 Jul 2023
- [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/report/2493421) at [16 Wilsons Road](https://www.chch.live/lyttelton/16-wilsons-road), 21 Jul 2022

## Questions, answered briefly

**Where is Wilsons Road?**

In [Lyttelton](https://www.chch.live/lyttelton), Christchurch, New Zealand.

**What gets reported on Wilsons Road?**

4 reports at 2 addresses, most often rubbish & dumping (2), roads & footpaths (2).

**When was Wilsons Road first reported on?**

2022, the record covers 4 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2025.

**What is the busiest corner on Wilsons Road?**

[Ferry Road and Wilsons Road](https://www.chch.live/crashes/ferry-road-and-wilsons-road), 26 police-reported crashes at the pairing.

Data: https://api.chch.live/street?suburb=lyttelton&street=wilsons-road · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Lyttelton&street=wilsons-road
