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Scarborough Road

19 reports at 2 addresses in Sumner, the first in 2024, the latest 2026. 19 separate days somebody filed something about it.

19 reports2 addresses19 days reported onfrom the air, thenthe 2432nd street on the roll, by days it took to know

Where it runs

2 Scarborough Road, 18 reports23 Scarborough Road, 1 report

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

From the air, then

Scarborough Road from the air, 1925-1929
1925-1929 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · RNZAF
Scarborough Road from the air, 1940-1944
1940-1944 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
Scarborough Road from the air, 1970-1974
1970-1974 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ

Sourced from Canterbury Maps and partners. RNZAF, 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

The named ground

Named places within 350 m of a reported pin; the council’s own structure register, bridges, boardwalks and steps standing nearby, the open map’s record.

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

The latest on it

Questions, answered briefly

Where is Scarborough Road?

In Sumner, Christchurch, New Zealand.

What gets reported on Scarborough Road?

19 reports at 2 addresses, most often trees & parks (11), vehicles & parking (2), graffiti & vandalism (2).

When was Scarborough Road first reported on?

2024, the record covers 19 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026.

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