# Manchester Street, Saint Albans, Christchurch 270 reports at 83 addresses, the first in 2015, the latest 2026. 200 separate days somebody filed something about it. https://www.chch.live/street/saint-albans/manchester-street ## From the air, then - [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5167&lon=172.6396&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ - [1960-1964](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5167&lon=172.6396&decade=1960_1964), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ - [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5167&lon=172.6396&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ - [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5167&lon=172.6396&decade=1975_1979), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ *Sourced from Canterbury Maps and partners. LINZ, 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 - [515 Manchester Street](https://www.chch.live/saint-albans/515-manchester-street), 18 reports - [500A Manchester Street](https://www.chch.live/saint-albans/500a-manchester-street), 12 reports - [444C Manchester Street](https://www.chch.live/saint-albans/444c-manchester-street), 10 reports - [557 Manchester Street](https://www.chch.live/saint-albans/557-manchester-street), 7 reports - [541 Manchester Street](https://www.chch.live/saint-albans/541-manchester-street), 7 reports - [429 Manchester Street](https://www.chch.live/saint-albans/429-manchester-street), 7 reports - [511 Manchester Street](https://www.chch.live/saint-albans/511-manchester-street), 6 reports - [507 Manchester Street](https://www.chch.live/saint-albans/507-manchester-street), 6 reports - [461 Manchester Street](https://www.chch.live/saint-albans/461-manchester-street), 6 reports - [416 Manchester Street](https://www.chch.live/saint-albans/416-manchester-street), 6 reports - [390 Manchester Street](https://www.chch.live/saint-albans/390-manchester-street), 6 reports - [384 Manchester Street](https://www.chch.live/saint-albans/384-manchester-street), 6 reports - [571 Manchester Street](https://www.chch.live/saint-albans/571-manchester-street), 5 reports - [555 Manchester Street](https://www.chch.live/saint-albans/555-manchester-street), 5 reports - [525 Manchester Street](https://www.chch.live/saint-albans/525-manchester-street), 5 reports - [509 Manchester Street](https://www.chch.live/saint-albans/509-manchester-street), 5 reports - [486 Manchester Street](https://www.chch.live/saint-albans/486-manchester-street), 5 reports - [392 Manchester Street](https://www.chch.live/saint-albans/392-manchester-street), 5 reports - [577 Manchester Street](https://www.chch.live/saint-albans/577-manchester-street), 4 reports - [573B Manchester Street](https://www.chch.live/saint-albans/573b-manchester-street), 4 reports - [514 Manchester Street](https://www.chch.live/saint-albans/514-manchester-street), 4 reports - [502 Manchester Street](https://www.chch.live/saint-albans/502-manchester-street), 4 reports - [498 Manchester Street](https://www.chch.live/saint-albans/498-manchester-street), 4 reports - [489 Manchester Street](https://www.chch.live/saint-albans/489-manchester-street), 4 reports - [485 Manchester Street](https://www.chch.live/saint-albans/485-manchester-street), 4 reports - [481 Manchester Street](https://www.chch.live/saint-albans/481-manchester-street), 4 reports - [473A Manchester Street](https://www.chch.live/saint-albans/473a-manchester-street), 4 reports - [472 Manchester Street](https://www.chch.live/saint-albans/472-manchester-street), 4 reports - [471 Manchester Street](https://www.chch.live/saint-albans/471-manchester-street), 4 reports - [465 Manchester Street](https://www.chch.live/saint-albans/465-manchester-street), 4 reports - [457A Manchester Street](https://www.chch.live/saint-albans/457a-manchester-street), 4 reports - [444 Manchester Street](https://www.chch.live/saint-albans/444-manchester-street), 4 reports - [437 Manchester Street](https://www.chch.live/saint-albans/437-manchester-street), 4 reports - [428D Manchester Street](https://www.chch.live/saint-albans/428d-manchester-street), 4 reports - [400 Manchester Street](https://www.chch.live/saint-albans/400-manchester-street), 4 reports - [573 Manchester Street](https://www.chch.live/saint-albans/573-manchester-street), 3 reports - [569A Manchester Street](https://www.chch.live/saint-albans/569a-manchester-street), 3 reports - [527 Manchester Street](https://www.chch.live/saint-albans/527-manchester-street), 3 reports - [470 Manchester Street](https://www.chch.live/saint-albans/470-manchester-street), 3 reports - [433 Manchester Street](https://www.chch.live/saint-albans/433-manchester-street), 3 reports - [424 Manchester Street](https://www.chch.live/saint-albans/424-manchester-street), 