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English Street

143 reports at 54 addresses in Sockburn, the first in 2016, the latest 2026. 127 separate days somebody filed something about it.

143 reports54 addresses127 days reported onfrom the air, thenthe 544th street on the roll, by days it took to know

Where it runs

25 English Street, 11 reports67 English Street, 9 reports49 English Street, 6 reports32 English Street, 5 reports30 English Street, 5 reports1 English Street, 5 reports59 English Street, 4 reports51 English Street, 4 reports42 English Street, 4 reports33 English Street, 4 reports20 English Street, 4 reports19 English Street, 4 reports18 English Street, 4 reports73 English Street, 3 reports6 English Street, 3 reports55 English Street, 3 reports51A English Street, 3 reports42B English Street, 3 reports40 English Street, 3 reports36 English Street, 3 reports35 English Street, 3 reports31 English Street, 3 reports21 English Street, 3 reports65 English Street, 2 reports4E English Street, 2 reports48A English Street, 2 reports48 English Street, 2 reports45 English Street, 2 reports44A English Street, 2 reports41 English Street, 2 reports38A English Street, 2 reports26 English Street, 2 reports24–34 English Street, 2 reports22 English Street, 2 reports20A English Street, 2 reports10 English Street, 2 reports8 English Street, 1 report69 English Street, 1 report63 English Street, 1 report52 English Street, 1 report47 English Street, 1 report44 English Street, 1 report39 English Street, 1 report38Q English Street, 1 report38K English Street, 1 report38 English Street, 1 report34 English Street, 1 report30A English Street, 1 report29 English Street, 1 report28 English Street, 1 report24 English Street, 1 report23 English Street, 1 report19-39 English Street, 1 report1-17 English Street, 1 report

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

From the air, then

English Street from the air, 1940-1944
1940-1944 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
English Street from the air, 1970-1974
1970-1974 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
English 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

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 English Street in 18 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 2 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

Park - General Request, a report photoPark - General Request, a report photoPark - General Request, a report photoGraffiti on a bus stop or public toilet, a report photoPothole, a report photoDumped Rubbish, a report photoDumped Rubbish, a report photoPavement - Damaged, a report photoDumped Rubbish, a report photoPavement - Damaged, a report photoPavement - General, a report photoWater Leak, a report photo more photographs
on the Sockburn wall →

The latest on it

Questions, answered briefly

Where is English Street?

In Sockburn, Christchurch, New Zealand.

What gets reported on English Street?

143 reports at 54 addresses, most often rubbish & dumping (49), trees & parks (32), roads & footpaths (26).

When was English Street first reported on?

2016, the record covers 127 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026.

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