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Bentley Street

75 reports at 43 addresses in Russley, the first in 2015, the latest 2026. 62 separate days somebody filed something about it.

75 reports43 addresses62 days reported onfrom the air, then10 documents carry the namethe 1078th street on the roll, by days it took to know

Where it runs

39 Bentley Street, 8 reports58 Bentley Street, 4 reports53 Bentley Street, 4 reports43 Bentley Street, 4 reports1 Bentley Street, 4 reports52 Bentley Street, 3 reports50 Bentley Street, 3 reports40 Bentley Street, 3 reports71 Bentley Street, 2 reports59 Bentley Street, 2 reports51 Bentley Street, 2 reports45 Bentley Street, 2 reports38 Bentley Street, 2 reports28 Bentley Street, 2 reports12A Bentley Street, 2 reports9 Bentley Street, 1 report8 Bentley Street, 1 report69 Bentley Street, 1 report67 Bentley Street, 1 report65 Bentley Street, 1 report61 Bentley Street, 1 report6 Bentley Street, 1 report56 Bentley Street, 1 report55A Bentley Street, 1 report49 Bentley Street, 1 report47 Bentley Street, 1 report46 Bentley Street, 1 report4 Bentley Street, 1 report37A Bentley Street, 1 report37 Bentley Street, 1 report36 Bentley Street, 1 report32A Bentley Street, 1 report31-33 Bentley Street, 1 report31 Bentley Street, 1 report2A Bentley Street, 1 report29 Bentley Street, 1 report26 Bentley Street, 1 report24 Bentley Street, 1 report19 Bentley Street, 1 report16A Bentley Street, 1 report12 Bentley Street, 1 report11A Bentley Street, 1 report10 Bentley Street, 1 report

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

From the air, then

Bentley Street from the air, 1940-1944
1940-1944 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
Bentley Street from the air, 1970-1974
1970-1974 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
Bentley 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. 10 on the shelf; the 8 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.

Pinehurst Reserve ramp · 128 m away

The crash record on it

NZTA’s record names Bentley Street in 12 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 2 people killed, 4 seriously hurt.

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

Dumped Rubbish, a report photoPavement - Damaged, a report photoRubbish and Bins - General, a report photoDamaged Street Sign, a report photoTrees - General, a report photoRoad Signage, a report photoGraffiti on a bus stop or public toilet, a report photoRoads - General, a report photoPoles and Signage - General, a report photoRoads - General, a report photoGraffiti on a bus stop or public toilet, a report photoRoads - General, a report photo more photographs
on the Russley wall →

The latest on it

Questions, answered briefly

Where is Bentley Street?

In Russley, Christchurch, New Zealand.

What gets reported on Bentley Street?

75 reports at 43 addresses, most often roads & footpaths (36), rubbish & dumping (14), trees & parks (10).

When was Bentley Street first reported on?

2015, the record covers 62 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026.

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