3 reports - [569 Manchester Street](https://www.chch.live/saint-albans/569-manchester-street), 2 reports - [533 Manchester Street](https://www.chch.live/saint-albans/533-manchester-street), 2 reports - [504 Manchester Street](https://www.chch.live/saint-albans/504-manchester-street), 2 reports - [493A Manchester Street](https://www.chch.live/saint-albans/493a-manchester-street), 2 reports - [484 Manchester Street](https://www.chch.live/saint-albans/484-manchester-street), 2 reports - [474 Manchester Street](https://www.chch.live/saint-albans/474-manchester-street), 2 reports - [469 Manchester Street](https://www.chch.live/saint-albans/469-manchester-street), 2 reports - [458 Manchester Street](https://www.chch.live/saint-albans/458-manchester-street), 2 reports - [456 Manchester Street](https://www.chch.live/saint-albans/456-manchester-street), 2 reports - [453 Manchester Street](https://www.chch.live/saint-albans/453-manchester-street), 2 reports - [426 Manchester Street](https://www.chch.live/saint-albans/426-manchester-street), 2 reports - [420 Manchester Street](https://www.chch.live/saint-albans/420-manchester-street), 2 reports - [418 Manchester Street](https://www.chch.live/saint-albans/418-manchester-street), 2 reports - [382 Manchester Street](https://www.chch.live/saint-albans/382-manchester-street), 2 reports - [374–378 Manchester Street](https://www.chch.live/saint-albans/374%E2%80%93378-manchester-street), 2 reports - [569C Manchester Street](https://www.chch.live/saint-albans/569c-manchester-street), 1 report - [569B Manchester Street](https://www.chch.live/saint-albans/569b-manchester-street), 1 report - [565 Manchester Street](https://www.chch.live/saint-albans/565-manchester-street), 1 report - [549A Manchester Street](https://www.chch.live/saint-albans/549a-manchester-street), 1 report - [549 Manchester Street](https://www.chch.live/saint-albans/549-manchester-street), 1 report - [541-545 Manchester Street](https://www.chch.live/saint-albans/541-545-manchester-street), 1 report - [508A Manchester Street](https://www.chch.live/saint-albans/508a-manchester-street), 1 report - [508 Manchester Street](https://www.chch.live/saint-albans/508-manchester-street), 1 report - [501 Manchester Street](https://www.chch.live/saint-albans/501-manchester-street), 1 report - [500 Manchester Street](https://www.chch.live/saint-albans/500-manchester-street), 1 report - [499 Manchester Street](https://www.chch.live/saint-albans/499-manchester-street), 1 report - [480D Manchester Street](https://www.chch.live/saint-albans/480d-manchester-street), 1 report - [480A Manchester Street](https://www.chch.live/saint-albans/480a-manchester-street), 1 report - [477 Manchester Street](https://www.chch.live/saint-albans/477-manchester-street), 1 report - [470-448 Manchester Street](https://www.chch.live/saint-albans/470-448-manchester-street), 1 report - [462 Manchester Street](https://www.chch.live/saint-albans/462-manchester-street), 1 report - [452 Manchester Street](https://www.chch.live/saint-albans/452-manchester-street), 1 report - [451 Manchester Street](https://www.chch.live/saint-albans/451-manchester-street), 1 report - [448 Manchester Street](https://www.chch.live/saint-albans/448-manchester-street), 1 report - [445 Manchester Street](https://www.chch.live/saint-albans/445-manchester-street), 1 report - [442 Manchester Street](https://www.chch.live/saint-albans/442-manchester-street), 1 report - [440 Manchester Street](https://www.chch.live/saint-albans/440-manchester-street), 1 report - [432 Manchester Street](https://www.chch.live/saint-albans/432-manchester-street), 1 report - [429-433 Manchester Street](https://www.chch.live/saint-albans/429-433-manchester-street), 1 report - [420A Manchester Street](https://www.chch.live/saint-albans/420a-manchester-street), 1 report - [376 Manchester Street](https://www.chch.live/saint-albans/376-manchester-street), 1 report - [374 Manchester Street](https://www.chch.live/saint-albans/374-manchester-street), 1 report ## What got reported - Water & drains, 92 reports - Rubbish & dumping, 65 reports - Roads & footpaths, 44 reports - [Graffiti & vandalism](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 39 reports - Vehicles & parking, 14 reports - Trees & parks, 9 reports - Everything else, 3 reports - [Noise](https://www.chch.live/problems/noise), 3 reports ## Year by year - 2015, 2 reports - 2017, 4 reports - 2018, 3 reports - 2019, 5 reports - 2020, 13 reports - 2021, 3 reports - 2022, 25 reports - 2023, 55 reports - 2024, 56 reports - 2025, 66 reports _2026 was still in progress when this page was drawn and is left off._ ## In the written record *Leads and citations, not verified history, documents a search ties to the name (3,704 on the shelf; the 12 earliest listed).