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Winchester Street

122 reports at 54 addresses in Merivale, the first in 2015, the latest 2026. 111 separate days somebody filed something about it.

122 reports54 addresses111 days reported onfrom the air, then377 documents carry the namethe 628th street on the roll, by days it took to know

Where it runs

126 Winchester Street, 10 reports21 Winchester Street, 7 reports36 Winchester Street, 6 reports121 Winchester Street, 6 reports12 Winchester Street, 6 reports116 Winchester Street, 6 reports108 Winchester Street, 5 reports32A Winchester Street, 4 reports32 Winchester Street, 4 reports77 Winchester Street, 3 reports5 Winchester Street, 3 reports41 Winchester Street, 3 reports19 Winchester Street, 3 reports120B Winchester Street, 3 reports97D Winchester Street, 2 reports93A Winchester Street, 2 reports71 Winchester Street, 2 reports66 Winchester Street, 2 reports53 Winchester Street, 2 reports52 Winchester Street, 2 reports47 Winchester Street, 2 reports32D Winchester Street, 2 reports20 Winchester Street, 2 reports115 Winchester Street, 2 reports113 Winchester Street, 2 reports11 Winchester Street, 2 reports109 Winchester Street, 2 reports9E Winchester Street, 1 report89D Winchester Street, 1 report89A Winchester Street, 1 report86 Winchester Street, 1 report85 Winchester Street, 1 report83 Winchester Street, 1 report81A Winchester Street, 1 report80 Winchester Street, 1 report79 Winchester Street, 1 report73A Winchester Street, 1 report67E Winchester Street, 1 report63A Winchester Street, 1 report59 Winchester Street, 1 report50A Winchester Street, 1 report50 Winchester Street, 1 report48 Winchester Street, 1 report44 Winchester Street, 1 report39A Winchester Street, 1 report38 Winchester Street, 1 report34 Winchester Street, 1 report24 Winchester Street, 1 report15 Winchester Street, 1 report124 Winchester Street, 1 report120A Winchester Street, 1 report112 Winchester Street, 1 report103E Winchester Street, 1 report1 Winchester Street, 1 report

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

From the air, then

Winchester Street from the air, 1940-1944
1940-1944 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
Winchester Street from the air, 1970-1974
1970-1974 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
Winchester 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. 377 on the shelf; the 12 earliest:

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

Schools on it

The Ministry’s directory gives the street as a school’s address, the rating describes the community each draws from, not how well it teaches.

The crash record on it

NZTA’s record names Winchester Street in 3 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

Pavement - General, a report photoRoads - General, a report photoWater Leak, a report photoWater Leak, a report photoHazard, vehicle, a report photoHazard, vehicle, a report photoPothole, a report photoPoles and Signage - General, a report photoGeneral Request, a report photoRoad Blockage, a report photoTrees - General, a report photoPothole, a report photo more photographs
on the Merivale wall →

The latest on it

Questions, answered briefly

Where is Winchester Street?

In Merivale, Christchurch, New Zealand.

What gets reported on Winchester Street?

122 reports at 54 addresses, most often roads & footpaths (39), water & drains (31), vehicles & parking (16).

When was Winchester Street first reported on?

2015, the record covers 111 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026.

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