* - [Page 2 Advertisements Column 3 (Lyttelton Times, 07 August 1852)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18520807.2.3.3), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 7 Aug 1852 - [Page 2 Advertisements Column 1 (Lyttelton Times, 14 August 1852)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18520814.2.3.1), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 14 Aug 1852 - [Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Lyttelton Times, 21 August 1852)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18520821.2.3.2), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 21 Aug 1852 - [Page 2 Advertisements Column 1 (Lyttelton Times, 28 August 1852)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18520828.2.3.1), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 28 Aug 1852 - [Page 2 Advertisements Column 1 (Lyttelton Times, 01 January 1853)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18530101.2.3.1), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 1 Jan 1853 - [Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Lyttelton Times, 15 January 1853)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18530115.2.3.2), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 15 Jan 1853 - [Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Lyttelton Times, 22 January 1853)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18530122.2.3.2), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 22 Jan 1853 - [Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Lyttelton Times, 29 January 1853)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18530129.2.3.2), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 29 Jan 1853 - [Page 2 Advertisements Column 3 (Lyttelton Times, 12 February 1853)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18530212.2.3.3), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 12 Feb 1853 - [Page 2 Advertisements Column 3 (Lyttelton Times, 19 February 1853)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18530219.2.3.3), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 19 Feb 1853 - [Page 2 Advertisements Column 3 (Lyttelton Times, 05 March 1853)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18530305.2.3.3), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 5 Mar 1853 - [Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Lyttelton Times, 12 March 1853)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18530312.2.3.2), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 12 Mar 1853 ## As it was reported - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8991837), 511 Manchester St, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08991837/public/1_1guaypo1iqmq.jpg - [Rubbish and Bins - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8837114), 456 Manchester St, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08837114/public/1_gcvyub7hczms.jpg - [Litter](https://www.chch.live/report/8816746), 500A Manchester St, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08816746/public/1_8ix7rn044muf.jpg - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8787530), 471 Manchester St, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08787530/public/1_ups9bic92ik3.jpg - [Street Gutters / Storm Water](https://www.chch.live/report/8781406), 390 Manchester Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08781406/public/1_rtqcj2oilke.jpg - [Roads - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8709500), 465 Manchester Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08709500/public/1_ib68oet7xch.jpg - [Accessibility](https://www.chch.live/report/8670959), 507 Manchester St, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08670959/public/1_92lwpqmolavc.jpg - [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/8650603), 432 Manchester Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08650603/public/1_hve1ixnsa4ao.jpg - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8599695), 507 Manchester St, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08599695/public/1_1vzpgwrxulve.jpg - [Water Pollution - Sediment](https://www.chch.live/report/8575556), 504 Manchester Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08575556/public/1_srt9ymo224e9.jpg - [Trees - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8473719), 458 Manchester Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08473719/public/1_objcz5d6ccb.jpg - [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/8414653), 374–378 Manchester St, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08414653/public/1_diq90xg8t16r.jpg [More photographs on the Saint Albans wall](https://www.chch.live/wall?suburb=saint-albans) ## Latest on record - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8991837) at [511 Manchester St](https://www.chch.live/saint-albans/511-manchester-street), 27 Sept 2026 - [Rubbish and Bins - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8837114) at [456 Manchester St](https://www.chch.live/saint-albans/456-manchester-street), 31 Aug 2026 - [Litter](https://www.chch.live/report/8816746) at [500A Manchester St](https://www.chch.live/saint-albans/500a-manchester-street), 27 Aug 2026 - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8787530) at [471 Manchester St](https://www.chch.live/saint-albans/471-manchester-street), 22 Aug 2026 - [Street Gutters / Storm Water](https://www.chch.live/report/8781406) at [390 Manchester Street](https://www.chch.live/saint-albans/390-manchester-street), 21 Aug 2026 - [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/8731709) at [433 Manchester Street](https://www.chch.live/saint-albans/433-manchester-street), 12 Aug 2026 - [Roads - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8709500) at [465 Manchester Street](https://www.chch.live/saint-albans/465-manchester-street), 8 Aug 2026 - [Accessibility](https://www.chch.live/report/8670959) at [507 Manchester St](https://www.chch.live/saint-albans/507-manchester-street), 1 Aug 2026 - [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/8650603) at [432 Manchester Street](https://www.chch.live/saint-albans/432-manchester-street), 28 Jul 2026 - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8599695) at [507 Manchester St](https://www.chch.live/saint-albans/507-manchester-street), 19 Jul 2026 - [Water Pollution - Sediment](https://www.chch.live/report/8575556) at [504 Manchester Street](https://www.chch.live/saint-albans/504-manchester-street), 15 Jul 2026 - [Trees - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8473719) at [458 Manchester Street](https://www.chch.live/saint-albans/458-manchester-street), 25 Jun 2026 - [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/8414653) at [374–378 Manchester St](https://www.chch.live/saint-albans/374%E2%80%93378-manchester-street), 14 Jun 2026 - [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/report/8412569) at [514 Manchester St](https://www.chch.live/saint-albans/514-manchester-street), 14 Jun 2026 - [Litter](https://www.chch.live/report/8227088) at [555 Manchester Street](https://www.chch.live/saint-albans/555-manchester-street), 10 May 2026 ## Heard on the wire *Public posts that name the street, relayed, not verified.* - [Dumpling King Chinese Restaurant at 107 Manchester Street, 2000s (Canterbury Stories CCL-UDH-Box19-105-Manchester-Street-009A).](https://www.reddit.com/r/chch/comments/1x6u75t/dumpling_king_chinese_restaurant_at_107/), r/chch · Ted_Cashew, 16 Oct 2026 - [I’ve never used the services of a sex worker. It seems there are no streetwalkers on Manchester Street anymore, so I don’t know where to find one or what the going rates are. If anyone knows the…](https://www.reddit.com/r/chch/comments/1whm58d/how_to_find_a_whore_in_christchurch/), r/chch · This-Soft885, 16 Sept 2026 - [Whakamana Cannabis Museum, 217 Manchester Street, Christchurch, September 29th 2019 (Canterbury Stories CCL-DW-101101).](https://www.reddit.com/r/chch/comments/1wgdz3j/whakamana_cannabis_museum_217_manchester_street/), r/chch · Ted_Cashew, 15 Sept 2026 ## The businesses on it (1) *Premises whose address in the directory is Manchester Street, the commercial record alongside the civic one.* - [Tranquil Lodge](https://www.chch.live/business/tranquil-lodge-saint-albans), Hostels · 440 Manchester Street ## The crash record on it NZTA’s record names the street in 22 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 2 seriously hurt, nobody killed. The corner the record returns to: [Bealey Avenue & Manchester Street](https://www.chch.live/crashes/bealey-avenue-and-manchester-street), 31 crashes pinned to the pairing. - [The crashes it names](https://www.chch.live/crashes?road=manchester-street&suburb=saint-albans) ## Questions, answered briefly **Where is Manchester Street?** In [Saint Albans](https://www.chch.live/saint-albans), Christchurch, New Zealand. **What gets reported on Manchester Street?** 270 reports at 83 addresses, most often water & drains (92), rubbish & dumping (65), roads & footpaths (44). **When was Manchester Street first reported on?** 2015, the record covers 200 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026. **What is the busiest corner on Manchester Street?** [Bealey Avenue and Manchester Street](https://www.chch.live/crashes/bealey-avenue-and-manchester-street), 31 police-reported crashes at the pairing. Data: https://api.chch.live/street?suburb=saint-albans&street=manchester-street · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Saint%20Albans&street=manchester-street